On Saturday, June 14 (5:00 PM), the series The Center of Music, organized by the Donizetti Theater Foundation in collaboration with the Department of Social Policies of the Municipality of Bergamo, continues with The Diary of Adam and Eve, a concert-show based on Mark Twain’s text adapted by Silvia Rossetti. On stage, the brilliant and contrasting voices of the two biblical characters, interpreted respectively by Marco Montanari and Rendy Anoh. The original music by Danilo Comitini, performed by the Italian Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Jacopo Rivani, completes this hilarious and surprisingly contemporary tale. A poetic and amusing journey through differences, misunderstandings, and irresistible attractions to tell the oldest story: the birth of love between two diametrically opposed beings.
Pianist and composer, Danilo Comitini was born in England in 1986. In Italy, he first studied piano and then composition at the G. Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro. He then began his studies at the “National Academy of Santa Cecilia, in Ivan Fedele’s class, where he graduated with honors. After completing the Advanced Training course at the Academy in Rome, he attended the Master’s Degree in composition held by professors Klaus Lang, Marco Stroppa, George Benjamin, Alberto Posadas, and Unsuk Chin at the Milan Conservatory.”
His music has received important recognition and has been awarded by some of the most influential personalities in the compositional landscape such as Michele Dall’Ongaro, Silvia Colasanti, Beat Furrer, Frédéric Durieux, Bruno Mantovani, Alessandro Solbiati, Daniele Zanettovich, Claudio Ambrosini. His compositional activity led him to win several international competitions, including the International Competition “2 agosto” with the piece ‘Resa al labirinto’, performed by the Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and broadcast live on television and radio by RAI.
In the three-year period 2017-2020, he was composer in residence for Ente Concerti di Pesaro, for which two orchestral pieces and one chamber piece were written. From 2021 to 2024, he was composer in residence for Orchestra Corelli in Ravenna.
His latest works have been commissioned by organizations such as Ravenna Festival, Cantiere d’Arte Internazionale di Montepulciano, Sagra Musicale Malatestiana, Orchestra Sinfonica Rossini, Orchestra Corelli.
The next appointment with The Center of Music will feature, on June 21, the Gruppo Fiati Musica Aperta with the show Così fan tutte (or maybe not?), a semi-serious journey through the loves of melodrama conducted by actor Enrico Beruschi.
