XXXIII International Festival of Organ Music CATHEDRAL ORGANS - Giovanni Petrone (Italy)

Giovanni Petrone (Italy) will perform an organ recital as part of the XXXIII International Festival of Organ Music CATHEDRAL ORGANS.

Program:

Georg Böhm (1661-1733)
Prelude and Fugue in C
Chorale Partita "Rejoice greatly, O my soul"

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Chorale Arrangement "I call to Thee, Lord Jesus Christ", BWV 639
Toccata (Adagio and Fugue) in C major, BWV 564
Chorale Arrangement "Christ, our Lord, to Jordan came", BWV 684

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Sonata II in C minor op. 65
Grave - Adagio - Allegro maestoso e vivace - Fuga: Allegro moderato

Giovanni Petrone is an organist, harpsichordist, conductor, and composer. He won first prize at the Agati-Tronci International Organ Competition in Pistoia, second prize ex aequo (first prize not awarded) at the International Organ Competition in Fano Adriano (Teramo), and second prize at the Camponeschi-Carafa Competition in Montorio al Vomano (Teramo). He graduated with distinction from the "L. Perosi" Conservatory in Campobasso in organ and harpsichord.

He completed postgraduate studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and a two-year organ course with Prof. Francesco Di Lernii. He studied choral conducting and choral composition at the "L. Refice" Conservatory in Frosinone. He has performed as an organist and choral conductor in Austria, Switzerland, France, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Portugal, and numerous Italian cities including Rome, Adria, Rovigo, Pesaro, Urbino, Padua, Costiere, Pescara, Foggia, Lecce, Bologna, and Campobasso.