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Monte Rosa Dream
On Saturday, the 8th July at 11.45, and 4460 metres high, the ‘highest piano concert in the world’ happened, involving the Italian pianist and alpinist, Elisa Tomellini.
Elisa Tomellini, is a curious interpreter and tireless explorer, and she challenged herself by reaching this strange venue through hiking, and there she played her piano live. Through this experience she joined together her two main loves: music and mountains. Nobody has ever performed on a grand piano at similarly high conditions, and after such an ascent to the summit of a noted mountain.
958 Santero was the main sponsor of the performance. The grand piano, a Kawai, was provided by ‘Musica e Muse’ of Aosta. This was flown by Pellissier Helicopter from the base of Gressoney-La-Trinité (AO) to the Colle Gnifetti glacier, which divides the summits of Zumstein (4561m) and Gnifetti (4559m), close to the highest mountain retreat in Europe, ‘Capanna Margherita.‘
The extraordinary performance was guided by Marco Camandona, a world famous alpinist, alpine guide, ski mountaineering teacher and federal ski mountaineering coach. It was organised thanks to the main sponsor 958 Santero and Montura, Racer France, Neon Optics, Garmin and Grivel, and the management of Top1 Communication. It will become a documentary film whose proceeds will go to a charity to support the Nepalese family house of the Association Sanonani.
‘My hands were really cold but I was trying not to think about it and moving my arms was the solution. The piano was icy. I got inspired and excited as usual. I won’t complain anymore at any concert venue if it is not so warm! I will always dress low-cut and with no socks. I won’t say anymore. Here it is not warm enough.‘
Elisa Tomellini
Press Reviews of Monte Rosa Dream Concert
Discography
2014: Released under the Vermeer label, Elisa Tomellini’s album featured pieces from Sergei Rachmaninov, as well as her own unique arrangements of Astor Piazzolla’s operas.
2015: Elisa released an album for the Piano Classics label entirely dedicated to unpublished works by Sergei Rachmaninov, including the re-discovered Suite in D minor and other early works. This is included in a complete Rachmaninov collection with the Russian pianists Zlata Chochieva, Alexander Gavrylyuk, Lukas Geniušas, Alexander Ghindin, and Nikolai Lugansky.
In December 2017, Elisa recorded the Liszt Transcendental Studies based on Paganini – in Liszt’s first version of 1838. This was recorded for the Dynamic label at the Swiss Radio Lugano RSI. The CD is now online for free streaming and can be bought. Elisa is the first woman in the world to have played the studies in this version.
The album gained a double five stars in the BBC Music Magazine for 2019, with the reviewer commenting…
“… It is a rare delight these days to hear a pianist who dares to play pianissimo… There is charm here in abundance, together with staggering virtuosity…..Finally, not the least of Tomellini’s abilities is her grasp of form….here everything unfolds naturally and meaningfully. And the piano sound is superb….”.
Roger Nichols, BBC Music Magazine, February, 2019.
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Gianfranco Santero
Gianfranco Santero a solar, enthusiastic and generous person, has immediately embraced my project. His vision is deeply rooted into tradition but always oriented to innovation.
He supports dreams and adventures as it was the case for the highest piano concert in the world. Thanks to his support I had the opportunity to make coexist my two passions: Music and Mountain.