Gilda Buttà is an internationally acclaimed Italian pianist born in Patti, Sicily. After studying piano at "Giuseppe Verdi" Conservatory in Milan, she won the Franz Liszt Prize in 1976 and started a concert pianist career. She will be joined by the legendary cellist Luca Pincini at the Shanghai Symphony Concert Hall on June 15th.

PROGRAM:

1. F. Chopin, Ballata in Sol min op. 23 (piano solo) (From the film”The Pianist”)

2. F. Chopin, Introduzione e polacca brillante in do maggiore op.3 (cello and piano)(From the film “Impromptu”)

3. J.S.Bach,  sarabanda from Cello suite No.5 /(cello solo)(From the film “Sussurri e Grida”)

L.Pincini, Fragmenta of Mission (From the film “The Mission”)

4. Morricone, Mission (main themes from film “The Mission” music by Ennio Morricone )(From the film “The Mission”)

5. G. Gershwin, Summertime(cello and piano)(From the Oper “Porgy and Bess”)

6. Gershwin, I Got Rhythm (cello and piano) (From the film “An American in Paris”)

7. N.Rota, The Godfather (cello and piano) (From the film “The Godfather”)

***Intermission*

8. Morricone, The legend of 1900 (Suite from the film）(piano solo)

Mozart Reincarnated

Magic Waltz

Nocturne with no moon

Tarantella in terza classe

The Crysis

Playing Love

The Crave

Finger Breaker

Enduring Movement

9. Morricone, Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, Main Title (cello and piano)

10. N. Piovani, Caro Diario,La vita è' bella (cello and piano)

11. Sergio Leone：Soundtrack Suite(From the film “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”,”Once Upon a Time in the West” (cello and piano)