Francesco Cera

clavicembalista e organista

Francesco Cera

Past Concerts

7

Concerts 2023

March 10

2023

Zürich (CH) – Kirche St. Peter. Forum Alte Musik                   “Passio”
Passion nach Matthäus – Tenebrae-Responsorien von Carlo Gesualdo
Ensemble Arte Musica. Francesco Cera conductor
Daniela Salvo and Lucia Napoli soprano
Andrès Montilla Acurero altus
Luca Cervoni and Riccardo Pisani tenor
Alessandro Ravasio bass

April 26

2023

Roma – Auditorium Ennio Morricone
“Clavicembalo ben temperato e dintorni”
Francesco Cera harpsichord
works by Bach, Couperin, Scarlatti and Haendel

May 5

2023

Firenze – Deutsches Institut 
“Bach Il clavicembalo ben temperato.
Costruzione di un pensiero poetico-musicale”
Francesco Cera harpsichord
Alessandra Frabetti reads Schiller, Hölderlin, Scarpa, Moccia, Schneider

June 1

2023

Mantova Trame Sonore
Palazzo Ducale – Sala dei Fiumi

Elicia Silverstein violino
Marco Bianchi violino
Francesco Cera clavicembalo
HARMONIA ARTIFICIOSA-ARMONIOSA

 

June 3

2023

Ostönnen (D) – St.Andreas kirke. Ostönner Orgelsommer
“Italian Renaissance”
Francesco Cera plays the 15th century organ
works by M.A. and G. Cavazzoni, Segni, A.Gabrieli, Valente, Merulo and Trabaci

 

June 16

2023

Ferrara – Casa Romei.              Ferrara Musica
Luzzasco Luzzaschi: Madrigali per le Dame di Ferrara
Ensemble Arte Musica. Francesco Cera conductor
Rossana Bertini and Lucia Napoli soprano
Giovanna Baviera soprano and viola da gamba
Chiara Granata harp
Francesco Tomasi archlute
Francesco Cera harpsichord

 

June 28

2023

Ravenna – Basilica di San Vitale. Ravenna Festival
Elicia Silverstein and Marco Bianchi violins
Francesco Cera harpsichord and organ
works by Biber, Berio and Panni

 

July 18-21

2023

Grimstad (NO) – Fjære kirke. Grimstad organ and harpsichord Academy
“The art of counterpoint”
Masterclass with Francesco Cera and Leòn Berben

September 18-21

2023

Bologna – Chiesa di San Martino, Basilica di San Petronio
“The art of Claudio Merulo”
Masterclass with Francesco Cera

 

September 26

2023

Belluno – Circolo Culturale Bellunese
“La Cetra di sette corde”. Francesco Rasi e Claudio Monteverdi
Ensemble Arte Musica. Francesco Cera conductor
Riccardo Pisani tenor
Giovanni Bellini theorbo and guitar
Chiara Granata harp
Silvia De Maria viola da gamba and lyrone
Francesco Cera harpsichord

October 6

2023

Bologna – Chiesa dei Santi Bartolomeo e Gaetano. Bologna Festival
“Passio”
Passion according with Matthew. Responsoria by Carlo Gesualdo
Ensemble Arte Musica. Francesco Cera conductor
Daniela Salvo and Lucia Napoli soprano
Andrès Montilla Acurero altus
Luca Cervoni and Riccardo Pisani tenor
Alessandro Ravasio bass

October 22

2023

Brindisi di Montagna (Potenza) La Grancìa 10.30 am
Francesco Cera plays the ottavino positive organ 1750 ca.
works by Merulo, Frescobaldi, Cabezon, Preston, Zipoli, Handel

November 17

2023

Napoli Centro di Musica Antica Pietà dei Turchini
Conference by Francesco Cera with practical demonstrations at the harpsichord “Il clavicembalo ben temperato al clavicembalo. Risorse sonore, possibilità interpretative, stile barocco”

Concerti 2022

March 13

2022

Napoli – Centro Pietà dei Turchini
“Francesco Rasi – Madrigali e Vaghezze”
Riccardo Pisani tenor, Ensemble Arte Musica (Giovanni Bellini theorbo, Chiara Granata harp, Silvia De Maria viola da gamba and lirone) Francesco Cera – harpsichord and musical direction
works of Rasi, Frescobaldi, Kapsberger, Maione, Ferrini, Monteverdi

April 9

2022

Tallin (Estonia) – Harpsichord Festival
“Frescobaldi and Baroque Europe”
Francesco Cera – harpsichord
works of Girolamo Frescobaldi, Johann Jakob Froberger, Louis Couperin, Johann Sebastian Bach

April 30

2022

Napoli – Centro Pietà dei Turchini
“Frescobaldi e Bach”
Francesco Cera – harpsichord
works of Girolamo Frescobaldi and Johann Sebastian Bach

May 5

2022

Rieti – Auditorium Fondazione Varrone
Francesco Cera plays the F.lli Pinchi organ
works by M.Weckmann, D.Buxtehude, J.S.Bach

 

May 22

2022

Fresnes (Île de France) – Festival l’Art de la Fugue
Francesco Cera plays the spanish organ anon. 1768
works of Girolamo Frescobaldi, Francisco Correa de Arauxo, Bernardo Storace

May 25

2022

Vicenza – Teatro Olimpico
Allievi del Dipartimento di Musica Antica del Conservatorio di Vicenza
Francesco Cera conductor
“Un’Accademia Musicale per i Duchi d’Este”
works by Luzzaschi, Gesualdo, De Wert, Merulo, Marenzio

June 2

2022

Mantova – Palazzo Ducale. Trame Sonore
12.30 a.m.
“Frescobaldi primo maestro del Barocco”
Francesco Cera harpsichord.
4.00 p.m.
“Frescobaldi ultimo maestro del Rinascimento”
Francesco Cera plays the Antegnati 1565 organ.
8.30 p.m.
“Francesco Rasi cantore dei Gonzaga”
Riccardo Pisani tenor, Giovanni Bellini theorbo, Francesco Cera harpsichord

 

June 21

2022

Saint Guilhem-le-Désert (F Hérault) – Église abbatiale
“Frescobaldi et la France”
Francesco Cera plays the J.P.Cavaillé 1789 organ
works of Girolamo Frescobaldi, Johann Jakob Froberger, François Roberday, Louis Couperin

July 13

2022

Alkmaar (NL) – Sint Laurenskerk
Francesco Cera plays the Van Covelens 1511 organ and the Hagerbeer-Schnitger organ 1646-1725
works of Giulio Segni, Claudio Merulo, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Johann Sebastian Bach

July 14

2022

Middelburg (NL) – Oostkerk
Francesco Cera plays the De Rijckere 1782 organ
works of Bernardo Pasquini, Domenico Zipoli, Alessandro Scarlatti, Louis-Nicolas Clerambault, Johann Sebastian Bach

July 15

2022

Vlissingen (NL) – Sint Jacobskerk
Francesco Cera plays the Flentrop organ
works by Gabrieli, Sweelinck, Bach

July 20

2022

Oosthuizen – Grootekerk
Francesco Cera plays the Renaissance organ
works by Segni, Merulo, Frescobaldi, Sweelinck

 

July 30

2022

Corsanico (Lucca) – Pieve di San Michele
Francesco Cera plays the Colonna 1602-Agati 1886
works by Hassler, Erbach, Kerll, Pachelbel

August 10

2022

Bolzano/Bozen – Antiqua Festival
“Frescobaldi and Bach”
Francesco Cera – harpsichord

August 24-27

2022

Grimstad (Norway, Agder) –  Frescobaldi Akademiet, Fjære
“Frescobaldi and his pupil Froberger”
Masterclass and recitals with Francesco Cera and Léon Berben

August 31

2022

Laureana Cilento –  Arte Musica 2022
Bach – Das Wohl temperiert Klavier
Francesco Cera – harpsichord
Alessandra Frabetti reads poetries of F.Schiller

September 19-22

2022

Bologna – Basilica di S. Petronio e Chiesa di S. Martino
Masterclass with Francesco Cera
Toccate, Canzoni and Ricercari by Frescobaldi

September 20

2022

Bologna – Basilica di S. Petronio 
Francesco Cera and Luca Scandali organs by L. da Prato 1475 and B. Malamini 1596 works by Gabrieli, Frescobaldi, Rossi, Pasquini

October 12

2022

Modena – Festival Grandezze e Meraviglie
Allievi del Dipartimento di Musica Antica del Conservatorio di Vicenza
Francesco Cera conductor
“Un’Accademia Musicale per i Duchi d’Este”
works by Luzzaschi, Gesualdo, De Wert, Merulo, Marenzio

October 15

2022
Milano – Chiesa di S. Maurizio 
Francesco Cera plays the Antegnati 1554 organ and harpsichord by Restelli after C. Vater
works by Frescobaldi and Bach

October 30

2022

Firenze – Chiesa Luterana
Francesco Cera organ
works by Pachelbel, Buxteude and Bach

December 3

2022

Lisbon (Portugal) – Sāo Vicente de Fora church
Francesco Cera plays the Joao Fontanes de Maqueira 1765 organ. works by Frescobaldi, Merula, Pasquini and Vivaldi-Bach

December 2 Masterclass on Frescobaldi 

 

Concerti 2021

March 4

2021

Roma – Festival Frescobaldi
“Frescobaldi Classico”
Francesco Cera – harpsichord
works of Girolamo Frescobaldi

April 10

2021

Ferrara – Palazzo dei Diamanti (Ferrara Musica)
“Frescobaldi dal Rinascimento estense al Barocco romano”
Francesco Cera – harpsichord

April 17

2021

Tallinn (Estonia) – Harpsichord Festival – POSTPONED TO 2022
Francesco Cera harpsichord
works by Frescobaldi, Froberger, L.Couperin

June 21

2021

Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert (France – Occitanie) – POSTPONED TO 2022
Abbaye de Gellone
“Fēte de la Musique”
Francesco Cera plays the organ built by Jean-Pierre Cavaillé in 1789
“Entre chromatisme et fantaisie” works by Frescobaldi, L.Couperin and Froberger

June 25

2021

Roma – Caffè Letterario, Itinerari Musicali
Marco Serino violin
Francesco Cera harpsichord
works by Corelli, Pasquini, Haendel and Bach

July 9

2021

Firenze – Chiesa di S. Felicita, Florence Baroque Festival
Francesco Cera harpsichord
J.S.Bach, choice from Wohltemperierte Klavier vol. I

July 22-24 

2021

Grimstad (Norway) – Fjaere church
Frescobaldi Akademiet -POSTPONED TO 2022
Masterclass with Francesco Cera and León Berben
“Girolamo Frescobaldi and Johann Jakob Froberger”

July 25

2021

Grimstad (Norway) – Fjaere curch
Frescobaldi Akademiet POSTPONED TO 2022
Recital by Francesco Cera, organ and harpsichord
“All the roads lead to Rome”
works by Palestrina, Bull, Merulo, Philips, Frescobaldi, Froberger, Kerll, Pasquini, Muffat

August 20

2021

Salve (Lecce) – Chiesa di S.Nicola
Francesco Cera plays the 1628 Olgiati organ
works by Trabaci, Correa de Arauxo, Cabanilles, Frescobaldi, Storace

August 27

2021

Middelburg (NL) – Sint-Augustinuskerk
Francesco Cera plays the 1706 Duyschot organ and harpsichord after Boni

August 28

2021

Middelburg (NL) – Sint-Augustinuskerk
Masterclass with Francesco Cera
works by Girolamo Frescobaldi

August 31

2021

Utrecht (The Nederlands) – Festival Oude Muziek
Harpsichord recital by Francesco Cera
works by Girolamo Frescobaldi

September 6

2021
Laureana Cilento (Salerno) – Arte e Musica 2021
Mauro Squillante mandolin, Tommaso Sollazzo calascione, Francesco Cera harpsichord     
works by Scarlatti, Barbella, Greco, Gaudioso

September 8

2021

Laureana Cilento (Salerno) – Arte e Musica 2021
Marco Serino violin, Francesco Cera harpsichord
works by Corelli, Handel, Forqueray, Bach

September 12

2021

Rozzampia di Thiene (Vicenza)
Francesco Cera plays the Serassi organ
works by Correa de Arauxo, Haendel, Vivaldi-Bach and Gherardeschi

October 13

2021

Monteviale (Vicenza) – Villa Zileri
Francesco Cera  and Margherita dalla Vecchia harpsichords, Gregorio Buti cello, Il Teatro Armonico
works by J.S. Bach and C.P.E. Bach

December 5

2021

Bologna – Basilica di S. Martino
Francesco Cera plays the Giovanni Cipri organ 1556
works by Segni, Des Prez-Cabezon, Banchieri, Frescobaldi, Colonna, Martini