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April 26, 2026, 6:00 PM - Puccini Hall, Milan Conservatory

The Feminine Universe: Dedications and Impressions

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartoldy

Songs Without Words
(dedicated to Queen Victoria)
Op. 62 No. 1 in G major
Op. 62 No. 2 in B-flat major
Op. 62 No. 3 in E minor
Op. 62 No. 4 in G major
Op. 62 No. 5 in A minor “Venetian Barcarolle”
Op. 62 No. 6 in A major
Op. 67 No. 1 in E-flat major

Original versions by the composer for piano four hands

Claude Debussy

Symphonie en si mineur
(dedicated to Nadežda von Meck)

Gabriel Faure

Dolly – Suite op. 56
(dedicated to Dolly Bardac)
1. Berceuse
2. Mi-a-ou
3. The gardens of Dolly
4. Kitty Valse
5. Tendresse
6. Le pas espagnol


Isaac Albeniz

Pavana-Capricho
(dedicated to Su A.R. la Infanta D.a Isabel de Borbón)

Francis Poulenc 

Sonata for piano four hands
(dedicated to Simone Tilliard)

Piano Duo: TIZIANA MONETA – GABRIELE ROTA

Free admission with reservations: musicamaestri@consmilano.it

On the occasion of their fortieth anniversary as an artist, the Moneta-Rota duo granted an interview to "L'Eco di Bergamo."

The interview in PDF format is available at this link.

Tiziana Moneta and Gabriele Rota talk with Oretta Pierotti Cei, on the occasion of the Duo's fortieth anniversary of artistic collaboration

At this link the complete interview

Il nuovo CD del Duo per La Bottega Discantica (BD 334), dedicato alla musica russa - con opere di Tchaikovsky (Suite da Il lago dei Cigni op. 20), Rachmaninov (Six Morceaux op. 11), Glinka (Valse-Fantasie) e Rimsky-Korsakov (Capriccio Espagnol) - è stato favorevolmente recensito da Andrea Bedetti sull'ultimo numero di GroveBack.

«Se l’intento della coppia Moneta & Rota era quella di restituire all’ascoltatore il senso ultimo dell’esprit della musica russa, che fosse destinata a questo genere cameristico o frutto di rielaborazioni e adattamenti, allora posso affermare che è perfettamente riuscita nel suo intento; nella loro lettura si cela una paletta interpretativa che è un mix ideale di emozioni e di rappresentazioni, le quali vanno da un senso generale di soffusa e tenera malinconia a una cristallinità del timbro (Il lago dei cigni) che sembra di entrare in un antro di cristalli di Boemia, da un senso ritmico esaltato da una rotondità timbrica a dir poco ammirevole (Valse-Fantasie) a un senso di teatralità racchiusa nella tastiera che si sprigiona magicamente nel Capriccio Espagnol. Per non dire dell’affiatamento che i due interpreti riescono a incarnare come se si trattasse di un corpo con due teste e quattro mani. Delizia allo stato puro. »

Andrea Bedetti, GROVEBACK, Febbraio 2026

A questo link la recensione completa in pdf

The video of the concert performed by the Tiziana Moneta–Gabriele Rota Duo on March 26, 2025, in the Salone d'onore of Casa Verdi in Milan is now online. The concert, in collaboration with the Società del Quartetto and Nomus, featured music by Hindemith, Fellegara, Oppo, and Kodaly.

The concert video is available at this link.

A new CD by the Duo for La Bottega Discantica (BD 334), recorded from June 24 to 26, 2025, in Ivrea at Studio SMC, has been released. The program is dedicated to Russian music, with works by Tchaikovsky (Suite from Swan Lake, op. 20), Rachmaninov (Six Morceaux, op. 11), Glinka (Valse-Fantasie), and Rimsky-Korsakov (Capriccio Espagnol).

At this link, the complete playlist of the CD on YouTube

October 12, 2025 6pm - Milan, Sala Puccini of the "G. Verdi" Conservatory

Concert for Musica Maestri!

Images and evocations

DEBUSSY         Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un Faune [1894]
                      Version for piano four hands by Maurice Ravel
RESPIGHI        Fountains of Rome [1917]
                      Original version for piano four hands by the Composer
DEBUSSY        La Mer [1905]
                      Original version for piano four hands by the Composer

At this link the concert program

The CD by the piano duo Tiziana Moneta and Gabriele Rota dedicated to Brahms (Serenade, Op. 11 and Souvenir de la Russie, DISCANTICA 323) was presented on Wednesday, September 24th at 9:30 a.m. on RAI-Radiotre during the program "Primo movimento," hosted by Valentina Lo Surdo.

You can listen to the program at this link.

Milan, Honor Hall of Casa Verdi

Counterpoint and Folklore in the Twentieth Century

HINDEMITH     Sonata for piano four hands [1938]
FELLEGARA     Metamorphosis (from a fragment by Bach) [1989]
OPPO              Gallurese [1989]
KODÁLY          Dances of Galánta [1933]

Information at https://www.nomusassociazione.org/26-3-25-moneta-rota-casa-verdi

The video of the concert is at this link

Article on Vivimilano - Corriere della Sera

Photo gallery of the concert on the Nomus website

Concert poster

State Archives of Milan
Palazzo del Senato, Sala Conferenze, Via Senato 10, Milan
4:30 PM

Free admission until all seats are taken

The Vittorio Fellegara Biennial Award is given to young artists and young researchers who have worked on the music of the Maestro whose collection is held by the NoMus Association.

This year, the Award, now in its third edition, will be awarded by Tiziana Moneta Fellegara to the esteemed guitarist Silvia Cignoli.

A concert will follow, featuring the performance of music by Vittorio Fellegara, with the participation of students and former students of the Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado, and the presence of the flautist Laura Faoro.

Concert program:

Piccolo Preludio (Mariachiara Giambelli*, guitar)

Winterday for 2 guitars (Silvia Cignoli and Mariachiara Giambelli*, guitars)

Eisblumen (Silvia Cignoli, guitar)

Canto notturno (Laura Faoro, flute and Silvia Cignoli, guitar)

Elegia (homage to Gabriel Faurè) version for guitar quintet (Silvia Cignoli, Mariachiara Giambelli*, Alice Tardino*, Simone Botti*, Ines Kikuchi*, guitars)

Winterzeit for four guitars (Silvia Cignoli, Mariachiara Giambelli*, Alice Tardino*, Simone Botti*, guitars)

Lamento for electric and electronic guitar on a reminiscence of Bach and Fellegara (Silvia Cignoli, music and guitar)

*students and former students of the Civica Scuola di Music Claudio Abbado

Tiziana Moneta and Gabriele Rota talk with Oretta Pierotti Cei

At this link the complete interview

MILAN, Sala Puccini of the G. Verdi Conservatory, 6 pm

Antonin Dvořák
Serenade  op. 22    (original version for piano four hands)

Robert Schumann
Bilder aus Osten (Pictures from the East)

Claude Debussy
Six Épigraphes Antiques

At this link the concert program

Antonin Dvořák
Serenade op. 22 (original version for piano four hands)

Robert Schumann
Bilder aus Osten (Pictures from the East)

DISCANTICA BDI DL 329

The tracks are available on YouTube

MODENA, Auditorium "Corale Rossini", 4pm

Antonin Dvořák
Serenade  op. 22 (original version for piano four hands)

Robert Schumann
Bilder aus Osten (Pictures from the East)

Claude Debussy
Six Epigraphes Antiques

At this link the review of the concert.

The CD dedicated to Serenade op. 11 and Souvenir de la Russie by Brahms (Discantica 323) obtained the maximum evaluation on “MUSICA” of May 2023.

At this link the complete review.