(April 13, 2017) The Italian Institute of Culture in Budapest celebrates Easter with a unique concert of classical music, and a special instrument played by Maria Grazia Amoruso, accompanied by the Musica Sonora Chamber Orchestra direct by master Péter Illényi. The works of Joseph Haydn will be played on a special organ in wooden pipes, traditional of the Baroque era. The organ built by Giorgio Questa is a peculiar instrument: it is assembled and disassembled in a few hours and is easily transportable. In this sense, it reminds 'the old "portative", although, despite the seemingly small size, its phonic structure is that of a common organ of the Italian sixteenth century. The instrument is all wood and completely mechanical. Giorgio Questa built it himself, piece by piece, following the same traditional methods of ancient master organ builders. It Includes 491 pine and chestnut barrels. The keyboard, which is joined to the pedalboard, has four octaves.

ABOUT / THE STAR

Maria Grazia Amoruso is organist and pianist and her repertoire ranges from Frescobaldi and Bach to Dallapiccola and Castiglioni. She started her artistic career at the Conservatory Niccolò Paganini in Genoa, where she graduated in piano with honors. The meeting with the Maestro Giorgio Questa, with whom she studied intensively organ, analysis and interpretation of music - especially the manuscripts of Italian music of the sixteenth and seventeenth century - was decisive for her artistic development. Upon the death of the Maestro, in 2010, Maria Grazia Amoruso restored the wooden "portative"organ she inherited, with the aim of perpetuating this artistic tradition.