Name: From Italy with Love | RHR Musical Evenings at San Fernando Cathedral
Start: 2023-03-26T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2023-03-26
Location: San Fernando Cathedral

From Italy with Love | RHR Musical Evenings at San Fernando Cathedral

Founded in 1998, MBAW is a non-profit arts organization with the mission to celebrate our shared humanity by providing access to global arts for all. Focused on promoting culture, education, and tourism through free concerts by emerging musicians and artistic collaborations.  Musical Bridges aims to create one-of-a-kind, multicultural performances by world-class jazz, classical, and folk musicians, in order to develop and educate new audiences.

Musical Bridges Around the World

Italian concert pianist & Gurwitz 2020 Bronze medalist Leonardo Colafelice brings a virtuoso program of Franz Liszt works!

San Fernando Cathedral

Russell Hill Rogers Musical Evenings

Russell Hill Rogers Musical Evenings showcase world-class, award-winning artists in two iconic San Antonio venues. Experience the historic beauty of San Fernando Cathedral and the vibrant, state-of-the-art sound of Stable Hall at the Pearl.

Thank you! We look forward to seeing you at the event!

<p><strong>--Register for a free ticket now to enter into the concert raffle!--</strong></p><p>Leonardo Colafelice, Italian concert pianist and 2020 Bronze Medalist and Audience Favorite of The Gurwitz International Piano Competition, returns to San Antonio with a stellar new virtuoso program of Franz Liszt compositions inspired by Italian opera masterpieces of Rossini, Bellini and Verdi. From Altamura (Bari) in Southern Italy, Colafelice has won a multitude of international competitions and also currently teaches as Piano Professor at the renowned “Niccolò Piccinni Conservatory of Music” in Bari. </p><blockquote>“I am very excited to hear such a fabulous pianist and musician. Thanks for your music!”</blockquote><blockquote>– Martha Argerich, renowned concert pianist</blockquote><p>Check out his Gurwitz 2020 Round III performance of local San Antonio composer Ethan Wickman&#x27;s &quot;Murmurs from the Exile&quot; along with Syrian clarinetist Kinan Azmeh and U.S. percussionist John Hadfield:</p>

<h3>Raffle Details:</h3><ul><li>Name(s) will be drawn at random live at the event. The selected winner(s) must be present at the time of drawing or another will be drawn at random from the list.</li></ul><h3>About the Concert Series:</h3><p>Russell Hill Rogers Musical Evenings at San Fernando Cathedral free concert series merges the historic architecture of the nation’s oldest continuously operating Catholic sanctuary with enchanting music of some of the finest, award-winning artists from around the globe!</p><h3>Thank you to our Sponsors!</h3><p>Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts, City of San Antonio Department of Arts &amp; Culture, Kronkosky Charitable Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Ford Foundation, The Brown Foundation, Texas Commission on the Arts, Impact San Antonio, H-E-B, Texas Cavaliers, City of San Antonio Council Project Funds, Joan &amp; Herb Kelleher Charitable Foundation, &amp; the Alice Kleberg Foundation</p><h3>Safety Precautions:</h3><p>The organization will follow all current safety and distancing guidelines for fine arts performance halls per the State of Texas and any other measures by discretion for the ensured safety of its attendees. </p>

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