Antonio Artese – Piano
This opening concert was be performed by Antonio Artese, pianist, composer, and artistic director of the series. His career bridges classical tradition, jazz improvisation, and multi-sensory performance. With Music and Meditation, he brings his vision of music as a pathway to reflection and inner connection.

• J. S. Bach / Siloti – Prelude in B minor 
  (from the Clavierbluchlein for W. F. Bach – arrangement by A. Siloti)
  A quiet stream of harmony, reimagined across centuries. Bach’s serenity flows through Siloti’s hands, a meditation in sound.

• Edvard Grieg – Five Lyric Pieces
  Miniatures of Nordic light — tender songs without words. Each one a fleeting mood, simple and pure.
  – Arietta op. 12 n. 1  
  – Little Bird op. 43 n. 4
  – At Your Feet op. 68 n. 3
  – Notturno op. 54 n. 4
  – Vanished Days op. 57 n. 1

• Alexander Scriabin – Four Preludes, Op. 11
  Short visions of the soul: restless, tender, dreamlike. Scriabin whispers in fragments that vanish as quickly as they arrive.
  – n. 1 Vivace
  – n. 12 Andante
  – n. 9 Andantino
  – n. 10 Andante

• Valentin Silvestrov – Three Bagatelles op. 1
  Music like memory — fragile echoes, dissolving into silence. Silvestrov offers us the poetry of what lingers.
  – Allegretto
  – Moderato
  – Moderato

• Encore – Antonio Artese
  A final reflection — a gift of sound to close this shared journey of silence, breath, and music.