Antonio Ballista and Bruno Canino are one of the most famous piano duos on the international scene and certainly the most experienced, with seventy years of music together. To celebrate this exceptional milestone, Canino and Ballista present a fascinating and poetic programme in which the unrivalled interpretative harmony of the two soloists is once again evident as they explore a refined repertoire belle époque linked to the world of childhood.

Few artists have embodied the art of four-hand piano performance with the same depth and continuity as Antonio Ballista and Bruno Canino, a duo active since 1954 and now celebrating the 70th anniversary of an extraordinary career. The programme opens with Fauré's Dolly, an intimate and delicate suite, followed by Ravel's Ma mère l'Oye, an enchanting tribute to the world of fairy tales. In the second part, we will hear Satie's Tre pezzi in forma di pera, a suite of seven pieces for piano four hands in which the composer combines melancholy and cabaret-style irony, marking a departure from Debussy's impressionism. The evening will conclude with Stravinsky's Three Easy Pieces and Five Easy Pieces, brilliant and witty pieces that highlight all the freshness and inventive imagination of their author. Ballista and Canino's interpretation, honed through decades of research and concerts on the world's most prestigious stages, promises to restore the most authentic essence of the works to the audience, in a concert that is both a celebration and a renewal of the four-hand piano tradition.