By Stefano Miceli
On Friday, May 6, at 7 p.m., Appia Entertainment Productions LLC will present the acclaimed international pianist and conductor Stefano Miceli with Steve Everett, composer, musicologist and Provost and Senior Vice President at The Graduate Center at CUNY, at the Greenwich Arts Council Concert Hall, at 299 Greenwich Avenue.
How do acoustics influence our emotions? How does sound work in our mind before we are born? What are the universal qualities of music across our cultures? Through a unique and multi-faceted experience, The Greenwich Concert Series “Music & Conversations” will present a collaborative lecture featuring nationally famed Steve Everett in conjunction to an illustrative performance by one of the world’s leading pianists, Stefano Miceli; topics touched upon the cognitive benefits of sound and music and how they function on social, psychological and cultural levels throughout our lives. Stefano Miceli will perform music by Chopin, Mozart, Schumann, among others.
Mr. Everett brings three decades of academic leadership experience at public and private research universities to his role as Provost and Senior Vice President of the Graduate Center at CUNY (The City University of New York).
Mr. Miceli is one of the foremost Italian conductors and pianists around the world. He has earned the applause of audiences at Berliner Philharmonie, Sydney Opera House, Leipzig Gewandhaus, La Fenice Opera in Venice, Beijing Forbidden City Concert Hall, and Carnegie Hall. Miceli dedicates part of his time in teaching and directing the Greenwich Piano Institute, and at Adelphi University as a faculty member. He is the Music Director of the Adelphi Symphony Orchestra. He has been the Principal Guest Conductor at the Leipzig Philharmonic and at Cameristi della Fenice in Venice, and Music Director of the Orchestra Sinfonica Italiana. Currently Miceli is the President and the Artistic Director of the Milano Metropolitan Orchestra, Music Director of the Adelphi Symphony Orchestra and founder of the Greenwich Concert Series “Music & Conversations” for his Greenwich community and music lovers. Mr. Miceli is a recording artist for Appia Records USA and Steinway Spirio Recording. In 2011 Stefano Miceli has been appointed Steinway Artist in Hamburg, Germany.
At 7 p.m. there will be a cocktail and finger food reception, generously offered by Il Pastaficio and Val’s Wine & Spirits, followed at 7:45 p.m. by the “Music and Conversations” Performance. Students can ask for a passcode to obtain a $10 ticket. For tickets and information email appiaproductions@gmail.com or visit online https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stefano-miceli-and-steve-everett-in-music-and-human-conditions-tickets-322980492347, or call the Greenwich Arts Council at (203) 862-6750. Free tickets at door if available, check only. Information at appiaproductions@gmail.com
