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Silva Manfré
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The course takes place on Giovanni Bruna's remarkable organ, housed in the parish church of Magnano and built in 1794, and represents a valuable opportunity to learn about a historic Italian instrument. Its sound characteristics allow for a very wide repertoire to be performed, ranging from the Renaissance to the early 19th century. Participants are free to choose their own programme or consult with the teacher before the course begins. The instrument's sound settings will be provided on request.
Course participants have several opportunities to practise thanks to the presence of three other organs in Magnano.
Born in Verona (Italy), Silva Manfrè graduated in organ (first at the Verona Conservatory and then at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna with Michael Radulescu) and holds a degree in Musicology (University of Pavia). Courses with Gaston Litaize, Guy Bovet, Harald Vogel, Bernard Brauchli, Esteban Elizondo, Lorenzo Ghielmi and Paolo Crivellaro played a major role in her musical training, focusing primarily on the study of historical performance practice, which remains the organist's main area of interest. She has also collaborated with contemporary composers such as Michael Radulescu, Victor Estapé, Wolfgang Sauseng and Pier Damiano Peretti.
She has been a guest at important festivals and music events such as the Festival International Orgues d'Été de Bordeaux (F), Festival Antegnati Bellinzona (CH), Festival Mozart Rovereto (I), Orgelkonzerte Jeunesse/ORF-Ö1 in Vienna (A), Asiago Festival (I), Innsbrucker Orgelkonzerte (A), Festival Musica Antica in Magnano (I), Rassegna organistica Valmaggese (CH), “Donaufestwochen Strudengau” (A), Festival Serassi (I), Sons del Temps (ES), TON.reihe (A), Slovenské historické organy Bratislava (SVK), and others.
For the Brilliant Classics record label, he recorded Ottavio Bariolla's Ricercate per sonar d'Organo (1585) (2022) and Franz Xaver Anton Murschhauser's Prototypon longo-breve organicum (1703-1707) (2023, selected for the German Record Critics' Award, Longlist 03/2023). He is organist at St. Thekla Church in Vienna and teaches organ, chamber music and basso continuo at the Musica Antica Magnano Festival (Italy).
