Gamba, Piero

Performer

Piero Gamba, also called Pierino Gamba (born 16 December 1936), is an Italian orchestral conductor and pianist.  Gamba was born in Rome in 1936. He first came to attention as a child prodigy. He won the Arnold Bax Memorial Medal in 1962. He was, among others, the musical director and conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra from 1971 till 1980. He was the chief conductor of theAdelaide Symphony Orchestra in Australia from 1983 to 1986, and conducted many other Australian orchestras during this time. He was the musical director and conductor of the SODRE National Symphonic Orchestra of Uruguay from 1994 till 1995 as well as from 2001 till 2004. Piero Gamba currently lives in New York City, pursuing his career and teaching orchestra conducting.  [source from Wikipedia]

Work

• Semiramide
• William Tell
• The Barber of Seville
• The Silken Ladder
• The Thieving Magpie
• The three ridiculous gallants
• Orpheus and Eurydice, Wq. 30
• Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
• Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
• Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
• Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
• Piano concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 - Emperor
• Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
• Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
• The Last Song
• Musical Evenings
• Soul of the heart
• The Boatman
• Mattinata
• In This Dark Tomb, WoO 133
• Carmen Fantasy, Op.25
• Fantasia in C minor, Op. 80
• Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor, Op. 28
• Rondo in B flat major, WoO 6
• Four Songs of Amaranta
• My dear beloved
• Havanaise, Op. 83