Italian pianist to head new academy.
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Italian pianist to head new academy
Category: Article
| Title | Italian pianist to head new academy |
|---|---|
| Year | 2009 |
| Publication | Stuff, originally published in The Northland/Bay Chronicle |
| Publisher | Stuff NZ |
| Language | English |
| Geographic reference | Kerikeri, Northland, Bay of Islands |
| Time reference | 2009 |
| Online resource | YES |
| Topic | Music, Italian musicians in New Zealand, Musica, Recent immigrants, Italiani in Nuova Zelanda |
Article about International concert pianist Matteo Napoli. Napoli visited and preformed in New Zealand several times before moving to Kerikeri with the role of music director of a new Bay of Islands Academy of Music, Kerikeri School of Music. Now Napoli lives in Auckland with his wife, soprano opera singer and voice teacher Lilia Carpinelli. The couple run the Vivaldi Academy of Music. Napoli also features in the movie Crossing Rachmaninoff with Flavio Villani. Napoli and Carpinelli preforms regularly around New Zealand, you can read more about them in the article: Italian musicians return to perform at Whittaker's Musical Museum.
