Legacy Gaia Gaibazzi & Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi

• Tzvi Avni (b. 1927): Kaddish (Version for Clarinet & Piano):
• 1 Avni: Kaddish (Version for Clarinet & Piano) 06:15
• Paul Ben-Haim (1897 - 1984): Arabic Song (Version for Clarinet & Piano):
• 2 Ben-Haim: Arabic Song (Version for Clarinet & Piano) 02:27
• Mordecai Seter (1916 - 1994): The Double:
• 3 Seter: The Double: I. Tempo rubato 05:12
• 4 Seter: The Double: II. Lento 04:24
• Tzvi Avni: Pastorale and Dance:
• 5 Avni: Pastorale and Dance: I. Pastorale 05:40
• 6 Avni: Pastorale and Dance: II. Dance 06:09
• Mordecai Seter: Elegy:
• 7 Seter: Elegy: I. Adagietto 03:18
• 8 Seter: Elegy: II. Capriccioso, improvvisando con fantasia 02:41
• 9 Seter: Elegy: III. Lento ma non troppo 01:50
• 10 Seter: Elegy: IV. Adagio 01:52
• 11 Seter: Elegy: V. Andante misterioso 01:26
• Paul Ben-Haim: Three Songs Without Words, Op. 45:
• 12 Ben-Haim: Three Songs Without Words, Op. 45: I. Arioso 04:22
• 13 Ben-Haim: Three Songs Without Words, Op. 45: II. Ballad 03:16
• 14 Ben-Haim: Three Songs Without Words, Op. 45: III. Sephardic Melody 04:02
• Mordecai Seter: Chamber Music 70: Monodrama:
• 15 Seter: Chamber Music 70: Monodrama: I. Moderato molto 01:43
• 16 Seter: Chamber Music 70: Monodrama: II. Largo 02:47
• 17 Seter: Chamber Music 70: Monodrama: III. Andante 05:40
• 18 Seter: Chamber Music 70: Monodrama: IV. Vivo 03:01
• 19 Seter: Chamber Music 70: Monodrama: V. Molto adagio 02:33
• Paul Ben-Haim: Pastorale variée, Op. 31b (Version for Clarinet & Piano):
• 20 Ben-Haim: Pastorale variée, Op. 31b (Version for Clarinet & Piano): I. Thema. Sostenuto e dolce 01:25
• 21 Ben-Haim: Pastorale variée, Op. 31b (Version for Clarinet & Piano): II. Var. I. L'istesso tempo 01:23
• 22 Ben-Haim: Pastorale variée, Op. 31b (Version for Clarinet & Piano): III. Var. II. Un poco più mosso 01:32
• 23 Ben-Haim: Pastorale variée, Op. 31b (Version for Clarinet & Piano): IV. Var. III. Calmo 02:00
• 24 Ben-Haim: Pastorale variée, Op. 31b (Version for Clarinet & Piano): V. Var. IV. Ancora più calmo 02:47
• 25 Ben-Haim: Pastorale variée, Op. 31b (Version for Clarinet & Piano): VI. Var. V. Allegretto 01:47
• 26 Ben-Haim: Pastorale variée, Op. 31b (Version for Clarinet & Piano): VII. Var. VI. Epilogue. Molto calmo e misterioso 05:10
• Béla Kovács (1937 - 2021): Sholem-alekhem, rov Feidman!:
• 27 Kovács: Sholem-alekhem, rov Feidman! 05:45
• Total Runtime 01:30:27

Info for Legacy

This recording brings together the complete works for clarinet and piano by Paul Ben-Haim, Mordecai Seter and Tzvi Avni, three central figures in the development of Israeli art music. All three composers were born and trained in Europe before settling in Israel, where each forged a distinctive musical voice shaped by new cultural surroundings and traditions. From Ben-Haim's richly lyrical writing, influenced by Mediterranean and Middle Eastern elements, to Seter's more introspective and historically informed approach, and Avni's later exploration of modern and experimental styles, these works offer a compelling overview of a changing musical landscape. The clarinet, long associated with both Western chamber music and Jewish musical tradition, serves as a unifying voice throughout, revealing a repertoire of striking contrast, colour and expressive depth.

Gaia Gaibazzi, clarinet
Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi, piano

Gaia Gaibazzi
is an Italian clarinetist and bass clarinetist.

She started playing at the age of 10 and graduated 2015 with distinction from the Conservatorio “Niccolo Paganini” of Genoa.

She completed her degrees in the Master in Music Performance at the Zürcher Hoschule der Künste in 2017 and in Master in Music Pedagogy in 2019, where she studied clarinet with Prof. Fabio Di Casola and bass clarinet with Prof. Bernhard Röthlisberger and Filipa Nunes.

She also had the opportunity to work with other professional players like Jörg Widmann, Harri Maki, Enrico Maria Baroni, Corrado Orlando and Massimo Ferraris.

She is currently teaching at the Musikschule Würenlos and Musikschule Untersiggenthal Turgi (CH).

She has been working as a music, clarinet, solfège and theory teacher since 2011 in different music schools and associations in Italy (Società Filarmonica di Finalborgo and the Complesso Bandistico “Antonio Forzano”) and in Switzerland (Intercommunity School of Zumikon, Musikverein Oberrieden, Musikschule Pratteln August Giebenach, Musik Konservatorium Zürich).

At the moment she is offering lessons at the Intercommunity School of Zumikon and she will be working as a teacher during the 2018/2019 school year at the Musik Konservatorium Zürich, managing the clarinet section rehearsals at the Dachslernstrasse school.

She has performed in several concerts in the theaters of all over Europe (Philarmonie de Paris, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Tonhalle Zurich, Philarmonie in Luxembourg, Casa da Musica of Porto, Teatro Carlo Felice of Genoa and Teatro dal Verme of Milano) and regularly collaborates with orchestras in Switzerland, for example Giraud Ensemble, ZhdK Orchestra, Arc-en-ciel Ensemble, Jugend Sinfonierorchester Zurich -JSOZ, and in Italy, such as Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini, Orchestra dell’Accademia Musicale Teresiana, Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana. Gaia played under the baton of important conductors as Riccardo Muti, Wayne Marshall, Dennis Russel Davies, Pierre-Andrè Valade, Zsolt Nagy, Marc Kissóczy and Yuri Simonov.

She also worked in many festivals as musician, for example the Alexander Arutiunian International Wind Festival in Yerewan, FIMU – Festival International de Musique Universitaire in Belfort, Zurich International Saxfest 2017 Ravenna Festival and Festival Fiati in Novara.​

Gaia was awarded three first prizes and in the Klang & Gloria Competition in Zurich (2016), in Italy in the Concorso di Musica G. Ratto and in the Concorso Musicale Virginia Centurione and a third prize in the Competition for Contemporary Music of the Zürcher Hoschule der Künste (2016)

She is an active chamber musician and has the opportunity to be a member of ensembles like Clariphonia Clarinet Quartet and Trio Zefiro, playing within important concert seasons, like Concerti di Primavera-GOG, Santa Festival and MITOFringe/ Festival Mito Milano, Lange Nacht der Musik Zürich and Tage für Neue Musik Zürich.

Gaia regularly collaborates and records film and contemporary music with many Zürich composers. Since 2015, she participated at the Prelude Konzert Festival of the Tonhalle Zürich, where she had the opportunity to perform pieces by Widmann, Bartòk and Pintscher.

Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi
Is a refined soloist of remarkable virtuosity, Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi has collaborated with leading figures – including Bruno Canino, Antonio Ballista, the Aron Quartet and the Mantua Chamber Orchestra – and is also well known on the jazz scene, particularly for his close collaboration with Enrico Pieranunzi. A cultured and brilliant populariser of topics in the philosophy of music, he has also edited the critical editions of works by Respighi, Carpi and Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

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