Von Rom nach Buenos Aires

Film music as the main attraction

The music of Ennio Morricone, Luis Bacalov, and Nino Rota is much more than just an acoustic accompaniment to films. Each work is an independent art form that expands the narrative space, intensifies emotions, and translates visual images into sound. With the Pietrodarchi string quintet, listeners are immersed in worlds of sound, entering unimagined, timeless places. The music selected by the group is a tribute to Italian film music and to Astor Piazzolla—music as an expression of beauty, emotion, and artistic imagination.

Multifaceted soundscapes

The juxtaposition with European film music creates a fascinating dialogue: between north and south, between image and movement, between contemplative introspection and dramatic gesture. The concert invites listeners not only to hear these multifaceted soundscapes, but to experience them with all their senses—as an emotional journey through memory, imagination, and cultural boundaries.

An exceptional musician

Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi’s musicality is unique and exudes a power and intensity with which the exceptional musician lives, experiences, suffers, and internalizes music. After completing his studies at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, he began an international concert career that has already taken him all over the world. For example, he played at the Colosseum in Rome with Andrea Bocelli and Angela Gheorghiu and went on a European tour with Erwin Schrott and Anna Netrebko.

Program

Morricone
Three themes from Cinema Paradiso / Mission / Once Upon a Time in the West
Rota
Omaggio a Federico Fellini (Themes from: La dolce vita / Amarcord / 8 1⁄2)
Roberto Di Marino
Suite mediterranea (Meditation, Eolia, Tango Trentino)
Piazzolla
Oblivion, Adios Nonino, Soledad, Sur, Libertango

Cast

Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi – bandoneon
Patrizia Bettotti – violin
Sergio La Vaccara – violin
Luigi Azzolini – viola
Arianna Di Martino – cello
Massimiliano Rizzoli – double bass