Concert Program
Black Carmen

Variations from Bizet's Carmen
Amamus Amadeus

Transcriptions from famous themes from Mozart's operatic and non-operatic compositions
In spite of Joachim - from Rossini's Barber of Seville...and more
Morricordando

a tribute to Ennio Morricone
Melium Bondare - the most famous James Bond film themes composed by John Barry
Napoletando - Neapolitan songs and music in the "Cerino" style
About the Performers
Palma Di Gaetano
flute, Italy
She graduated with honors in flute under the guidance of Maestro Luigi Bisanti at the Istituto Musicale Pareggiato in Ceglie Messapica (Brescia), now a branch of the "T. Schipa" Conservatory in Lecce. She furthered her studies with Maestros M. Larrieu, M. Mercelli, A. Persichilli, D. Divittorio, B. Cavallo, A. Amenduni, P.I. Artaud, and M. Gatti (for baroque flute). She has won numerous national and international competitions as a soloist and in chamber music ensembles. She has collaborated with the Orchestra of the Province of Lecce, the Orchestra della Magna Grecia, the International Youth Symphony Orchestra of Lanciano (Chieti), the Orchestra of the Paisiello Institute of Taranto, and the Paisiello Festival Orchestra of Taranto.

She is a frequent jury member at national and international competitions. She has made recordings for various local broadcasters and for RAI UNO. He earned a Bachelor's Degree in Music Therapy with Professor G. Mutti, president of the A.I.S.Mt. of Genoa. She participated in the recording of the opera "Studi sull'intonazione del mare" by S. Sciarrino, which premiered at the XXXIII Festival delle Nazioni 2000 in Città di Castello (PG).

She holds a diploma in choir conducting for schools of all levels and earned a Master's Degree in Musical Disciplines, specializing in Flute and Chamber Music, from the "Giovanni Paisiello" Institute of Musical Studies in Taranto, with top marks and honors, having prepared two theses with performances of pieces by living contemporary composers.

She performs extensively as a soloist and in chamber music ensembles in Italy and abroad.
She holds the chair of flute at the "F.G. Pignatelli" Comprehensive Institute in Grottaglie (TA).
Giordano Muolo
clarinet, Italy
Born in 1970, he studied clarinet with Maestro Cornelio Martina at the "Tito Schipa" Conservatory of Music in Lecce. He attended a master class with Maestro Alessandro Travaglini and, in Rome, the annual advanced course with Maestro Valeria Serangeli (First Clarinet of the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa), with whom he edited the Pot Pourrì from "La Traviata," written by the 19th-century composer Giuseppe Cappelli for piccolo clarinet and piano. The revision was published by AIC (Accademia Italiana Clarinetto) and presented, along with its audio recording by Valeria Serangeli herself, on the CD Italian Souvenir at the CLARINET FEST 2013 in Assisi.
He has been a member of several chamber ensembles and has collaborated with the International Orchestra of Magna Grecia of Taranto and the Orchestra Festival Paisiello Taranto. He has won numerous national and international competitions.

He held a master class for clarinet teachers and students at the Tirana Music Academy. He is actively involved in teaching and performing as a soloist and in various chamber ensembles, both in Italy and abroad (France, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Switzerland, Romania, and Germany).

He plays Italian Ripamonti instruments and has been a Zac Ligature endorser since January 2017.
Michael Bulychev-Okser
piano, USA
Michael Bulychev-Okser is a world-renowned American pianist, composer, and producer. A laureate of the "Who's Who in Music" award, Mr. Bulychev-Okser has performed at the most prestigious venues in the world: Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, the Kennedy Center, Salle Pleyel (France), Wigmore Hall (London), Rachmaninoff Hall (Russia), Suur Saal (Estonia), and the Centermex Theater (Mexico).

Bulychev-Okser is the organizer of international music events: the Gershwin International Music Competition in New York and the "Classical Hugs" festival in Estonia. Michael is a guest artist at numerous music festivals, competitions, and concert series in England, France, Germany, Mexico, Israel, Estonia, Georgia, Ukraine, Austria, Finland, South Korea, China, Serbia, Singapore, and the USA.

In 2022, Michael Bulychev-Okser performed Mendelssohn's Double Concerto with the famous violin virtuoso Shlomo Mintz. Michael Bulychev-Okser is a professor of piano and chamber ensembles at the Lucy Moses School at the Kaufman Center in New York.
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