The official representatives of Italian Culture in the world, the Trio – Voces Intimae (Riccardo Cecchetti– piano; Luigi De Filippi– violin; Sandro Meo– cello) have performed at Wigmore Hall and St. John’s Smith Square in London, Carnegie Hall in New York, Musik Halle in Hamburg, Vredenburg in Utrecht, deSingel in Antwerp, Festival Europalia-Italia in Belgium, Festival dei due Mondi in Spoleto, Amici della Musica in Florence, Unione Musicale in Turin, Istituzione Universitaria dei Concerti in Rome, Bologna Festival,Amici della Musica in Perugia, etc. The Trio has performed for the President of the Italian Repubblic, C.A. Ciampi, at Quirinale in Rome. They have also performed for BBC-Radio 3 and RAI-Radio 3. Voces Intimae has also worked with the Teatro dell’Opera of Rome in new ballet productions.

The Trio records for Warner Classics and their first release was the complete edition of the J.N. Hummel piano trios in two separate CDs performed on period instruments. Voces Intimae has also recorded three CDs for the Italian label Symphonia, dedicated to the trios of F. Schubert, of F. Mendelssohn and an unpublished repertoire of 19 th century Fantasies based on the music of Vincenzo Bellini all performed with period instruments.

The critics have written about the Trio: “I believe that this Trio will go far…” – Radiotre-MattinoTre G. Zaccagnini,; “…the interpretation continually changes pace, following the most subtle and tender shifts of mood: at one time “talking” at another “singing”, with the sublime harvest of voices, darkening or brightening the texture, exposing symphonic passages, or reducing to a soft and remote dialogue, made of allusions more than words…” – Suonare – A. Floetto; “A quality performance…” - Il Venerdìdella Repubblica, Enzo Siciliano; “…A magnificent CD!...” – De Morgen, Rudy Tambuyser; “…Voces Intimae brings back to this music all of its poetry and transperancy…” – Le Monde de laMusique,Vincent Casanova; “…the interpretations are extremely fluid, tender and elegant…” – Amadeus, Francesco Ermini Polacci; “…a performance of inspired clarity and subtle expression, characterized by a transparent interpretation and flawless intonation…” – The Strad.

The intent of the Trio is to try and bring back to the music its original transparency, to  try  and  make  evident the original intentions of the

Riccardo Cecchetti pianoforte
Luigi De Filippi violino
Sandro De Meo violoncello

composers through sound and phrasing, and bring to light the history that is tied to the piece. The choice of the name, Voces Intimae, confirms the groups aim to select the more subtle aspects of the repertoire without being obliged to play like a “round of artillerary”, but rather to show the rhythm of the “trot of a horse” and the favouring of subtle undertones, the understated, and the veins of melancholy, all aspects that during the 20 th century were ignored

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