Some comments on PEDRO PERSONE.
"...it is about a researcher and performer who has a wide knowledge of the instrument and its repertoire. He has reached an approved level as an interpreter and is aware of the problems that have to do with the harpsichord: ornamentation, improvisation, accompaniment, etc…"
Roberto de Regina, harpsichordist (Rio de Janeiro-Brazil).
"…He is a musician of wide skills and a refined good taste…"
Huguette Dreyfus, harpsichordist and fortepianist (Paris-France).
"... he has an accurate sensitiveness and a fine musicality, allied to a wide and perfect knowledge both as an instrumentalist and as as an interpreter who is able to express himself deeply in early music."
Achille Picchi, pianist, conductor and composer (São Paulo - Brazil).
"I consider him a great musician with a broad collection of music skills. He distinguished himself by his excellent work. His musical resources are abundant and talking intellectually his scholar approach is clearly obvious…
Jacques Ogg, harpsichordist and fortepianist (Amsterdam-Netherlands)
" The difference is that there are cravistas (harpsichordists), cembalists and clavecinistes. The cravistas plays indifferently a harpsichord or a modern piano, the cembalists quit the piano and dedicate themselves to the harpsichord, but only the clavecinistes can dominate thoroughly the art of this instrument. Pedro Persone is a claveciniste!"
Felipe Nabuco-Silvestre, harpsichordist and conductor (Porto-Portugal)
"… At the harpsichord..., his musical track has been of a large and appreciated artistic consistence. Beside that, following the track of his studies on the pre-classical and classical music literature, Pedro Persone is the only fortepianist in activity in Brazil."
Benito Juarez, conductor (Campinas - Brazil)
"In the fall of 1997, I met and heard Pedro Persone during his audition for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at UCLA. I also examined his background, programs of concerts, etc. It was evident that Pedro Persone was a wonderfully accomplished musician and we at UCLA were delighted to accept him as one of our graduate students… For these reasons, I am happy to strongly recommend Pedro Persone.
Dr. Walter Ponce, Head of Piano Area at UCLA (Los Angeles)
