Natalia Fomina aka "Preziosi" - Professional musician - Composer.

Shared by: Carlos Eduardo Feijoo, Founder, CEO and Editor of International Lux Magazine.

Dresses credit (author - designer) : By Irina Shkolnaya,   Photos credit (author) : By Riccardo Citterio.  

International Lux Magazine has the pleasure to share to the international audience this special article about a very featured singer - composer of classic music.

She is winner of international composition competitions, a composer of symphonic, chamber music, ballets - Maestro Natalia Preziosi lives in Milan (Italy)

Natalia Preziosi, born in Russia, began studying the piano at the age of seven in Hungary. She began writing music at the age of twelve, creating her first composition called "Polka-joke" for the piano.

She graduated from the Belarusian State University of Arts and Culture in the city of Minsk in orchestral conducting. She studied composition and orchestral conducting under the guidance of the famous composer, organist and conductor of Moscow, national honourable artist of the Russian Federation Oleg Jancenko.

 Natalia has worked as a conductor performing numerous concerts and tours in Russia, Belarus, the Ukraine and Poland. But she debuted to the general public with her own music at the age of twenty-five in the "national" theaters of Brest and Minsk with the drama "All about Monica" directed by A.Dolnikov and with the funny opera based on the famous comedy by Oscar Wilde "The importance of being Earnest" directed by E. Milovanov.

 Since 1993 she lives in Italy with her family. And it is where she studied the aesthetics of composition at the Turin conservatory with the first Italian musicologist Enzo Restagno. Natalia had the fortunate opportunity to merge the great Russian musical culture with the centuries-old Italian musical tradition together with deepening her musical knowledge of lyrical and symphonic works. From this study of both Russian and Italian works she managed to give rise to a new compositional style that mixes the best of the two cultures and thanks to which she managed to compose innovative symphonic works, for chamber and ballet, such as:

Concert n ° 1 for violin and orchestra in LA min. dedicated to Pyotr Tchaikovsky published in Italy and Germany in the encyclopedia by Tobias Broecher, as the best works of the twentieth century for a conceptual violin (1894-2006);

"Soufflè" - a ballet for a string orchestra, dedicated to Igor Stravinsky. Published in Milan.

A Ballet- a Fable "The wooden eagle" in two acts. It is Dedicated to her own son Marcello Massetti and all children of the world. Published in Milan.

"Light and Shadow" - a vocal cycle for four voices and piano. Dedicated to W.A.Mozart. Published in Milan.

Clavier trio. A Tribute to piano composers. Dedicated to various composers.

A String Quartet. Dedicated to W.A.Mozart. Published in Milan.

Symphony No. 1 "Italian".

Symphony No. 2 "Little Symphony".

Songs for flute, violin, guitar.

"Gathered the tears of all women" for soprano, mezzo soprano and orchestra. Dedicated to all women in the world.


 "The figure of Maestro Natalia Preziosi is one of the most important composers and talents of the vast European music scene, thanks to the collaboration with great artists, theaters and concert halls of the highest prestige and level," a Milanese publishing house writes.

Natalia Preziosi is a member of the following institutions and foundations:

* the National Committee of Italian Composers CIDIM of Rome since 2006,
* of S.I.A.E (music, opera, DOR) since 1994.
* The National CIDIM Italian Composers Committee in Rome since 2006.
* of the international foundation "Women in music", Rome, since 2005.
* She is a finalist and winner of international composition competitions, such as "Women in Music" (200, 2008),
T.I.M. Rome (2010).
M.A.P. Milan (2014) for Carnegie Hall.
"Eurodonne" Rome Award (2016).
* Knight of honor of the Federation United European Nobility (2018.)
Diploma 2019 SanMarino Republic.

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Hers music is performed in theaters, auditoriums, houses-museums of the main Italian cities such as  Rome, Milan, Turin, Bari, Pesaro, San Sepolcro, Cuneo, Vittorio Veneto, Regio Emilia, Republica San Marino in monographic concerts and in concerts with composers classics: Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi, Schubert, Mascagni, Clara Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Biset, Fanny Mendelssohn, Debussy, Ravel, Dvorak, Brahms, Albeniź, Coplamd, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Puccini, Britten. 

Natalia Preziozi periodically works with the singers, pianists, violinists of Carnegie Hall, Berlin Opera, Alla Scala Theater, Arena of Verona, Regio Theater of Turin, the Bolshoi and Moscow Kremlin theatres and Erevan Opera, with Montecarlo Philharmonic orchestra, Eurorchestra, Amadeus of Rome, Geneva conservatory. Duet Dorian.

Her music is broadcast by some radio stations including Vatican Radio. The works of Natalia are published in Italy and Germany Newspapers and periodicals such as "La Stampa", "Culture and Entertainment", "Ozero Como", "Basilicata Magazine", Italian TV talk about her.

Violin Concert by Natalia Preziosi.
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 She has written in collaboration with Alex Miozi the novel "Cincilla" the history of Russian ballets.
The preface is written by madam Marie Stravinsky, great-granddaughter of the Great Composer Igor Stravinsky, granddaughter creator of the Stravinsky Foundation in Geneva.

The pool was realised last year and now can be found at the Alla Scala theater, Triennale Museum, Fashion Museum and theater costume in Milan, Igor Stravinsky Foundation in Geneva. It will shortly arrive at the Dante Alighieri Society of Turin, Milan Conservatory. Recently she has started writing the third ballet "Rusalka" on the lyrics of A.Pushkin.

English translation: Yulia Turovskaya.

Videos of Natalia Preziosi (Italian language).

The Linkedin profile of Natalia Preziosi:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalia-preziosi-197008150

The profile of Natalia Preziosi in the National Committee of Italian Composers:
http://www.cidim.it/cidim/content/314619?db=bdci&id=343473

The novel "Cincilla" the history of Russian ballets, click HERE.

Photos - videos on Facebook (Natalia Preziosi):  click HERE and click HERE.

The 62nd Annual Viennese Opera Ball at the Waldorf=Astoria, New York

          ”Man sollte die leichten dinge ernst und die ernsten dinge leight nehmen.” 

(One should take the light things seriously, and the serious things light.)

Zsa Zsa Gabor 

             Since 1955, the Viennese Opera Ball (VOB) has celebrated Austrian-American cultural and economic relations in New York City, with utmost festive elegance, while benefitting a worthy cause. 

          This year, the 62nd Viennese Opera Ball, under new artistic leadership of Daniel Serafin, uniquely celebrated the 150th anniversary of the secret national anthem waltz of Vienna, Johann Strauss Jr.'s The Blue Danube, while duely honoring Composer Leonard Bernstein - A New Yorker in Vienna, a Jewish Museum Vienna project co-ordinated with US Friends of the Jewish Museum of Vienna, for perhaps the very last, ultimate, White Tie Gala in the history of the Grand Ballroom, under the glorious, gorgeous blue lights, at the Waldorf=Astoria, New York, on February 10, 2017.  

Former US Ambassador to Austria, H.E. Alexa  Wesner

Below, the playing of the National Anthems of USA and Austria by Strauss Festival Orchestra Vienna. In attendance H.E. Alexa Westner, President Obama's U.S. Ambasador to Austria, Actress Keira Chaplin and event Co-Chairs Silvia Freiser and Michael Pecnik.

Actress/Producer Kiera Chaplin

National Anthem of USA/ AUSTRIA

        The 62nd Viennese Opera Ball was presented by the Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria, H.E. Sebastian Kurz. 

Eva Chickerling with VOB Co-Chairs  Silvia Frieser and Michael Pecnik

MET tenor Stephen Costello, tenor Massimo Giordano, soprano Sarah Joy Miller and Vienna State Opera's soprano Kristin Lewis joined in song on the floor of the Grand Ballroom. Costello performed Guiseppe Verdi's "La donna e mobile", Giordano performed Salvatore Cardillo and Riccardo Cordiferro's "Core 'Ngrato" (Ungrateful Heart), as the women swooned. Miller sang "Quando me'm vo'"(Musetta's Waltz),  from Puccini's "La Boheme", while Lewis sang George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess "Summertime." Finally, Costello sang "Dein its main gazes", from the 1929 operetta "The Land of Smiles", before guests took to the dance floor for a Midnight Quadrille by Choreographer Thomas Kraml. Later, at the Tanzmar, percussionist Ali Jackson, resident artist at Jazz Lincoln Center played on, befitting a Leonard Bernstein tribute.

Debs waltzing in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf=Astoria

The Strauss Festival Orchestra Vienna plays "Blue Danube Waltz,"  the unofficial anthem of Vienna.

           72 years has passed since the MGM’s making of Lana Turner and Ginger Rodgers’ Week-End At the Waldorf, a remake of 1932’s film Grand Hotel, where anything can happen during a magical weekend at the Waldorf; a celebrity can fall for a war-torn war correspondent, a dying soldier can find purpose to live, a man of little means can become a millionaire over night, and a dog is treated like royalty. 

Dancing in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf=Astoria

    At the Waldorf=Astoria, one can take an adventure, into another time and place. One step into the iconic landmark Art Deco laden hotel, and you are transported back to that time where anything can happen and social classes have no confinements. The Waldorf’s Grand Ballroom has housed hundreds of White Tie Galas, notables such as Winston Churchill, Robert Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller have all been in attendance.

    The Waldorf=Astoria will be closing it’s doors to the public for at least 3 years to undergo massive renovations in the conversion of 1,400 hotel rooms to luxary condominiums. Under Waldorf’s new ownership, Anbang Insurance Group Co., based in Beijing, it is suggested that only 300-500 hotel rooms will remain and will be re-opened in 2020. Anbang purchased the Landmark U.S. hotel for $1.95 billion in 2015. Hilton Worldwide Holdings will continue to manage the property.

Daniel Serafin helps Anabelle Gray Siklos

   Perhaps, we as Americans can learn a little more from the Austrians' sense of celebration and light -- and Zsa Zsa, who would have been 100 years old February 6, 2017. Let us take the heavy things lightly and take the light things seriously. One way, I know now is, Waltzing. Waltzing is good for the soul, heart and mind. So glad VOB is home to New York, a place where, for sure, we have to lighten up a bit, stop thinking, get dressed up and just waltz for a few hours. 

NY Editor, Ariane Von Kamp

Ariane Von Kamp is the NY Editor of International Lux Magazine. She is a LA based writer in NY. Ariane has had her play produced Off-Broadway, Trials Of The Fire, about an Austrian Psychologist who falls in love with a patient. Her book The Sublime, a Treatise on the Nature of the Sublime is available at Barnes&Noble.com. She has worked at Randon House Books, written for Lifestyles Magazine, Celebrity Services International and has written extensively for TV. She is currently working on a feature screenplay, The Dog Who Knew Too Much.  Ariane is a member of SAG/AFTRA, WGA-E, ATAS and NATAS, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Photog, Hope Lourie Killcoyne

Photographer Hope Lourie Killcoyne’s career began as a writer/producer in television at NBC Network News. She then worked at Channel 13/PBS, where she wrote and produced award-winning promos. A few years later, her first children’s book, "The Lost Village of Central Park,” led to a career shift—educational publishing—first as managing editor at Silver Moon Press; then as executive editor at Britannica Educational Publishing. As of 2015, she has been a freelance writer and photographer, working chiefly for the Writers Guild of America, East. With a camera as her constant companion, Killcoyne has won regional, national, and international awards for her environmental portraiture.