Sicily, June 28, 2015. The ninth concert season of the Delegation of Sicily just ended at the Church of S. Maria degli Agonizzanti with a concert dedicated to the Master Giuseppe di Janni in the centenary of his birth. Master Giuseppe di Janni as well as the father and grandfather of the Knights of Grace Antonio and Giuseppe, was also the teacher of the Master Alberto Giacchino, Constantinian knight of Merit, artistic director of the Constantinian concert seasons Master Giacchino recalled the charismatic figure of his teacher and his great ability to establish with his students a relationship of “master” and confidant. Hundreds of his students have become, over time, teachers at the conservatory and first violins in the best Italian orchestras. The master Giuseppe di Janni, began his studies under the guide of his father Antonio, well known orchestra leader at the end of ‘800 and early’ 900. He continued his studies in Naples with Maestro Francesco Cilea and graduated at the Conservatory V. Bellini in Palermo with Master G. Ferrara. With the symphony orchestra of Sicily in the role of first violin, concertino, he participated to numerous international tours throughout Europe. The concert was performed by a string quartet and piano, Antonia Sutera Sutera violin, Laura Plescia viola, Franco Bongiovanni violoncello and Andrea Emanuele piano. They have been played music by Mahler.
