A letter (dated 22 June 1942) from Ildebrando Pizzetti [1880-1968] to the publisher Ricordi:  Vi interesserà sapere, credo, che anche il pianista Benedetti Michelangeli intende studiare ed eseguire i Canti della Stagione Alta. Per lui scriverò due nuove «cadenze». 'You will be interested to know, I believe, that pianist Benedetti Michelangeli also intends to study and perform the Canti della Stagione Alta  (1930). I will write two new "cadenzas" for him.' ​ The concerto was d

Olaszországban feltünt az "uj Liszt Ferenc" Pesti Hírlap 1 September 1940 'The "new Liszt Ferenc" appeared in Italy. At the beginning of the summer, a report appeared in the Pesti Hirlap about the musical events of the festive games in Florence. The writer of the report, Countess Ceruttiné Paulay Erzsi (gróf Ceruttiné Paulay Erzsi, a Hugrarian actress married to Italian ambassador Count Vittorio Cerrutti ) dedicated extremely warm lines to the praise of an 18-year-old Itali

I came across this passage in Musica (an online Italian music journal), August 27, 2025 'Villa Togni (in Gussago), formerly known as Villa Averoldi, dates back to the late 14th century and remains one of the most significant historic residences in Northern Italy, from its role in the 1426 Conspiracy to conquer Brescia and the Venetian Republic to the years of the Second World War, when the family of composer Camillo Togni hosted the celebrated pianist Arturo Benedetti Michel