August 2015: Invited for the second time to the Valley of the Temples, Canonici wrote for this place – so rich in history – a new piece entitled “For Xenocrates of Agrigento”, for chamber orchestra and narrator. Virginio Zoccatelli conducted the Soloists of the...
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National Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome
May 2015: Aurelio Canonici has been invited to explain classical music to the public of Santa Cecilia. In a series of acclaimed piano lessons Canonici analysed and illustrated masterpieces such as the Fifth Symphony of Shostakovich, the First and the Fourth Mahler’s...
Sofia Philharmonic
April 2015: debut on the podium of the Sofia Philharmonic. Aurelio Canonici has proposed to the audience in Sofia a highly-regarded symphonic program, conducting Beethoven’s Overture to the Consecration of the House, the third piano concerto, and Brahms Symphony n. 3.
Sapienza University, Rome
January 2015: at the Laboratory Museum of Contemporary Art – at the Sapienza University – took place an intensive seminar to celebrate the Remembrance Day “Through the Arts”. Aurelio Canonici gave a lecture to illustrate the figure of Olivier Messiaen and to explain...
Soundtrack for Italian national TV channel Rai 2
July 2014: “Spaghetti western in the Water” (a 90 minutes long lasting action film) is broadcasted on the Italian Television channel Rai 2. The film makes use of a sound track entirely composed by Aurelio Canonici. The music lively blends different styles and...
The Valley of the Temples
July 2014: in the amazing setting beneath the temple of Juno Aurelio Canonici’s “Empedocle, l’Amore e lo Sfero” (Empedocles, Love and the Sphere) – conceived for chamber orchestra and specially written for the occasion – has been played for the fist time. Virginio...
Vittoria Theatre, Rome
April 2014: the cycle of conferences at the Teatro Vittoria in Rome – dedicated to the most popular Puccini Operas – successfully concludes. A large audience followed Aurelio Canonici between December and April in a series of lessons at the piano in which the Maestro...






