For his 5th time at Music Fest Perugia since 2013, Gaddiel has become now a vital part of the conducting faculty at the festival. In total, during this month long festival, Gaddiel has collaborated with more than 80 (!) young pianists and violinists, and performed with them their Concerto movement. The Concerti of this year were piano and violin concerti by : Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, in the classical era, as well as Mendelssohn, Chopin, Grieg, Saint-Saens and Rachmaninoff from the romantic era. Gaddiel conducted as well the Opera Gala of the second session with the singers of the vocal program at MFP. The concert featured a first half of all the arias from “La Boheme” by Puccini, and a second half with a potpourri of arias by Rossini, Handel, Mozart, Verdi and Puccini.
At one of the first evenings during the festival, on July 26th, Gaddiel was asked to jump in at a very short notice to conduct the last hour of the concert with the “Cherubini” Orchestra of the Florence Conservatory. With no rehearsals or time to prepare, Gaddiel performed with the young soloists various concerti as Grieg Piano Concerto, Saint-Saens and Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2.
About Music Fest Perugia
Founded by Israeli Pianist Ilana Vered in 2005, Music Fest Perugia takes place every year in the historical center of Perugia, Italy. The festival has for mission to give every participant the opportunity of performing with an orchestra as well as a great amount of lessons and masterclasses from a leading faculty. Every evening at the festival, the orchestras are collaborating to perform with many young soloists. The concerti played range from Classical era by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven as well as romantic by Mendelssohn, Chopin, Grieg, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff among others
Gaddiel performed this summer 7 evening concerts with the young pianists and violinists of MFP, with the “Cherubini” orchestra as well as the Virtuosi Brunensis Orchestra during the second part of the festival.
MFP Opera Gala concert 
The Conducting Workshop
A new addition to the festival this year was a full conducting workshop during the first session of MFP, designed for young musicians who have never learned conducting before. The workshop had 4 lessons every other day and a final concert with the Cherubini orchestra on August 3, where every participant had the opportunity to lead the orchestra for the very first time. The age of the participants ranged from 8 to 20 years old. The participants played a 4 hands version of the works while their friends conducted. The program of the workshop was :
Grieg – “Morning” and “Ase’s death” from Peer Gynt and Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G minor, Mvts 1 & 3.
For more information about the festival : www.musicfestperugia.net
MFP conducting workshop 
