RICCARDO COSSI (Italy)

Riccardo Cossi, orgle

Programme:
Nicolaus Bruhns (1665–1697), Praeludium in E Minor »Big«
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), 
Liebster Jesu wir sind hier, BWV 731
Ich ruf zu dir, herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
Robert Schumann (1810–1856), Four Sketches for Pedal Piano, Op. 58
I. Nicht schnell und sehr markiert
II. Nicht schnell und sehr markiert
III. Lebhaft
IV. Allegretto
César Franck (1822–1890), 
Cantabile in lab from Pieces Posthumes
Pièce Héroique  from Trois Pièce pour grand orgue
Marco Enrico Bossi (1861–1925), Ave Maria, Op. 104, No. 2
Max Reger (1873–1916), Introduction and Passacaglia in D Minor

After graduating in piano, organ, organ composition, harpsichord, and conducting Riccardo Cossi, from Trieste, Italy, specialized in organ performance. He is invited to give concerts at the most esteemed venues across Europe and has premiered numerous works and recorded several pieces for Rainbow Records. He founded the Accademia Organistica Tergestina, where he serves as Artistic Director and teaches organ, improvisation, piano, and music theory. He conducts the choir and orchestra of the University of Trieste and the Diapason choir. He has been the organist and music director at St. Teresa del Bambin Gesù and the titular organist at the Church of Beate Vergine del Soccorso. Currently, he is the titular organist of the Cappelle Civica and the Cathedral of St. Justus in Trieste and a member of the commission for sacred art in Trieste.

The Festival Prečkanja – Sconfinamenti project is funded by the European Union from the Small Projects Fund GO! 2025 financed by the Interreg VI-A-Italy-Slovenian 2021–2027 programme, managed by EGTC GO.

Complimentary tickets, courtesy of Primorske novice, can be collected an hour before the concert at the venue. Reservations are not possible, spaces are limited.