Istanpittarello for Organetto (written by Claude Lapalme)

Istanpittarello for Organetto
written by Claude Lapalme for Fiona Kizzie Lee

I am really grateful that Claude has written me this magnificent piece! Enjoy!
Recorded in Basel, December 2020

Claude Lapalme is a conductor by profession, arranger/orchestrator by compulsion, and a composer by accident. Trained in Toronto and the Hague, he has been, for the past 30 years, the Music Director of the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra in Alberta, and the founder and Artistic Director of Rosa Barocca, a period instrument baroque ensemble based in Calgary since 2016. He has taught various topics such as counterpoint, orchestration and conducting at the University of Toronto, the University of Calgary and Burman University. A laureate of the Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors (obviously in a previous millennium), his skills as a conductor have been complemented in the last twenty years by a dual role as arranger and orchestrator, with many of his orchestral arrangements performed around the globe. In the summer 2020, Claude Lapalme embarked on a “first come, first serve” composition project for solo instruments, completing and donating 60 short solo works for various instruments in order to offset Covid-induced cabin fever. He resides in Red Deer, where his real claim to fame is being crazy enough to BBQ on his deck every month of the year, even in -35 C weather.