{"id":1138,"date":"2025-05-09T07:14:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T06:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/federicogadcrema.com\/fgc\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T17:58:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T16:58:08","slug":"fgc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/federicogadcrema.com\/en\/fgc\/","title":{"rendered":"fgc"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1138\" class=\"elementor elementor-1138 elementor-299\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16001a9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"16001a9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;waves&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M421.9,6.5c22.6-2.5,51.5,0.4,75.5,5.3c23.6,4.9,70.9,23.5,100.5,35.7c75.8,32.2,133.7,44.5,192.6,49.7\n\tc23.6,2.1,48.7,3.5,103.4-2.5c54.7-6,106.2-25.6,106.2-25.6V0H0v30.3c0,0,72,32.6,158.4,30.5c39.2-0.7,92.8-6.7,134-22.4\n\tc21.2-8.1,52.2-18.2,79.7-24.2C399.3,7.9,411.6,7.5,421.9,6.5z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbf9d47 e-con-full elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fbf9d47\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94be21e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94be21e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201c \u2026 and Leah said &#8220;How fortunate!&#8221;<br \/>And she named him Gad \u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50a599e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50a599e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>(Genesis 30-11)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ab84af e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0ab84af\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55973b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55973b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201c \u2026 and Leah said &#8220;How fortunate!&#8221; And she named him Gad \u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-534b072 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"534b072\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>(Genesis 30-11)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31df178 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"31df178\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"319\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/federicogadcrema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/virgolette.svg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1084\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b52bde e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0b52bde\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a22a31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a22a31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This name was chosen by my parents as a sign of good fortune between my first name, Federico, and my last name, Crema As a heterogenesis of ends, in the Anglo-Saxon musical notation, the acronym of my name (FGC) corresponds to specific musical notes (F-G-C) and, even more surprisingly, to a perfect cadence (IV-V-I). This meaningful coincidence inspired the South African composer David Earl to create his Piano Concerto No. 3, where, especially in its third movement (in the form of a Theme and Variations), the theme develops on the very notes FGC. I\u2019m very grateful to David for this incredible composition which he dedicated to me, mailing me the score as a wonderful surprise on the day of my 21st birthday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be43fdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be43fdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Piano Concerto No. 3, dedicated to Federico Gad Crema \u2013 by David Earl<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55e2693 elementor-mobile-align-justify elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"55e2693\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"mostraSezione\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">find out more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d66aa5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"7d66aa5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script>document.getElementById(\"mostraSezione\").addEventListener(\"click\", function() {\r\n        var extraSezione = document.getElementById(\"extra\");\r\n        if (extraSezione.style.display === \"none\" || extraSezione.style.display === \"\") {\r\n            extraSezione.style.display = \"block\";\r\n        } else {\r\n            extraSezione.style.display = \"none\";\r\n        }\r\n    });\r\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-692a186 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"692a186\" data-element_type=\"container\" id=\"extra\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eac9909 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eac9909\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cIn late October 2019 I arrived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, having been invited to award a prize for the best performance of the work I had written for the Triennial Olga Kern International Piano Competition.\u2028Little did I know that nine days later I would be on my way home with another composition to think about\u2026 a new piano concerto to Federico Gad Crema, winner of the aforementioned prize.<br \/>Federico\u2019s initials \u2013 FGC \u2013 inform the structure of the Concerto. F minor\/major is the key of the opening movement; the middle movement\u2019s Scherzo is in G major; and the finale\u2019s set of Variations is in C. The theme of the latter uses the notes Fa, Sol, Do \u2013 and intimations of this motif can be discerned right from the start of the piece, hiding en route as it were. Simultaneously, at the outset of the work, there is another \u2018motto\u2019 \u2013 using the notes Re, Mi and Fa, Do \u2013 which is the springboard for the first movement\u2019s principal subject, a restless minor-key narrative which reappears again just before the Concerto\u2019s final coda.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b66228b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b66228b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>David Earl, composer<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2886217 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2886217\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7b5b61 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e7b5b61\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e11c6ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e11c6ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From a graphic design point of view, the arrangement of the notes FGC on the keyboard of the piano provided the inspiration to the designer to conceive an image oriented to visually represent my personal identity subsumed into the musical world.\u2028 An essential pictogram sprang to life, composed of two black keys and a blue one, as an homage to my favorite colors.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bf18c6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6bf18c6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-834a5ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"834a5ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/federicogadcrema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FGC_monogramma_2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1056\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dcf7ff e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8dcf7ff\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-666ee59 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"666ee59\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcf1dc2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fcf1dc2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fbb845 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9fbb845\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Live concerts are a unique sensory experience that transports us into another dimension, a show that must satisfy the hearing as well as the sight. That is the reason why it is important to take special care of the appearance an artist presents, while being consistent and coherent with the music one performs, fully respecting its artistic value.<\/p>\n<p>Artistic quality and depth, as well as attention to every single detail of the music I play, are characteristics that can also be noticed in the clothes I wear and offer to the public &#8211; a fresh, young and exciting vision, but at the same time classy and highly crafted.<br \/>There are endless possibilities to make a suit unique, from a particular design to an eye-catching fabric, bold patterns and combinations&#8230; the key words are &#8220;elegance, respect, freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In general, I tend to prefer a more introspective and profound repertoire, as opposed to the classic show-off, not being afraid of artistic choices that also go against the trend, as I strongly believe in the authenticity and uniqueness of each artist.<br \/>Therefore, in my opinion, it is essential to prefer the true quality of a product over the mere fame of a brand, starting from the choice of excellent fabrics, to enhance our individuality and our qualities to the fullest. This is why I am particularly proud to wear unique haute couture creations, exclusively made in Italy &#8211; fabrics by &#8220;F.lli Tallia di Delfino.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59c367f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"59c367f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b10b7f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b10b7f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"319\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/federicogadcrema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/virgolette-chiuse.svg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1085\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f77d1cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f77d1cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cIn my beginning is my end\u201d &#8211; Good Luck!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c36555 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c36555\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>(T.S. 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