Paganini Prize: Zhang plays the 'Cannone' in concert.

Full house for the concert of gala which today closed the 58th edition of the Paganini Prize and the proceeds of which will be donated to the G. Institute. Gaslini, through contributions to the Gaslininsieme Ets Foundation. On the stage of the Carlo Felice Theatre Aozhe Zhang, the seventeen-year-old Chinese violinist winner of the prestigious Competition, has exhibited with the famous Cannone that belonged to Niccolò Paganini. Accompanied by the theatre orchestra, directed for the occasion by master Philipp von Steinaecker, Aozhe Zhang performed a Concerto for violin and orchestra by Niccolò Paganini and the Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, by Antonin Dvořák. At the beginning of the evening, after reading the message of the Archbishop of Genoa Marco Tasca, the mayor Silvia Salis and the president of the Giovanni Panebianco Award have conferred the title of Paganini Ambassador "for his commitment in the promotion of culture and music in Italy and around the world, with particular reference to the art of the violin" to Giandomenico Magliano - long-time diplomat, who held prestigious positions within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including that of Italian ambassador to France. He works in important academic and cultural societies and institutions. Kristina Kappelin - Swedish journalist and writer, consul Honorary Princess of Sweden and Superintendent of the Axel Foundation Munthe, Villa San Michele in Anacapri. To Gianfranco D'Amato - entrepreneur and member of the board of directors of the Capodimonte Museum Naples, the Philadelphia Museum and the Moon Tower Foundation Patron, he is a supporter of numerous museums and institutions cultural events in Europe and the United States. To Umberto Fanni - general director and artistic director of the Royal Opera House of Muscat, guest of honor at the 58th edition of the Award Paganini, an institution that is a point of reference for the diffusion of musical culture, including the art of the violin, in Arabian Peninsula. And finally to Uto Ughi - icon of the violin and president of the jury of this edition of the Paganini Prize