Alberto Ferro

Alberto Ferro was born in Italy in 1996. In 2018 he obtained his master’s degree at the Vincenzo Bellini Institute of Music in Catania under the guidance of his long-standing mentor, Epifanio Comis. He also attended piano masterclasses with Leslie Howard, Richard Goode and Jörg Demus.

His national and international competition awards include Second Prize, the International Press Prize and the Haydn Prize at the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano (2015); First Prize at the Premio Venezia National Piano Competition at Teatro La Fenice in Venice (2015); and First Prize and the Audience Prize at the International Telekom Beethoven Competition in Bonn (2017).

He has performed throughout Europe, including at Teatro Malibran and Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Fazioli Concert Hall in Sacile, Sala Verdi at the Milan Conservatory, Künstlerhaus and Herkulessaal in Munich, Philharmonic Hall in Liège, Concertgebouw in Bruges, Flagey and the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels, Philharmonie in Luxembourg, Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Beethoven-Haus in Bonn and Meistersingerhalle in Nuremberg.

In 2016 and 2017 he received the Italian Chamber of Deputies Medal from its President, Laura Boldrini, on the occasion of European Music Day, in recognition of his artistic talent and successes in prestigious international piano competitions. In March 2017 he gave a recital in the Pauline Chapel of the Quirinal Palace in Rome for the Rai Radio 3 series I Concerti del Quirinale, receiving the appreciation of the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella.

His recordings have been broadcast on radio and television in Italy and abroad. In 2016 BNP Paribas Fortis engaged him for a concert series in Belgium and released a CD featuring some of his live performances from the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels.