Calogero di Liberto

Calogero Di Liberto

Grand prize winner of the Chopin International Piano Competition in Corpus Christi, USA, of the Internationalen Sommerakademie Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, and of the Concurso International Compositores de Espana in Madrid, Spain, Italian concert pianist Calogero Di Liberto continues to win praise for his warm musicianship, technical prowess at the piano and wide range of repertoire.

Calogero Di Liberto’s career has taken him across Europe, throughout the United States, and in Asia. He has given recitals at Carnegie Hall, Columbia University in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington, the Shepherd School of Music in Houston, the Grosser Saal, Wiener Saal, and Solitär of the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Music Conservatory in Ciudad Real, Spain, the Bocconi University in Milan, the Teatro Politeama in Palermo, Italy, and in the following theaters in China: Gengsu Theatre in Nantong, Broadcasting & TV Center Studio Theatre in Fuzhou, Hundred Flowers Theater in Wuhu, Poly Theatre in Ma’anshan, Anhui Theatre in Hefei, Friendship Theater in Guangzhou, Xingyan Theater in Zhaoqing, Poly Theater in Shenzhen, Haikou Great Hall of People, Nanjing Arts Institute Concert Hall, Yangzhou Concert Hall, Zhenjiang Nanshan Theatre, Nanning Theatre, Jinchang Workers Cultural Palace, and Dingxi City Hall Auditorium.

In the USA he has been guest of the TCU Cliburn Institute in Fort Worth, the Chopin Society of Texas in Corpus Christi, and the Woodlands Symphony Orchestra. Other international appearances include the Fundacion Juan March and the Juventudes Musicales in Spain, Kawai and the Mosel Festwochen in Germany, television in Slovenia, Festival International Echternach in Luxembourg, Festival of St. Prex, Switzerland, Joseph Haydn Konservatorium in Eisenstadt, Austria, Music Akademy Ignacy Jan Paderewski of Poznań, Poland, and the Jiangsu International Piano Master Music Festival of Nanjing, China.

In his native Italy Mr. Di Liberto has appeared at the Amici della Musica in Modica, Associazione Musicale Ernico-Simbruina in Frosinone, the Liszt Institute in Bologna, Associazione Ester Mazzoleni in Palermo, Festival Pianistico di Roma, International Chamber Music Festival "Suoni delle Madonie", Associazione Mozart Italia in Rovereto, Bologna Festival, Mantua Chamber Music Festival, and the Amici della Musica in Montegranaro.

The American composer Karim Al-Zand wrote Pattern Preludes and Tarantella for Di Liberto. On July 2014 Albany Records released a CD with Lieder composed on lyrics by Rabinandranath Tagore, where Mr. Di Liberto collaborated with mezzo-soprano Aidan Soder and baritone Paul Bausselberg.

Very active in chamber music, he has performed with bass Simone Alaimo, tenor Fabio Armiliato, baritones Roberto Servile and Leo Nucci, mezzo-soprano Luciana D'Intino, violinist Cristiano Rossi, and cellists Christoph Henkel and Gautier Capuçon.

Mr. Di Liberto was born in Agrigento, Italy. He started his studies under the guidance of Giulio Arena in Palermo and continued with Bruno Canino in Milan. In 1999 he completed the Master of Music in Piano at the Rotterdam Conservatory (Holland) with Aquiles Delle Vigne. In 2002 he pursued the Artist Diploma at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth (USA) where he studied with Tamas Ungar and Harold Martina.
In 2006 Mr. Di Liberto earned the Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance at Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, in Houston (USA) with Jon Kimura Parker.