Clarissa Carafa

Clarissa Carafa trained under Gianluigi Bruera and Marco Vincenzi, graduating with honors, distinction and special mention from the "Niccolò Paganini" Conservatory in Genoa.

Later she obtained a Diploma of Advanced Studies from the Fiesole School of Music under Andrea Lucchesini and later completed a Master of Arts in Performance at the Hochschule für Musik in Basel, Switzerland, studying with Filippo Gamba. She also completed an advanced course in piano duo performance with Michele Carraro at the Fiesole School of Music under Bruno Canino. Clarissa has attended masterclasses with Alexander Romanovsky, Benedetto Lupo, Roland Proll, Piernarciso Masi, and Klaus Kaufmann.
She has won several awards in national and international competitions, including the Moncalieri International Piano Competition, the "Marcello Pontillo" International Competition in Florence and the "Mario Fiorentini" National Piano Competition in La Spezia.
Clarissa has performed at prestigious venues, including the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, the Ridotto dei Palchi "A. Toscanini" at La Scala in Milan, the Ducal Palace in Genoa, Sala Piatti in Bergamo, the White Hall of Palazzo Pitti in Florence, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Teatro del Casinò in Sanremo, Teatro Alfieri in Asti, Bösendorfer Saal at the Mozarteum in Salzburg (Austria) and the Klosterkirche Dornach (Switzerland). She has also collaborated with major national orchestras, such as the Orchestra of the Carlo Felice Opera in Genoa, the Asti Symphony Orchestra, and the Sanremo Symphony Orchestra, performing as a soloist under Antonio Tappero, Silvano Pasini and Claude Villaret.
Clarissa works as an accompanist in masterclasses with internationally renowned musicians such as Marta Tortia and Francesca Dego. She was the official accompanist for the semifinal phases of the Paganini Prize at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa. She is the piano professor at the "G. Tartini" Conservatory in Trieste.
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