Danilo Mascetti

Danilo Mascetti is an Italian pianist and fortepianist known for compelling performances and imaginative programming that combines standard repertoire with rare piano works.

Equally proficient on the modern piano and the fortepiano, Danilo had his concerto debut in 2012 with the Pomeriggi Musicali Orchestra at Milan’s Sala Verdi. He has since performed widely across Europe with orchestras including the Thessaloniki State Orchestra, the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Symphonic State Orchestra of Craiova.
Since 2014, Danilo has performed regularly across Europe, and made his London debut at Steinway Hall. He has appeared in New York at Merkin Hall, at the Wallenstein Palace in Prague, and at the Auditorium della Conciliazione in Rome, and has performed in China, Japan, Russia, South Africa, and Morocco. His collaborations include the West Bohemian Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra Hradec Králové, the Nova Amadeus Orchestra, and the NYCA Symphony Orchestra, as well as organisations such as the Aspect Foundation for Music and Arts, Concentus Moraviae, New York Concert Artists, and the Kyoto International Music Students Festival.
An active fortepiano and continuo player, Danilo regularly appears as a soloist in concertos by Bach and Mozart and works as a continuo player with ensembles including Scherzo Ensemble, Accademia Musicale Emiliana, the Brixton Chamber Orchestra, and the University of Milano Orchestra.
Recent highlights include performances at the Slovenian Presidential Palace, the ZK Matthews Great Hall in South Africa, and the MuTh Concert Hall in Vienna. He has also appeared at the Bodrum Gümüşlük Müzik Festivali in Turkey and at the West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge.
In 2024, Danilo tours extensively with A Diabelli Project – Beethoven’s Vienna in South Africa and across Europe, and premieres the cycle Scheggie di memoria by Italian composer Luca Vago. His debut in Portugal follows in October, performing with the Orquestra Clássica do Centro.
In 2025, Danilo makes his debut for Mantova Musica and appears as a guest of distinguished fortepiano collections such as the Cobbe Collection and Hammerwood Park, where he performs the Diabelli Variations and other works on George IV’s Streicher piano and on an 1819 Broadwood. He presents Liszt’s complete Harmonies poétiques et religieuses for Piano Sofia, performing on Liszt’s own Steinway at the Museo del Teatro alla Scala and on an Erard (1847) from the R. Ciuffa piano collection. Further recitals for Festa Farnese and Kobald Pianos, on an 1828 Schanz and a c.1830 Stein, include works such as Schubert’s Wanderer and Beethoven’s Fantasia.
A dedicated chamber musician, Danilo regularly collaborates with distinguished young artists such as flautist Alenka Bogataj and historical cellist Anna Litvinenko, appearing in chamber music recitals and as soloists with orchestras.
Danilo studied with renowned teachers including Vsevolod Dvorkin, Natalia Trull, Vanessa Latarche, and Gordon Fergus-Thompson, earning degrees from the Conservatoire of Milan and the Royal College of Music in London. He continued his studies with William Grant Naboré at the Lake Como International Piano Academy, and with Bart van Oort, Richard Egarr, and Barbara Maria Willi, earning a European Master’s degree in Early Music in The Hague and Brno. He has gained international recognition through prizes at competitions including the 2020 UNISA International Piano Competition, the Pozzoli Competition in Italy, the Princesse Lalla Meryem Competition in Rabat, the György Thymis Competition in Greece, and the Chopin Competition in Rome.
From an early age, Danilo has been involved in social causes, particularly through his family’s work with foster children. Since 2015, he has worked with non-profit organisations in Lombardy and is the co-founder and Artistic Director of the Arte Solidale Festival (Lake Como), an initiative that directs all its proceeds towards supporting minors in need. After more than ten years of charity concerts, the festival remains deeply committed to its social mission while increasingly focusing on historically informed performances of nineteenth-century repertoire on original instruments from Danilo’s personal collection and those of the festival’s supporters.