Artist · Piano
Elisabetta Gesuato
Biography
Elisabetta Gesuato graduated in piano with top marks and honours at the Conservatory “Cesare Pollini” in Padova.
She holds a degree in Italian literature with top mark and honour at the University of Padova and a Diploma of specialization degree in literature at the University of Venice. She attended piano specialization courses at the Akademie Mozarteum in Salzburg with M° Alfons Kontarsky, and chamber music courses at the Accademia Pianistica “Incontri con il Maestro” in Imola with M° Dario De Rosa, Maureen Jones and Piernarciso Masi. She gave many concerts for musical and cultural Associations, Universities, Academies and Conservatories as a soloist and as a member of piano duo, chamber ensembles, choral concerts and with orchestras in the most important Italian cities, in France, Swiss, Germany, Moldova, Russia. As a member of a piano duo she recorded a CD for Da Vinci Classics by the title of “Rêver d'un rêve majestueux” focusing on Russian composers Čajkovskij, Rachmaninov and Bortkievic. That CD was awarded the silver medal at the Global Music Award in California (USA). She is the artistic director of the Music Association AGIMUS, of the International Concert Season in Padova and of the International Musical Competition “Premio City di Padova”. She also has an intensive teaching activity: she taught piano at the Conservatory Pollini and at the Liceo Musicale of Padua, as well as literature, history and Latin in public high schools in Padova.