Filippo Tenisci

Filippo Tenisci
Born in 1998 in Tirana, Filippo Tenisci began his musical studies at an early age in Albania and later in Italy with M^ Emira Dervinyte.

He continued his piano training mainly under the guidance of Maestros Daniel Rivera, Massimo Spada, Roberto Galletto and Maurizio Baglini. He completed his studies in 2022 at the Pietro Mascagni Conservatory of Livorno graduating with 110, Praise and Honorable Mention. He attended several master classes with renowned masters Beatrice Rana, Elisso Virsaladze, Boris Petrushansky, Andrea Lucchesini, Ewa Pobłocka, Justas Dvarionas, Uta Weyand, Jun Kanno, Ralf Nattkemper and Elisabetta Guglielmin. In 2022 he won first prize at the "Premio Crescendo" in Florence and 2nd prize at the historic "Marco Bramanti" competition in Forte dei Marmi (LU). In 2021 he made his debut with the Roma Tre Orchestra performing the Concerto No.15 K.450 by W.A.Mozart, under the direction of Maestro Sieva Borzak. Also with Roma Tre Orchestra, as part of the Baglini Project, he played in W.A.Mozart's Concerto for 3 Pianos and Orchestra, with pianists Giuseppe Rossi and M° Maurizio Baglini, who also conducted and concerted. In the same year, he recorded Beethoven's 2nd Symphony Op. 36 in Liszt's virtuoso piano transcription for RAI 5, in the format "Ut Musica - Il Mascagni a Livorno." In 2020, he collaborated on the documentary "Richard Wagner, ovvero la musica dell'avvenire" by Valerio Vicari. In October 2019, he won second prize and the "Scarlatti" prize at the Riga International Competition for Young Pianists. In 2018: he was proclaimed the overall winner of the International Competition for Youth "Dinu Lipatti"; he won first prize in the Franz Liszt Competition at the Hungarian Academy in Rome; he ranked among the top 8 semifinalists in the prestigious Pianale Academy & Competition, also receiving a scholarship. In 2016, he won the third prize at the International Competition "Resonances" in Paris and the prize for the best performer of Ukrainian music. He has performed in many prestigious halls in Italy such as the Auditorium Parco della musica, selected for the lecture/concert of pianist Lang Lang, on the occasion of the "Lang Lang Lang Fest" (2012), in the Giuseppe Verdi Theater in Pordenone, as part of the "TGVP on demand" Project with M° Maurizio Baglini (2021), in the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Humanities of Roma Tre (starting in 2018), in the National Museum of Arts in Bucharest (2022); and in various international festivals such as the Pontine Festival in Sermoneta (52nd, 55th and 56th), Federico Cesi Festival, XVI Rassegna Pietro Nardini (2022), Villa Pennisi in Musica (2016-2020-2022), La Milanesiana (2021), "Villa Borghese Piano Day" (2017-2018-2019), Fano Music Fest (4thand 5th), Concerti del Tempietto, Livorno Music Festival, Scriabin Concert Series, Propatria Festival, Classic for Teens, Monferrato Classic Festival, Pontedera Music Festival, and others. Very active internationally, he has performed in: Spain (2022), at the Sala Eutherpe in León, Romania (2020 and 2022), Germany (2018 and 2021), in the prestigious concert halls Eichenzeller Schlosschen Kultursaal, Propstei Johannesberg and Alte Universitat Fulda, Latvia, Bosnia (2019), France (2016) and Switzerland (2016); always enjoying great success among audiences and excellent reviews from critics and the press. He received the Propatria Festival Award in Bucharest (2022) for enhancing the event by promoting Romanian musical excellence in Italy and abroad. He is currently engaged in the full recording of Wagner/Liszt transcriptions, a project that will result in a double disc by 2024.