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Giuliano Mazzoccante

Biography

Giuliano Mazzoccante: He is already recognized as one of the most famous italian pianists of the moment.

After studying and being graduating with highest honours in Florence, he became student of Lazar Berman, with whom his concert repertoire deepened and improved with particular attention to the music of F. Liszt, at the European Academy of Music, Erba (CO).
Price winner of many national and international competitions (“International Music Tournament-Rome”, the 40th International Piano Competition "Arcangelo Speranza"- Taranto, the “IV International Tbilisi Piano Competition" member of WFIMC - Georgia…), he appears regulary as a soloist with orchestras ("Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra", "Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra", Orchestra Sinfonica di Lecce, ecc..), plays with musicians such as Dora Schwarzberg, Karl Leister, Francesco Manara, Romain Garioud, Rita D´Arcangelo ecc. and he is often part of the jury of international piano and chamber music competitions. His large and various record productions includes soloist repertoire and chamber music for many labels or channels being reviewed with acclaim by the press (Musica, Suonare News, Giornale della Musica, Fanfare, The Clarinet). The published discography includes: "Sergio Calligaris - Rigor y Pasión" (DAD Records 2006) with Antonio Tinelli; "Brahms Anniversary" (Phoenix Classics 2007) with Antonio Tinelli and Giorgio Casati; "Romantic Trio" (Camerata Baltica - 2010) with Karl Leister and Antonio Tinelli; "Allegro con Brio" (Wide Classique 2012) with Rita D'Arcangelo; "MOZART Concerti per pianoforte e orchestra K 466 e K 467" (Wide Classique 2014) with Abruzzo Symphonic Orchestra; "STRADIVARI Maréchal Berthiez 1716" (Dynamic 2017) with Pavel Berman; "Brendan McConville - Un D'Annunzio Nuovo" (Wide Classique - 2018) with Manuela Formichella and Nunzio Fazzini; "FRANCK - STRAUSS, Stairs to Heaven" (Wide Classique 2019) with Grazie Raimondi. Considerable concert activity has seen him engaged both as a soloist and as a chamber musician at major International Music Festivals in Italian venues and in many countries of Europe, Asia and the USA. In 2015, he was named Artistic Director of the “Music & Art International Academy" in Chieti which aims at promoting artists and the development of the arts.
He is Artistic Director of the Concert Season of Teatro Marrucino in Chieti and of "In Musica International Music Festival and Piano Competition" in Rome - Italy.

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