Giulio Potenza

Giulio Potenza (b. 1990) started the piano at the age of six and has since then established himself as a respected concert pianist, teaching and performing extensively across Europe. His appearances include the Martha Argerich Project of Lugano, the Palermo Classica Music Festival, the Hammerklavier Piano Series (Barcelona), the Bolzano Piano Festival, the Grieg Festival (Bergen) and in major halls including Carnegie Hall of New York (Weill Recital Hall), St. Martin in the Fields, St. John’s Smith Square (London), Bridgewater Hall (Manchester), Marcello Theatre (Rome), RAI Auditorium (Palermo), collaborating with artists such as José Menor, Daniel Rivera, Gabriele Baldocci and Nicolas Dupont. Since 2014, Giulio has performed in a duo with the Norwegian pianist Oda Voltersvik (Volt & Potenza Duo). Their debut CD ‘Khoreia’ was released under the Velut Luna label in April 2016. Giulio has made recordings for BBC Radio 3, the Swiss Classical Radio, Radio Vaticana, Radio Mozart Italia and RAI national television. His teaching positions have included piano posts at the ‘Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali Achille Peri’ of Reggio Emilia and at the Windsor Piano Academy ; he regularly gives masterclasses in the UK and abroad. He is also the artistic director of the Windsor International Piano Competition and the Windsor Piano Festival. Giulio Potenza’s teachers have included Walter Roccaro (Trapani), Gabriele Baldocci, Denize Gelenbe and Mikhail Kazakevich (Trinity Laban Conservatoire), Franco Scala (Imola Piano Academy) and Bruno Canino (Milan).