Giusy Caruso

The music critique Andrea Bedetti defined Giusy Caruso “one of the most interesting Italian interpreter...able to dive into any contemporary musical shapes by identifying herself with a disarming simplicity.

Her performance often turns into a contemplative act.”A concert pianist and artist-researcher, Dr. Caruso has captured the attention of the music world since an early age. After graduating in piano with full honors, she won the prize World Music International (Rome 1998) for best graduates from the Italian conservatories and she continued collecting awards ever since. In 2009, her interpretation of the Huit Préludes by Olivier Messiaen received the “Special Mention” as best performance in contemporary music at the prestigious International Ibla Grand Prize. Dr. Caruso is carrying out her concert activity throughout Europe, Asia, Russia and Argentina by playing for important music Festivals. The world music critiques praise her refined musicality, her charismatic stage presence and bright piano technique. Dr. Caruso published CDs on Franz Liszt (SIPARIO DISCHI), which received the Golden Label by the Belgian music critique; on the Italian composers Giacinto Scelsi, Biagio Putignano, Davide Anzaghi (TACTUS) and the entire 72 Etudes Karnatiques by the French composer Jacques Charpentier (CENTAUR RECORDS), both of which received five stars for their artistic quality. Dr. Caruso graduated cum laude in Philosophy from the University of Calabria and in Piano Performance from the Italian Conservatory and from the Conservatory of Rotterdam, where she brilliantly achieved her Master's Degree in Piano Performance. From the Royal Conservatory of Ghent she obtained with the highest distinction her Post-Master’s Degree in Contemporary Music. As an artist-researcher, she completed her doctoral degree in Arts (contemporary piano performance) at the University and Royal Conservatory of Ghent, where she is currently carrying on her postdoc research on the innovative approaches to music performance analysis.