Hopper Piano Trio

Federico Piccotti was born in Rome in 1996 and started learning the violin at the age of 5.

He graduated at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory of Music in Rome. In July 2017 he finished a Violin Master in Performance at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London with David Takeno . Now he is studying with Pavel Berman at the “Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana”.
He was awarded in several competitions throughout Italy, UK and Spain, both as a soloist and in chamber music. Federico took part in Masterclasses with Zakhar Bron, Pavel Vernikov, Ilya Grubert, Harald Herzl, Igor Volochine, Dora Schwarzberg, Roberto Gonza lez-Monjas. He has performed in the renowned Antoni Gaudi’s building “La Pedrera” in Barcelona, for the Festival of the “Camerata Musicale Barese” in Bari and at the Wigmore Hall in London. In 2015he won the audition to play with the Gustav Mahler Symphon y Orchestra and he also played with the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Valery Gergiev and Sir Simon Rattle.

Gianluca Montaruli graduated with honors at the Umberto Giordano Conservatory in Foggia. He began his studies under the guidance of his father Francesco improved with Luigi Piovano, Massimo Polidori and in 2015 Was chosen by Antonio Menes to enter into his class at Walter Stauffer Academy in Cremona. Highly regarded for his musical talent, result winner of several international competitions: winner of “ Premio Crescendo” in Florence, finalist with honor mention at “Janigro International Competition under 20” in Poreč, winner of 1st prize at “Grand prize Virtuoso” in London, 1st prize at “eMuse International Competition” in Athens, winner of scholarship of “Teatro Olimpico” in Vicenza.
As a soloist he debuted at the Royal Albert Hall in london, Byzantine Museum of Athens, NedPho-koepel in Amsterdam working with Giovanni Sollima, Organ Hall in Chisinau with Orchestra Nationala De Camera Moldova, Pazardzhik Theatre in Sofia. Currently he studies with Giovanni Sollima at “Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia” and at Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg with Giovanni Gnocchi.

Alberto Dalgo attended the triennial course at the Imola International Piano Academy as a pupil of Maestro Leonid Margarius, and earned a Master’s Degree with honours under the tuition of Maestro Andrea Turini at the Pavia Conservatoire.
He took part in various international piano competitions, where he always received high praise for his performances, such as the first prize and Grand Prix at the Concours Musical de France, the first prize at the Bellagio International Piano Competition, and others.
He performed in prestigious venues in Italy, including Società dei Concerti di Milano, Teatro Verdi in Salerno, Teatro Filodrammatici in Cremona, Società Filarmonica in Trento, Teatro Edi and Castello Sforzesco in Milan, and several International Festivals.
He held solo recitals at the Ateneo de Madrid, at the Robinson College in Cambridge, at the Berlioz Auditorium in Paris, at the Eutherpe Hall in Lèon, at the Galiffet Palace in Paris, at the Italian Institut of Culture in Oslo.