Luca Ballerini

Luca Ballerini
Italian pianist, born in 1965 in Bologna. He studied with Gino Brandi at the Conservatory "G.

B. Martini " of Bologna. In 1986 he attended the courses of "Perfectionnement et Virtuosité" with Maria Tipo at the Conservatory of Geneva, where, in 1989, he received the award "Premier Prix de Virtuosité avec distinction". Finalist in many international piano competitions as "F. Busoni" of Bolzano in 1992, he received a number of international awards, including the 1st Prize at the “XVI International Piano Competition” in Senigallia in 1987, the 2nd Prize at the "G. B. Viotti" competition in Vercelli in 1991, the 3rd Prize at the "Géza Anda" Competition in 1994. Among his chamber music partners he performed with the Fiesole Quartet, Luca Fanfoni (with whom, for the "Amadeus" magazine, he made a recording of the two Sonatas for violin and piano by Ferruccio Busoni), Stefania Cafaro, Gabriele Pieranunzi, Luca Signorini, Vadim Pavlov. He played as a soloist with orchestras, including the Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Suisse Romande Orchestra, the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Conservatory of Geneva, Marchigiana Philarmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Teatro Massimo Bellini of Catania. After winning the prize at the "Concours Géza Anda" he made a recording dedicated to Alfredo Casella piano music ("Naxos” record label). He also made a recording dedicated to Chopin for his bicentenary in collaboration with the Universities of Warsaw and Catania ("Tau Records" label). A video of his Goldberg Variations will be published soon. He has been collaborating, for several years, with live performances, on some productions of "Zappalà Dance Company", one of the most interesting and productive contemporary dance ensembles, with which he has made national and international tours in important theaters. Luca Ballerini also teaches at the Conservatory "G. Bellini" of Catania, where he holds the chair of piano.