Margherita Capalbo

Margherita Capalbo
A pianist of great temperament and personality and with great technical tone. ” (Aldo Ciccolini, pianist)

Margherita Capalbo is an italian pianist awered in several national and international competitions.

“Giulio Rospigliosi” Piano Competition in Lamporecchio (Pistoia), “Luigi Padano” International Competition, San Donà di Piave-Venice International Piano Competition, Ibiza Piano Competition, 20th “Franz Schubert” Competition in San Cristoforo (Al), Arts Award, 2nd Edition of the “Maria Quintieri” Piano Award at the Rendano Theatre in Cosenza; 26th International Piano Competition in Albenga (Sv), 4th “Luciano Lucani” Competition, 52nd “Arcangelo Speranza” Competition, New Osimo Pianists Cup 2014; International Music Competition Salzburg Grand Prize Virtuoso, Crescendo competition in Florence, the “Clivis” piano prize in Rome, “Lia Tortora” piano interpretation prize 2019.
She studied piano with Antonella Calvelli at the “S. Giacomantonio” Conservatory of Music in Cosenza, where she graduated with laude and than at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels with Evgeny Moguilevsky, Alexander Moguilevsky and Olga Roumcevich.
Her musical and piano training has been particularly enriched by meetings with renowned pianists such as Orazio Maione and Boris Slutsky, Franco Medori and Boris Petrushansky.
The most important for her piano career was the meeting with the pianist Cristiano Burato with whom she deepened her study of the piano repertoire.
Over the past year, Margherita Capalbo has carried out an intense and wide-ranging artistic activity, both as a cocert pianist and piano teacher. Her international seasons included major solo recitals, chamber music performances and masterclasses.
She dedicates herself to the stylistic research of twentieth century repertoire, nevertheless she collaborates with contemporary composers such as Rodolfo Saraco who dedicated the piano piece “Stylus” to her, a composition that won prestigious awards.
Involved also in artistic managment in 2022 she founded the Schubertiadi Bruzie project and as artistic director promote musical production and dissemination in Cosenza.
Since 2021 she is piano professor in various italian conservatories, now she is full professor at “F. Cilea” Conservatory in Reggio Calabria.