Maria Isabella De Carli

Maria Isabella De Carli
She completed her musical studies at the Milano Conservatory, where she graduated from piano and harpsicord, and attended composition lessons with Giacomo Manzoni and Franco Donatoni.

She also graduated from Mozarteum University Salzburg (Master Fortepiano).
She has given several concerts as a soloist and in various chamber ensembles, performing in the greatest musical events in Europe, the United States, Mexico, Argentina, Japan and China with a repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music. She premiered numerous pieces of composers from the second half of the 20th century (Bettinelli, Bussotti, Donatoni, de Pablo, Gorli, Corghi, etc.); especially Rima (composed for her), Alamari and Sincronie II by Franco Donatoni. In 1997 she also played the world premiere of Franco Donatoni’s Françoise Variationen at Festival Pontino. Her interpretations of B. Bettinelli and F. Donatoni were released respectively on the Ricordi label and on the Stradivarius label with the album “Franco Donatoni piano music”.
For 22 years, Maria Isabella De Carli has given advanced courses at Accademia Musicale Chigiana. She tought piano and instrumental teaching methodology at the Milan Conservatory until 2010 where she also gave contemporary piano lessons for a few years.