Massimiliano Damerini

Massimiliano Damerini: He completed his music training in his native city Genoa, earning degrees in Piano and Composition.

Damerini is one of his generation’s most emblematic performers, having played in some of the world’s best theatres and concert halls: Vienna’s Konzerthaus, London’s Barbican Hall, Milan’s La Scala Theater, Buenos Aires’ Teatro Colón, Monaco’s Herkules Saal, Leipzig’s Gewandhaus, Paris’ Salle Gaveau and Cité de la Musique, Geneva’s Victoria Hall, Zurich’s Tonhalle and Madrid’s Auditorio Nacional. Numerous piano pieces have been dedicated to him by distinguished composers like Ambrosini, Asturias, Di Bari, Donatoni, Fellegara, Ferneyhough, Gaslini, Gentilucci, Landini, Sciarrino, Skrzypczak, Sotelo and Vacchi. Also actively working as a composer (his work has been published by Da Vinci, Preludio, Rai Trade), Damerini holds advanced Master Classes all over the world. After attending one of Damerini’s performances in New York, Elliott Carter said: “Each of his concerts is an unforgettable experience”. Following Damerini’s 1997 recital in Monaco, the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung referred to him as “one of Italy’s top three pianists of our time, together with Benedetti Michelangeli and Pollini”. In 1992, he won the Italian critics’ «Premio Abbiati» for the most influential performer of the year.