Riccardo Bartoli

Riccardo Bartoli graduated with the highest marks and honours from the Gioachino Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro. He continued his piano studies with Aldo Ciccolini and Sergio Fiorentino, winning prizes in national and international competitions. His qualifications also include the Diplôme Supérieur d’Exécution, awarded unanimously by the jury at the École Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot in Paris, a Diploma of Merit from the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, and a degree in music from the University of Bologna.

As a soloist and chamber pianist, he has performed extensively in Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, the United States and China. He has recorded for RAI and made CDs for Naxos, Arcam and Bongiovanni. His recordings have received recognition from the international music press, including Fanfare in the United States, Diapason in France and Italian specialist magazines. CD Classica selected his Carl Reinecke recording as CD of the Month, with an artistic assessment of “Exceptional”.

Alongside his performing career, he has taught piano at the Gioachino Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro, where his teaching responsibilities have included practical keyboard skills.