Artist
Ricciarda Belgiojoso
Biography
Ricciarda Belgiojoso is a pianist and architect with a doctorate in art history from the Sorbonne. Her work brings together music, art and architecture, with a particular interest in modern, contemporary and experimental repertoire.
From 2005 she has curated contemporary-music programming for Radio Classica. Her academic and artistic work has included teaching visual arts and communication at the Politecnico di Milano from 2006 and directing the music programme of Fondazione Spinola Banna per l’Arte from 2012. Her publications include Costruire con i suoni (FrancoAngeli, 2009), Construire l’espace urbain avec les sons (L’Harmattan, 2010) and Note d’autore. A tu per tu con i compositori d’oggi (Postmedia Books, 2013).
As a soloist and in chamber ensembles, she combines piano performance with interdisciplinary explorations and research into contemporary compositional practices.