- Giuseppe Albanese
Infobox musical artist
Name = Giuseppe Albanese
Img_capt = Giuseppe Albanese (2007)
Background = classical_ensemble
Birth_name =
Born = birth date and age|1979|5|11
Reggio Calabria ,Italy
Died =
Instrument =Piano
Genre =
Occupation =Pianist
Years_active =Giuseppe Albanese (born
May 11 ,1979 ) is an Italianpianist .Early years
Giuseppe began studying the piano at the age of five and graduated in
1996 at Conservatory "G. Rossini " inPesaro under the guidance of Annamaria Cristina Raffa. He then attended theImola International Piano Academy under the supervision of Franco Scala and Piero Rattalino, achieving the master title (the highest certificate released by this institution) in2003 .In the same year he completed his traditional studies graduating in Philosophy at
University of Messina with a thesis onFranz Liszt aesthetics in "Années de pèlerinage". Since2005 he is a teacher of “methodology of music communication” in the same university.Career
Piano Competitions
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1997 : First Prize at "Premio Venezia" competition (President of the jury:Roman Vlad );
*2002 : "Special prize for the best piano contemporary execution" atFerruccio Busoni competition
*2003 : First Prize at “Vendome Prize” international competition (President of the jury :Jeffrey Tate ).Recordings
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1998 : "Premio Venezia":
**F. Chopin: Fantasy Op. 49
**F. Schubert: “Wanderer” Fantasy D. 760
**R. Schumann: Fantasy Op. 17
**A. Skrjabin: Fantasy Op. 28*
1999 : "Luciano Simoni":
**Europe Piano Concerto Op. 50
**Canto di Liberazione Op. 14
**Da sempre mi conosci Op. 52*
2000 : "1900":
**B. Bartόk: Vàltozatok (Variations) DD64
**E. MacDowell: Sonata No. 4 (Keltic) in E minor, Op. 59
**K. Szymanowski: Preludes Op. 1
**A. Skrjabin: Fantasy Op. 28*
2004 : "En plen air":
**F. Mendelssohn: Sonata in B flat major, op. 106
**C. M. Von Weber: Sonata No. 3 in D minor, op. 49
**C. Tausig: 2 Concert Etudes for Piano, op. 1
**C. Debussy: 4 Preludes
**B. Bartόk: Out of Doors, Sz. 81Collaborations
Giuseppe makes regular recital tours in Europe and America. He has performed in the most important Italian theaters (such as San Carlo in
Naples , La Fenice inVenice , Comunale inBologna , Carlo Felice inGenes , Petruzzelli inBari , Auditorium Parco della Musica and Teatro dell'Opera inRome , Auditorium “Verdi” andTeatro Dal Verme inMilan ,Lingotto inTurin , Valli inReggio Emilia , Auditorium Nicolò Paganini inParma ; Alighieri inRavenna , Olimpico inVicenza , Politeama inPalermo ) and abroad (New York ,Berlin ,Essen ,Salisburg ,Paris ,London ,Warsaw ,Lisbon ,Cairo ,Sao Paulo ,Buenos Aires ,Montevideo , Santiago).He has also performed with major leading orchestras under conductors as
Pavel Belaff ,James Conlon ,Will Humburg ,Dmitri Jurowski ,Alain Lombard ,Othmar Maga ,Anton Nanut ,Tomas Netopil ,George Pehlivanian ,Jurai Valchua ,Jonathan Webb .External links
* [http://www.giuseppealbanese.com Official Web Site]
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