Pietro De Maria, Pianoforte by Various, De (2022/2022), Teatro della Pergola, Florencia, Italia

After winning the Critics' Prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1990, Pietro De Maria received the First Prize at the Dino Ciani International Competition in Milan (1990), at the Géza Anda in Zurich (1994). In 1997 he was awarded the Mendelssohn Prize in Hamburg. His intense concert activity sees him as soloist with prestigious orchestras and with conductors such as Roberto Abbado, Gary Bertini, Myung-Whun Chung, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Daniele Gatti, Alan Gilbert, Eliahu Inbal, Marek Janowski, Ton Koopman, Michele Mariotti, Ingo Metzmacher, Gianandrea Noseda, Corrado Rovaris, Yutaka Sado, Sándor Végh, Stanislav Kochanovsky. Born in Venice in 1967, De Maria began studying the piano with Giorgio Vianello and graduated under the guidance of Gino Gorini at the Conservatory of his city, subsequently perfecting himself with Maria Tipo at the Geneva Conservatory, where in 1988 he obtained the Premier Prix ​​de Virtuosité with distinction. His repertoire ranges from Bach to Ligeti and he is the first Italian pianist to have publicly performed the complete works of Chopin in six concerts. He has recently carried out a Bach project, performing the two books of the Well-Tempered Clavier and the Goldberg Variations. He has recorded the complete works of Chopin, the Well-Tempered Clavier and the Goldberg Variations for DECCA, receiving important acknowledgments from specialized critics, including Diapason, International Piano, MusicWeb-International and Pianiste. He also recorded the three Sonatas op. 40 by Clementi for the Naxos label, a recital recorded live at the Miami International Piano Festival for VAI Audio, the complete works of Beethoven for cello and piano with Enrico Dindo for Decca and a CD with works by Fano for Brilliant Classics. Pietro De Maria is an Academician of Santa Cecilia and teaches at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. He is in the teaching team of the La Scuola di Maria Tipo project organized by the Pinerolo Academy of Music.