Alberto Ferro

Born in Italy in 1996, Alberto Ferro achieved his Master's degree (2018) under the guidance of Prof. Epifanio Comis at the "Vincenzo Bellini" State Conservatoire of Music in Catania. He also attended several piano masterclasses held by very important pianists such as Leslie Howard, Elisso Virsaladze, Joaquín Achúcarro, Richard Goode, Boris Berezovsky, Jörg Demus, and Vladimir Ashkenazy.

He won a lot of prizes in international competitions, including: 1st Prize and Audience Prize at the International Telekom Beethoven Competition in Bonn (2017); 2nd Prize, International Press Prize, and Haydn Prize at the "Ferruccio Busoni" International Piano Competition in Bolzano (2015); 6th Prize and Musiq’3 Prize of the public at the “Queen Elisabeth” International Piano Competition in Brussels (2016); 2nd Prize at the "Premio Jaén" International Piano Competition (2022); Finalist Prize at the "Arthur Rubinstein" International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv (2023); Finalist Prize and Children's Corner Prize at the "Clara Haskil" International Piano Competition in Vevey (2017).

He has performed many concerts throughout Europe, including venues such as the State Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, the University of the Arts in Berlin, the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest, the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, the Herkulessaal in Munich, the Centre for Fine Arts, Flagey and the Royal Conservatoire in Brussels, the Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment in Belgrade, the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, the Liederhalle in Stuttgart, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, the Meistersingerhalle in Nuremberg, the Charles Bronfman Auditorium in Tel Aviv, the Rudolf-Oetker-Halle in Bielefeld, the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania, the National Opera and Ballet Theatre in Constanța, the Musikhuset in Aarhus, the Kurhaus in Wiesbaden, the Teatro La Fenice and Teatro Malibran in Venice, the Philharmonic Hall in Liège, the Philharmonie in Luxembourg, the Concertgebouw in Bruges, the LAC in Lugano, the Regentenbau in Bad Kissingen, and the Festspielhaus in Erl.

Festival and association appearances have included the Copenhagen Summer Festival, Unione Musicale di Torino, Bologna Festival, Ravello Festival, Amici della Musica di Firenze, Società dei Concerti and Società del Quartetto di Milano, the Tyrolean Festival Erl, Kissinger Sommer, Beethovenfest, Piano aux Jacobins, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Gent Festival van Vlaanderen, Villa Musica Rheinland-Pfalz, and many others.

He has performed with several orchestras such as the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Belgium, the Málaga Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra Filarmonica della Fenice, the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn, the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia, and the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, under renowned conductors such as Arvo Volmer, Dirk Kaftan, Heribert Beissel, Günter Neuhold, Paul Meyer, Thierry Fischer, Marin Alsop, Christian Zacharias, and many others.

Many of his recordings were broadcast by radio and television broadcasters in Italy (Rai 3, Rai 5, Rai Radio 1, Rai Radio 3, Rai Südtirol, Radio Popolare, Venice Classic Radio) and abroad (RTBF, VRT, Musiq'3, Klara, ORF III, MDR Kultur, RTS, arte, Deutsche Welle). Furthermore, some important music magazines (Suonare News, Amadeus, Crescendo, Andante, Pizzicato) have published many articles about him. He recorded for important labels such as Brilliant, Warner, Da Vinci, and Muso.

He is currently Professor of Piano at the “Franco Vittadini" State Conservatoire of Music in Pavia.

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