Giuseppe Modugno

1960

Bologna, Italy

Soloist and lecturer., is internationally active as a concert pianist. He has enjoyed success both as a soloist and playing with an orchestra, and he habitually plays in the major concert halls in Italy and abroad. He has recorded for the Radiotelevisione Italiana broadcasting company and has been on tours to Russia, Germany, Spain, the United States, Japan and other countries, playing in prestigious venues and major concert halls. Since 2001 he has been regularly invited by the University of California to give Master classes and concerts both as a soloist and with chamber ensembles. In 1983 he attended the course of the Accademia Chigiana in Siena in Guido Agosti’s class, not only obtaining his diploma but also gaining a grant as one of the best players. From 2004 to 2007 was artistic secretary for the ‘Orchestra Mozart’ directed by Claudio Abbado ( (wwworchestramozartcom ) and is currently manager of the "Orchestra Mozart Academy" ( wwwaccademiaorchestramozartit ). Foreign years he has been passionately involved, both at the Accademia Filarmonica of Bologna and in other prestigious musical academies, in preparing series of conferences and concert-conferences which he frequently gives on composers and on the historical and aesthetic background to major classical works. He has appeared on many occasions on Radiotelevisione Italiana television programmes with Corrado Augias, both playing as well as illustrating the music he plays. He holds the post of Professor of Principal piano at the Musical academy "Vecchi-Tonelli" in Modena. Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna Franco Scala.

Giuseppe Modugno

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Education

He completed his piano studies at the school of Franco Scala, where he had the chance to work with Joerg Demus, Nikita Magaloff, Bruno Canino and Antonio Ballista among others

Career

Soloist and lecturer., is internationally active as a concert pianist. He has enjoyed success both as a soloist and playing with an orchestra, and he habitually plays in the major concert halls in Italy and abroad. He has recorded for the Radiotelevisione Italiana broadcasting company and has been on tours to Russia, Germany, Spain, the United States, Japan and other countries, playing in prestigious venues and major concert halls.

Since 2001 he has been regularly invited by the University of California to give Master classes and concerts both as a soloist and with chamber ensembles.

In 1983 he attended the course of the Accademia Chigiana in Siena in Guido Agosti’s class, not only obtaining his diploma but also gaining a grant as one of the best players. From 2004 to 2007 was artistic secretary for the ‘Orchestra Mozart’ directed by Claudio Abbado ( (wwworchestramozartcom ) and is currently manager of the "Orchestra Mozart Academy" ( wwwaccademiaorchestramozartit ).

Foreign years he has been passionately involved, both at the Accademia Filarmonica of Bologna and in other prestigious musical academies, in preparing series of conferences and concert-conferences which he frequently gives on composers and on the historical and aesthetic background to major classical works. He has appeared on many occasions on Radiotelevisione Italiana television programmes with Corrado Augias, both playing as well as illustrating the music he plays.

He holds the post of Professor of Principal piano at the Musical academy "Vecchi-Tonelli" in Modena.

Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna

Franco Scala.

Achievements

He has won seven national competitions and two international competitions as soloist and as duettist. In 1984 he specialized in piano duets with Antonio Ballista at Città di Castello, and at the Festival of Nations he won the award for best pupil.

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