Alessandro Riccardi - Aleksandr Scriabin: The Early Piano Works (2020)

Selected as one of the best graduating conservatory pianists in Italy in 2014, Alessandro Riccardi has taken part in the piano festivals at La Fenice Theater in Venice and in “Settimane Musicali al Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza.” He has toured in Italy, Mexico, Bulgaria, Poland, Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, and the United States, performing as soloist and with orchestra. Among the various venues where he has performed are Palais des Congrès de Paris, Wiener Stadthalle, Arcimboldi Theater in Milan, Auditoria Forum in Barcelona, and Sursa Performance Hall in Muncie, Indiana (USA). In 2019, Alessandro performed in solo recitals and held lectures and masterclasses on Scriabin’s repertoire. His lecture recital “Alexander Scriabin, the Romantic Soul of the Early Piano Works” has been acclaimed in Mexico, Italy and the United States. He has been awarded first prizes in the VIII “Val Di Sole” National Music Competition, the XII “Bardolino” National Music Competition and the “Rotary Club Mascagni Livorno” Competition, and in 2018 he was one of the 100 selected participants of the “F. Busoni” International Piano Competition. In 2017 Alessandro was selected to play the Schumann’s Piano Concerto for a tour accompanied by the Monteverdi Symphony Orchestra. He also won the Monteverdi auditions to give piano solo recitals in the K. Penderecki Concert Hall in Radom (Poland) and in the Athanas Kurtiev Concert Hall in Kjustendil (Bulgaria). He received his Bachelor Diploma in Piano Performance with honors in 2014 at the Conservatory of Livorno “P. Mascagni” (Italy), under the supervision of Professor Marco Baraldi and Professor Monica Cecchi. Alessandro continued his piano studies with Professor Cristiano Burato at the Conservatory of Bolzano “Claudio Monteverdi” (Italy), where he obtained his Master Diploma in Piano Solo Performance with honors in 2017. He studied with Dr. Robert Palmer at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana (USA), to pursuit his Artist Diploma in Piano Performance. He further developed Chopin’s repertoire at the Karol Szymanowski Music Academy in Katowice (Poland) by attending masterclasses held by Professor Andrzej Jasinsky and Professor Wojciech Świtała. Alessandro served as a Piano Assistant at Ball State University and taught piano classes at the University of Yucatán in Merida (Mexico), the Conservatories of Livorno and Bolzano, the “Ritmi” Music School in Cecina and the “Vivaldi” Music School in Bolzano.