Eliana Grasso - Chopin: Lettres sur la danse (2020)

Eliana Grasso, pianist She has performed in Europe and in the United States in important concert halls such as Carnegie Hall in New York, Wigmore Hall in London, Sala Verdi in Milan, Royal Academy Music in London, Heremitage in Saint Petersburg, Theatre “La Filature” in Mulhouse, Maffeiana Hall in Verona, the Social Theatre in Bellinzona, the Pauline Chapel in Rome, Bloomsbury Theatre in London, Salon Chopin (Société Historique Polonaise) in Paris, Ducal Palace in Mantova, Piccolo Regio Theatre in Turin and many others. She makes her debut in 1994 playing Haydn’s D major concert with the Symphonic Orchestra of Mulhouse, directed by Luca Pfaff, warmly received by public and critics alike ("Eliana Grasso: encore petite et déjà si grande", l'Alsace, March 1994). She performs as a soloist with several orchestras such as: Magister Harmoniae, Orchestra Piccolo Auditorium Paradisi, Verona Philharmonic Orchestra, directed among the others by Piero Bellugi. She performs regularly as a soloist and with chamber ensembles for some of the most important Italian festivals and music seasons such as: MITO Settembremusica (Turin), Società dei Concerti (Milan), Unione Musicale (Turin) Trame Sonore (Mantua), I Concerti del Quirinale (Rome), Polincontri (Turin), Rivolimusica, I Concerti dell’Università della Tuscia (Viterbo), Milano Classica, Afternoon Concerts at Alfieri Theatre (Torino), William Walton Foundation (Naples), Settembre Musicale Orta (Novara), Ravello Concert Society (Naples), Villa Torlonia (Rome), Palazzo Labia (Venice), Torti Theater (Bevagna). She has also performed in Russia, United States, France, Switzerland, England, Romania. She plays stably in various chamber music formations: in duo with flutist Romano Pucci (first flute La Scala Theatre in Milano), four hands and two pianos with Irene Veneziano and explores liederistic repertoire with soprano Susanna Rigacci and Andrea Grassi. She has won prizes in several Music International Competitions: she wins the Third prize at EMCY St. Petersburg International Piano Competition and First Prize in New York’s Golden Classical Awards. Furthermore, she wins First Prize in important Competitions in Italy: Stresa, J.S. Bach Prize, Kawai Prize, Clementi competition and many others. More recently, in 2014, she wins First Prize in the International Competition “Festival di Bellagio e del Lago di Como”. Her concerts have been broadcasted live by important radios such as Rai Radiotre, recently she has been interviewed for “The Pianist”, live on Radio Classica Milan. She has published with Sheva a monographic cd dedicated to Chopin (“a compendium of the Chopin’s art, proposed with sensibility and musical intelligence...” Il Giornale della Musica, 2011) and has participated to a complete recording of Beethoven’s Sonatas for cello and piano with cellist Stefano Cerrato. For Velut Luna she has released “Sortilèges”, music by Ravel and Saint Saens with pianist I. Veneziano (“the two musicians become one and give expression to all of the fascination of this music” Suonare, 2015), for Egea Music the complete recording of T. Milanollo’s works for violin and piano. In 2000, she obtains her diploma in the Conservatory of Turin with full marks, in 2005 she obtains her Master’s degree in piano performance, winning the prize “Lascito Piacenza” for the best final exam piano recital. She continues her studies at the Academy of Imola with Franco Scala, Piernarciso Masi and Riccardo Risaliti. She also studies with: K. Bogino, E. Arciuli, P. Badura-Skoda, M. Damerini, A. Lucchesini, S. Gadžijev, J. Swann, P. De Maria. Together with her concert activity, she works as collaborative for the School of Ballet of the Academy of La Scala Theater of Milan.