Gianni Maria Ferrini Gianni Maria Ferrini was born in and began studying piano when he was 5. He graduated in piano at Santa Cecilia Conservatory. He was a pupil of Orazio Frugoni, a world-famous concert pianist, winner of the prestigious “prix de virtuosité” in Geneva and a student of Casella and Lipatti. Maestro Frugoni would become his reference as regards piano and music for many years. He studied Composition with Mauro Bortolotti – a great experimenter and protagonist of the musical culture of the twentieth century – and Orchestra Conducting with Massimo De Bernart, thus completing his musical training. In 1988, he attended the masterclass held by the famous pianist Aldo Ciccolini in Sermoneta. He started very young with a an intense concert activity at important music institutions in , such as A.GI.MUS., Società Aquilana dei concerti “B. Barattelli” and many others, and abroad. When he was barely in his twenties, he performed, also as a soloist, within orchestra, by debuting with Mozart’s Concerto for piano and orchestra K503. He began performing abroad in 1986 in PIANO Germany, Switzerland, Greece and United Kingdom, meeting the critics acclaim, as in the case of the Concerto for piano and orchestra K488 with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Bacau. Also in 1986, the COURSE famous pianist and orchestra conductor Sawallish wrote words of great appreciation for the young pianist, after hearing him playing. In 1992, he began collaborating with the Teatro dell’Opera of Rome, Cultural Association where – for the opera and ballet seasons – he has performed as soloist in orchestra in several productions under the baton of famous & School of Music conductors, such as Sinopoli, Renzetti, Oren, Nelson, Tate, Pesko and 00169 Rome - Via Casilina, 1101 GIANNI MARIA many others. He had the opportunity of working closely with great names of the dance world: from Elisabetta Terabust, Roland Petit, ph. + 39 06.2389732 Floris Alexander to Carla Fracci, often performing as a soloist in www.ariadimusica.com FERRINI orchestra in ballet productions, such as “Tout Satie”, “Orlando” by Sergio Rendine, “Filomena Marturano” by , “Petrouchka” by [email protected] and “Raymonda” by Glazunov. Thanks to his collaboration with Teatro dell’Opera of Rome, he also participated in the soloists’ festival of the Teatro dell’Opera of Rome at the Teatro Facebook pages: Argentina as well as the Šostakovic Festival, which took place at the Ariadimusica Teatro Nazionale. His execution of Nino Rota’s music was broadcast Ariadimusica & Cartoons live on Rai and in 2007 he premiered “Im Mirabell appassionatamente” by Roman Vlad at Teatro Nazionale. Amongst his most recent commitments with the Teatro dell’Opera of Rome, it is worth mentioning his execution, in 2012, of the piece “Prélude inoffensif” by Rossini in the ballet dedicated to contemporary dance, staged at the Teatro Nazionale and, in 2013, he performed in the Sala Accademica of Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome in a monographic concert devoted to Debussy’s music. He performed on the occasion of the concert series devoted to the complete execution of Beethoven’s piano sonatas, at the Accademia Filarmonica in Bologna, in the prestigious “Sala Mozart”. Upon invitation by Maestro Donato Renzetti, he took part in the thirteenth edition of Estate Musicale Frentana in Lanciano. Upon invitation by Carla Fracci, he participated, in 2010, to the international dance gala for the region Abruzzo, organized by the Italian Red Cross, by accompanying the dance of the famous étoile. In the same year, on the occasion of the bicentenary of the birth of Chopin, upon invitation by the Italian Cultural Institutes, he performed on tour in Brasil, in the cities of San Paolo, Curitiba and Rio de Janeiro and in Siria, in Damascus, winning the public and critics acclaim. He has been strongly committed for years to performing charity concerts. He performed in Budapest, at the Italian Cultural Institute and in the famous concert hall Vigadó. He has also been teaching with great passion for years. He conceived Ariadimusica and he is one of its founders as well as Chairman.

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