Alessandro Mazzamuto

Pianist Alessandro Mazzamuto is “one of the most inspiring, extraordinary pianists that I have had the joy to hear” writes Martha Argerich. He is “no virtuoso of show, no ruthless technician, but a pianist absorbed in the music who plays with as much spontaneity as poetry,” claims Pizzicato Magazine. Winner of International Classical Music Awards’ 2013 Young Instrumental Artist of the Year, the 26-year-old Sicilian pianist has won more than 60 national and international competitions in piano and chamber music. Mazzamuto has appeared as soloist with orchestras such as La Verdi (Milan), the Rias Berlin Youth Orchestra (Germany), the Chamber Orchestra of Kiev (Ukraine), the Philharmonic Orchestra of Ploesti (Romania), and the Bacau Philharmonic Orchestra (Romania), with conductors such as Daisuke Soga, Amaury du Closel, John Axelrod, Tomasz Bugaj, Ovidiu Balan, Valentin Doni, Ovidiu Marinescu, and Epifanio Comis. He has performed in numerous European and American venues such as the Salle Cortot (Paris), La Fenice (Venice), Maly Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire (Russia), University Romano of Bacau (Romania), Il Tempio (Florence), Auditorium Giuseppe Verdi (Milan), Caruth Auditorium (Dallas), and the Opera House Massimo Bellini (Italy). Finalist at the 58th edition of the prestigious Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition in 2011, Alessandro Mazzamuto was awarded the special prize “Gianandrea Lodovici,” which consisted of the production of a CD for the German label ARTS with worldwide distribution. This prize was given at the discretion of the president of the jury, Martha Argerich, being chosen for “a particular depth and originality of interpretation.” Thanks to the recording of the above-mentioned CD with music by Rachmaninov, Mazzamuto, together with the ARTS record company, was awarded by international critics the prize “Supersonic – Pizzicato” in 2012. Most recently, Alessandro became a winner of 2014 Center for Musical Excellence (CME) International Grant, Birte Moller Young Artists Award, and a CME Young Artist. His New York debut recital at Carnegie Hall will take place in June – 29 – 2015. Alessandro Mazzamuto graduated with honors from the Music Institute “Vincenzo Bellini” in Catania, under the guidance of Epifanio Comis. He also studied at the International Piano Academy in Imola. Currently, Alessandro is a student in the Performers Diploma program at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas, TX, where he studies with Professors Joaquin Achucarro and Carol Leone. Alessandro has taught piano at the Musical Institute “Pietro Vinci” in Caltagirone (Italy), the Municipal Institute “Giuseppe Privitera” in Syracuse (Italy) and the Accademia Musicale Siciliana in Adrano (Italy). He and his brother, violinist Lorenzo Mazzamuto, perform often as a celebrated duo.