Giuliano Mazzoccante Italy ← Back to list
Born in Chieti, he studied under the guidance of Lucia Passaglia at the Conservatory "L. Cherubini" in Florence graduating with highest honours. He participated as a student performer on a three-year piano perfection course at the “Accademia Musicale Umbra” where he achieved a "Diploma of Excellence”.
Later, he participated in the "International Master Classes" in Klaipeda (Lithuania), held by Lazar Berman. With him, his concert repertoire deepened and improved with particular attention to the music of F. Liszt, at the European Academy of Music, Erba (CO). He perfected Chamber Music at the International School of Chamber Music in Duino under the guidance of "Trio of Trieste" achieving a "Diploma with Merit". He has won national and international competitions, including "M. Clementi" in Florence, “Agorà 80" in Rome, "F. Liszt" in Lucca, and "Città di Stresa". In 1997 he won second prize at the 'T. I. M. " - International Music Tournament; in 1998, he was awarded the prestigious "Prix Venice"; in 1999 he won second prize at the international competition "Ecomusic" of Monopoli (BA); in 2002 was the winner of the 40th International Piano Competition "Arcangelo Speranza" in Taranto. In 2009 he was awarded in the “4th International Tbilisi Piano Competition" in Georgia (WFIMC).
His musical experience has been enriched by important collaborations as a pianist in the Classical Dance, and in Opera Theatre, collaborating with teachers of Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Royal Academy of Dance of London, Teatro dell’Opera of Paris. In addition, for several years he worked in the Teatro dell'Opera of Chieti deepening the Opera literature and working as a pianist with important international singers and theatrical directors.
Considerable concert activity has seen him engaged both as a soloist and as a chamber musician at major Italian venues and overseas such as, Milan (Teatro Dal Verme, Casa Verdi), Rome (Palazzo Venezia, Instituto Cervantes), L'Aquila (Teatro Comunale), Trieste (Teatro Verdi, Museo Revoltella), Bologna (Sala Mozart della Filarmonica, Sala Bossi del Conservatorio), Perugia (Sala dei Notari), Venice (Palazzo Albrizzi), Chiavari (Teatro Cantero), Alessandria (Teatro Parvum), Salerno (Sala Napolitano), Rovigno (Croatia), Szombathely (Hungary), Klaipeda, Palanka (Lithuania), Schloss Elmau, Weimar "Liszt House", Munich "Prinzregententheater", Cologne "Hochschule" (Germany), Brno "Sale Bratislava Bakaly" (Czech Republic), Istanbul (Turkey), Utrecht "Concert Hall" (Netherlands), Oxford "Holywell Music Room" (England), Tel Aviv, Ashdod (Israel), Schaffhausen, Gstaad (Switzerland), Shanghai (China), La Valletta "Emmanuel Theatre" (Malta). He is regularly invited to hold concerts and master classes at international festivals such as "ClaviCologne Festival" in Germany, the "Malta International Music Festival", the "International Piano Festival & Competition" in Italy, the “Vipa Festival” in Spain, ecc.
He has been a regular guest of the "International Sommer-Akademie Schloss Pommersfelden" (Germany) where he has performed as a soloist and in chamber music performances and where he teaches chamber music from 2010. He has appeared as a soloist with others such as Camerata Baltica, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonica Abruzzese, Sinfonica di Lecce, Sinfonica di Bari, Solisti Aquilani.
He is often invited to be part of the jury in national and international piano competitions in Germany, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Malta, ecc.
He plays with musicians of calibre like Karl Leister (historical 1st clarinettist of the Berlin Philharmonic), Pavel Berman, Francesco Manara and Franco De Angelis (first violinists of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan), Grazia Raimondi, Antonio Tinelli, Rita D'Arcangelo, Gaetano Di Bacco and Liliana Bernardi. He is the pianist of “Trio DOROGI” with the famous musicians Dora Schwarzberg (violin) and Romain Garioud (cello).
His conspicuous record productions range from solo repertoires, chamber music and to a soloist with an orchestra, including recordings for Wide Classique, DAD Records, Camerata Tokyo, Radio Vatican, Radio Bavaria etc. The monographic CD dedicated to J. Brahms, containing the sonatas for clarinet and piano op. 120 No. 1 and no. 2 and the Trio op. 114, Published by Phoenix Classics and distributed by Ducale Music, became a finalist at the IMAIE awards 2009 and was reviewed with acclaim by specialised Italian and overseas magazines (Musica, Suonare News, Giornale della Musica, Fanfare and The Clarinet).
From 2012 he has been an honorary member of the Rotary Club of Subiaco (Rome) and in 2014 he was awarded from the Rotary Club of Pescara West with the "Paul Harris Fellow" for commitment in spreading music and its culture.
From 2015 he is the founder and Artistic Director of the Music and Art International Music Academy in Chieti which aims at promoting young artists and the development of the arts.
From 2017 he is the artistic director of the Concert Season of Teatro Marrucino in Chieti.
From 2019 he is the Artistic Director of "In Musica" International Music Festival and Piano Competition in Rome - Italy.
