Alessandra Ammara, presentation of the CD “Debussy Piano Works vol. 3” recorded on the Fazioli F 278 (Piano Classics, 2026)

Claude Debussy (1862–1918)

Estampes, L. 100 (1903)

1. Pagodes – Modérément animé
2. La soirée dans Grenade – Mouvement de Habanera
3. Jardins sous la pluie – Net et vif

Études, L. 136 (1915) – selezione

1. Pour les cinq doigts, d’après Monsieur Czerny – Sagement
2. Pour les quartes – Andantino con moto
3. Pour les degrés chromatiques – Scherzando, animato assai
4. Pour les sixtes – Lento
5. Pour les notes répétées – Scherzando
6. Pour les sonorités opposées – Modéré, sans lenteur

Masques, L. 105 (1903–1904)
Très vif et fantasque

Alessandra Ammara, pianoforte 

Alessandra Ammara is an internationally acclaimed Italian classical pianist. She gained recognition at a young age by winning prizes in major international piano competitions, including the “G. B. Viotti” Competition in Vercelli, the “J. Iturbi” Competition in Valencia, the “Casagrande” Competition in Terni, and the “Van Cliburn” Competition in Fort Worth. In 2000 she was named a Laureate of the Esther Honens International Piano Competition in Calgary.

She has performed in some of the world’s most prestigious concert halls, including the Berlin Philharmonie, Vienna’s Musikverein, Salzburg’s Festspielhaus and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, both as a soloist and with leading orchestras. Since 1999 she has formed a piano duo with her husband Roberto Prosseda, with whom she recorded, among other projects, Mendelssohn’s complete works for piano four hands for Decca.

A graduate of the “L. Cherubini” Conservatory in Florence and the Imola Piano Academy, she studied with renowned musicians such as Maria Tipo, Paul Badura-Skoda, Dmitri Bashkirov and Leon Fleisher. She is currently piano professor at the “L. Cherubini” Conservatory in Florence and regularly gives masterclasses at international institutions.