Fazioli Piano Festival: Amadeus Piano Duo - Valentina Fornari & Alberto Nosè, pianoforte a 4 mani

M. Ravel (1875-1937): Introduction et Allegro (trascr. Amadeus Piano Duo)

N. Kapustin (1937-2020): Sinfonietta op. 49

The Amadeus Piano Duo, formed by pianists Valentina Fornari and Alberto Nosè, was born in 2014 from the will of the two interpreters to combine their important solo experiences and their musical maturity, to give life to a chamber music formation that has a brilliant concert career both in Italy and abroad. The eclectic piano duo, in addition to deepen the vast classical repertoire, is also very attentive to the discovery of original pieces by composers less known to the public; their concert programs range from Bach to jazz music and transcriptions, many of which are edited by themselves. They are regularly invited to hold masterclasses and to take part as jurors in national and international piano competitions. Also active in teaching, they founded the Accademia Amadeus for which they hold master classes for piano duo. They are organizers of the International Amadeus Piano Competition and founders of the independent record label Amadeus Sound Project for which they recorded their first album The Art of Amadeus Piano Duo. In 2021 the Velut Luna label released their second album dedicated to the original transcription for two pianos of The Planets by G. Holst.

Valentina Fornari graduated in piano at Trento Conservatory, as well as in music teaching and chamber music with full marks and honors. She then specialized in Music Therapy at the University of Bristol. Awarded in over 60 national and international competitions, she has a brilliant concert career with a predilection for chamber music that has led her to perform in the most important Italian and foreign cities. He collaborated with the soprano Stefania Bonfadelli and the violinist Vadim Brodsky and performs regularly with the first parts of the Orchestra of the Arena Foundation in Verona and the Orchestra of the Carlo Felice Theater Foundation in Genoa. Very active as a teacher, her piano school has led her students to win more than 250 prizes in national and international competitions, receiving awards for music teaching.

Alberto Nosè got his first international recognition at the age of eleven, winning the First Prize at the Jugend für Mozart Music Competition in Salzburg, thanks to which he made his first tour in Italy, Austria and France. Winner of the Piano Masters in Monte Carlo in 2015, Concert Artists Auditions in New York in 2012, Top of the World in Tromsø in 2011 and Paloma O’Shea in Santander in 2005, Maj Lind in Helsinki in 2002, Vendôme Prize in Paris in 2000, Premio Venezia in 1998, other than being laureate at the Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 2000, he performs in major concert halls all over the world: Carnegie Hall and Kaufman Music Center in New York, Southbank Center and Wigmore Hall in London, Konzerthaus in Berlin, Théâtre du Châtelet and Salle Pleyel in Paris, Mozarteum in Salzburg, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Parco della Musica in Rome. He is regularly invited to important concert seasons in France, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Spain, USA, Mexico, South America, China, Japan and Hong Kong and in the juries of the most prestigious international piano competitions such as the F. Chopin in Warsaw.