Annie Corrado

-          Classical concert pianist

-          Talented accompanist and Korrepetitor

-          Excellent sight-reader

-          Extensive performance background

-          Dedicated music teacher

-          Organized, detail-oriented, responsible

-          Talented Art Historian

-          Fluent in Italian, French and English

 

Musical Education:

-          Diploma in Piano, Conservatorio “San Pietro a Majella” (Italian State Music Academy), Naples, 2005.

-          Post-graduated piano Performance Specialization course with L. Pietrocini and K. Bogino (Piano Professors) in AIM Roma (Accademia Internazionale Musicale di Roma), 2015-2019. 

-          Chamber Music Piano Annual and Summer School with Marco Grisanti, in Scuola Civica Musicale Accademia Murgantina, Benevento, 2002-2004.

 

Selected Soloist and Chamber Music Masterclasses:

-          New Music Week with MDI Ensemble, Contemporary Music Artists Ensemble, in Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Roma, 2019.

-          Musica al Tempio Valdese Festival with Alfonso Alberti, Contemporary Performer and Pianist, Milano, 2019.

-          Festival Mozart Box Giovani Talenti, Isabella Lo Porto, Piano professor, Verona, 2008-2009.

-          International Music Campus with Orazio Maione, Piano professor, in Gallodoro/Taormina, Sicily, Italy, 2003-2005.

-          Festival delle Nazioni XXXVIII Edizione with Riccardo Risaliti, Professor of International Piano Academy of Imola, 2003-2005.

-          Piano Masterclass with Maria Ventura, Portici (Naples), 2005.

 

Scholarship:

Festival MozartBox Giovani Talenti, 2009.

University Degrees:

-          Post- Graduated in Historical-Art Studies at University “Sapienza” in Rome with highest honours (110/110 degree) working about the relationship between Béla Bartok’s music and the group of Hungarian painters (Nyolcak or The Eight) in France and Hungary, September 2019.

-          Bachelor in “Culture and Administration of Cultural Heritage” at University “Federico II” in Naples, Italy with 104/110 degree marks, February 2014.

 

Soloist Concerts, 2003-today:

-          Organized and Performed Recitals in collaboration with Embassy of Hungary and Interuniversity center of Hungarian and Central-Eastern Europe studies (CISUECO).

-          Concert Pianist specialized in Hungary classical and contemporary repertoire.

-          Literary Soirées in collaboration with Prof. Roberto Ruspanti, Senior Professor of Hungary Language and Literature in Italy and Hungary.

 

Hungarian selected Music Festival/Concerts:

-          Balassi Institute (Hungary Academy, Rome), 2008-2019

-          Teatro dei Frari, Venezia, 2019

-          Sala Beethoven, Trieste, 2019 

-          Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum, Budapest, 2016

-          Italian Institute of Culture, Budapest, 2015

-          Sala Celsi, Circolo Ufficiali Esercito, Venezia, 2015

-          Teatro Comunale “Vittorio Alfieri”, Castelnuovo-Berardenga (Siena), 2013

 

Other Soloist Selected Music Festival/Concerts:

-          New Year’s Day Recital, Reggia di Portici (Naples, Italy), 2020

-          Mozartbox, Reggia di Portici, (Naples, Italy), 2019

-          Musica al Tempio Festival, Waldensian Church, Milano, 2019

-          Sardinia Music Festival, Sassari, 2018

-          Maratona Musicale Pianistica e Cameristica, Teatro San Carlo, Napoli, 2008

-          Festival delle Nazioni XXXVIII Edizione, 2003-2005

-          Festival MozartBox “Giovani Talenti”, 2009

-          “La notte bianca dei musei”, Roma 2008, 2009, 2010

-          Festa Europea della Musica, Roma, 2009, 2010

-          WFLD 2011 Rome Congress, 2009

 

Selected Chamber Music Work Experiences, 2002 – today:

 

Pianist, member of Trio Adamas, (clarinet, cello and piano), 2017-today:

-          Organized and performed recitals in Italy (Rome, Milan).

-          Specialized in both classical trio repertoire and contemporary music

-          Performed recital in Kiev contemporary music Festival (Ukraine), 2017.

 

Soloist and Chamber Pianist in “Percorsi Contemporanei” Festival, Rome, 2016:

-          Organized and performed première recitals with modern and contemporary music of International composers like F. Biscione, A. Cusatelli, P. Coggiola, A. Cara, E. Ewazen, R. Garwell, etc.

-          Selected music carefully in order to achieve a balance of musical styles on the various program in festival, from classical to modern repertoire.

-          Curator of promotional aspects related to “Percorsi Contemporanei” concerts and workshops and welcoming international artists; curator of brochures and posters of the Festival and other computer graphic works.

 

Pianist, member of Trio Sheherazade, (Soprano, clarinet and piano), 2013- 2014:

-          Organized and performed recitals in Italy (Rome, San Marino).

-          Première Performances of contemporary music of Italian composers like F. Biscione, E. Pradella, M. Messieri, M. Festa in Maskfest Festival, Teatro Titano, San Marino, (2013) and Teatro Keiros, Roma, (2014).

 

 

 

 

Pianist, member of Trio Disegual, (cello, violin and piano), 2014- 2015:

Solo and chamber pianist, she attended the prestigious annual and summer courses of these important musical International Academies:

-          Chamber and Solo Summer Music Courses with Trio Tchaikovsky (Bogino, Vernikov, Chaushian) and Kostantin Bogino, Bergamo (Italy), 2015.

-          Summer School in Chigiana Musical Academy in Siena (Toscana) with Günter Pichler (Alban Berg Quartet), July 2015

-          Annual Masterclass in “Scuola di Musica” in Fiesole (Toscana, Italy) with exceptional chamber music teachers (Trio di Parma, Andrea Lucchesini, Bruno Canino, Paul Vernikov, etc.), 2014-2015.

-          Selected Students for Masterclass in ECMA (Italian Federation of Quartet and Chamber Music) with prestigious teachers like H. Beyerle, D. Mommertz, J.Meissl, etc., Fiesole, Italy, 2015.

-          Organized and performed recitals in Italy (Fiesole, Siena, Castelnuovo-Berardenga, Bergamo, Rome), 2014-2015.

 

Other Chamber Work experiences:

Piano accompanist for auditions, exams, competitions, and international masterclasses.

Accompanied strings and winds students during rehearsals/concerts in:

-          Conservatorio Santa Cecilia di Roma, 2008-today.

-          Conservatorio Licinio Refice di Frosinone, 2008-today.

-          Scatola Sonora, Roma, 2018-2019.

-          Jugend Musiziert Competion, Germany/Greece, 2019.

-          Deutsche Schule, Roma, 2016-2019.

-          MuSa Orchestra, Sapienza University of Roma, 2008- 2012.

-          Conservatorio San Pietro a Majella di Napoli, 2002- 2008.

-          Municipal Conservatory of Barcelona, 2006

Classical Korrepetitor with singers in German Lieder and Theatre repertoire:

 

Masterclass Experiences:

-          Rossini- Lab, Masterclass in musical interpretation in Rossini theatre repertoire with Giovanni Battista Rigon (Korrepetitor Piano professor and Conductor) and Cesare Scarton (Director) in Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Roma, 2018-2019.

-          Masterclass in expressive singing and stage acting for singers, directors, accompanist with Stefano Vizioli (Music Piano accompanist professor and Director) and Alessandra Althoff Pugliese (Teacher of vocal technique and interpretation) in Palazzo Zacco Armeni, Padova, 2013-2014.

-          Masterclass in musical interpretation for singers and Lieder repertoire piano study with Elettra Scalpelli (Teacher of vocal technique and interpretation) in Arts Academy, Roma, 2012; Venezia, 2012-2013.

 

Working Experiences:

-          Pianist of the Petite Messe Solennelle of G. Rossini, conducted by Piergiorgio Dionisi with the Coro Nuova Arcadia in Campagnano Festival, Roma, 2018.

-          Pianist of the “Ali di Bambù” Choir conducted by Cristina De Pascale for various concerts selecting various Opera works (Stabat Mater of G. Rossini, Requiem of G. Fauré, Requiem of W. A. Mozart, La Traviata of G. Verdi, etc.), Rome, 2015.

 

Special Projects:

-          She selected classical and contemporary music for the exhibition “Note di Colore” with paintings of Carlo Montarsolo in collaboration with “Associazione Montarsolo” in Reggia di Portici, Naples, 2019.

-          She plays Lutoslawski and Prokofiev’s music for Two Pianos in Campagnano Music Festival, Rome, 2018.

-          She recorded Rossini, Mozart and Franck’s music pieces for the documentary “Essere Rossana Rossanda” realized by Mara Chiaretti (director) in Nanni Moretti's Sacher Cinema in Rome, 2016.

-          She collaborated with the Orchestra of the Tivoli Music Diffusion Center as a soloist in Bach’s Concert in D minor conducted by F. Biscione, Tivoli, June 2016.

-          She performed as a soloist the Third Beethoven Concert in C minor with the Symphony Orchestra of the Chioggia Festival directed by P. Perini, June 2016.

-          She participated in MuSa Jazz Festival, “Sapienza” University, Roma, July 2014.

 

 

 

 

Discography:

-          “Canti della terra di Israele e dintorni”, project in collaboration with Prof. Carlo Giacobbe, Professor of Sapienza University, Ermes Records, 2017.

-          “Trio. Original Trios and Solos for piano, clarinet and cello” in collaboration with italian composers and producers F. Biscione, A. Cara, P. Coggiola, Da Vinci Classics Records, 2016.

-           “Qualcosa a che fare con la domenica”in collaboration with Francesco di Giuseppe composer and producer, RaiTrade, Ukulele Records, 2014.

 

Competitions:

-          1st prize at “4th Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Città di Cercola” – Piano Duet Section

-          1st prize at “12th Concorso Nazionale Città di Bacoli” – Piano Chamber Music Section

-          2st prize at “4th Concorso Nazionale Le Sette Note”, Città di Rocchetta Volturno- Piano Duet Section

-          3st prize at “1th Concorso Internazionale Premio Franco Farulli”, Città di Morcone – Piano Duet Section

-          1st prize at “1th Concorso Nazionale Per Giovani Musicisti Città di Scisciano” – Piano Soloist

-          1st prize at “4th Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Città di Cercola” – Piano Duet Section

-          2st prize ex-aequo at “2th Concorso Nazionale per Giovani Musici, Città di Agropoli” – Piano Soloist

 

Teaching Work Experiences:

Piano Professor of Musical and Educational Activities in several Musical Academy and Music Schools:

-          Accademia degli Ostinati, Roma, 2013-today.

-          Centro Diffusione Musica, Tivoli, 2016-today.

-          Scuola paritaria S. Antonio, Roma, 2008-today.

-          Associazione Musicale “La Bottega della Musica”, Roma, 2008-2009.