Massimiliano Ferrati
is one of the most impressive italian musicians of his
generation. He was born in 1970 in Adria where he started
to learn the piano at the age of five. He studied with very
important teachers like the Russian pianist
Konstantin Bogino,
Paul Badura-Skoda
and
Sergio Perticaroli
(at the
Mozarteum in Salzburg
and at the "S.Cecilia"
Academy in Rome
where he received the
first-class honours diploma).
He has given
several recitals
both in Italy and abroad, among them:
Milan
("G. Verdi" Hall of the Conservatory on the occasion of the
celebration of Nikita Magaloff),
Padua
("Hall of Giants"),
Turin
(RAI Auditorium),
Paris
(Salle Cortot),
Venice
(Gran Teatro "La Fenice"),
Warsaw
(State Philharmonia and Lazienki Palace),
Hamburg
(Musik-Halle),
Naples
(Teatro delle Palme),
Salzburg
(Wiener-Saal),
Klagenfurt
(Stadttheater),
Munich
(Kaulbach Villa),
Calgary
(Jack Singer Concert Hall),
Dublin
(National Concert Hall),
New
York (Mannes College of Music),
Tel Aviv
(Mann Auditorium and Tel Aviv Museum),
London
(Purcell Room),
Leeds
(Great Hall of the University),
Pretoria
(Old Mutual Hall) and
Rome
(Auditorium of the "S. Cecilia" Academy and Teatro
Nazionale).
He has
performed as
soloist with many prestigious orchestras, such
as: Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Gli Archi della Scala,
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow Symphony Orchestra,
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Orchestra di Padova
e del Veneto, Orchestra "Haydn" di Bolzano e Trento,
Orchestra Regionale del Lazio, Roma Sinfonietta, Orchestra
da Camera Slesiana of Katowice
with conductors like: Mario
Brunello, Mendi Rodan, Anton Nanut, Robert Houlihan,
Christoph Eberle, Bruno Aprea, Alberto Veronesi, Alexei
Kornienko, Jan Wincenti Hawel etc., and
played with chamber groups sach as:
St. Lawrence String Quartet, Aviv String Quartet, Trio
Rachmaninoff, Solisti dell'Orchestra d'Archi Italiana,
violinist David Garrett etc. He is co-founder with Fabio
Paggioro (violin) and Luca De Muro (cello) of
“TrioLogìa” a new
chamber group that is receiving common consent from the
critic and the audience.
His
performances have been recorded
for TVP (Telewizja Polska S. A.), CBC Radio &
Television Canada, RTÉ (Radio Telefís Éireann), Bayerischer
Rundfunk München, Israel Radio Voice of Music, BBC Radio,
RAI Radio Televisione Italiana, Radio Ljubljana, etc.
He was a
prize winner in several national and international piano
competitions:
UNISA International Piano Competition in Pretoria
(special prize for the "best performance of the Russian
piece": Musorgskij's Pictures at an Exhibition), the
"Esther Honens International Piano Competition" in
Calgary,
the
"Guardian International Piano Competition" in
Dublin,
the
“F. Busoni” International Piano Competition in
Bolzano
(where the jury awarded him the special prize for "the best
Ferruccio Busoni interpreter"), the
"A. Casagrande" International Piano Competition in
Terni
(where the jury awarded him the special prize for "the best
Alessandro Casagrande interpreter") and the
"International Competition for Piano and Orchestra" in
Cantù.
In 1998, by the unanimous vote of the jury,
he won the Grand Prix in the “Rina Sala Gallo”
International Piano Competition" in Monza.
In 2001 he won the
third prize
in the Tenth "Arthur Rubinstein" International Piano Master
Competition in Tel Aviv.
He gives Master Classes regularly.
