Andrea Bonatta
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Andrea Bonatta (born April 27, 1952, Bolzano, Italy) is an Italian pianist and conductor.
Life
Bonatta was born in Bolzano (South Tyrol). His mother Marcella Balestri was a professional pianist and his first teacher.
He studied piano at the Conservatory in Bolzano with Nunzio Montanari and Emilio Riboli, as well as composition with Andrea Mascagni, winning several prizes in the most important national piano competitions (La Spezia, Carpi, Taranto, Cesena).
At the age of 19 he got the piano diploma and the high school diploma, both with distinction, and immediately after he was appointed Professor for piano at the Conservatory in Bolzano, where he taught for 40 years. He also studied law at the University of Bologna and Italian literature at the University of Padova. After winning top prizes in some international piano competitions (M. Canals-Barcelona, A. Casagrande-Terni) he started an international career, performing in many European countries, as well as in the US, South America and Australia. In this period he studied with
From 2000 to 2007 Bonatta was the artistic director of the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano. He has also created the Busoni International Piano Festival and has been the vice-president of the World Federation of International Music Competition in Geneva. In 2005 he was appointed Honorary Professor at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. In 2009 he created the Piano Academy Eppan,[1] where he invites every year the best pianists of the new generation.
In spite of his various musical activities, Bonatta is still an active performer, playing in the most important concert halls like La Sapienza in Rome, the Smetana Hall in Prague, the
Discography
- Franz Liszt: Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses, Consolations. AUVIDIS-ASTRÉE, E 8711, E 8712 (1986–1989)
- Johannes Brahms: Paganini-Variationen op.35, Klavierstücke op. 76, Rhapsodien op. 79. AUVIDIS-ASTRÉE, E 8754 (1990)
- Franz Liszt: Dernières Pièces pour Piano. AUVIDIS-ASTRÉE, E 8725 (1991)
- Johannes Brahms: Sonate op. 1, Sonate op. 2, Scherzo op. 4. ASTRÉE-AUVIDIS 8751 (1992)
- Johannes Brahms: Sonate op. 5, Variationen op. 9, Variationen op. 21 n.2. ASTRÉE-AUVIDIS 8752 (1993)
- Johannes Brahms: Sonates pour violon et piano (M. A. Nicolas). AUVIDIS VALOIS V 4709 (1994)
- Johannes Brahms: Balladen op. 10, Variationen op. 21 n.1, Variationen op. 24. ASTRÉE-AUVIDIS 8753 (1995)
- Franz Schubert: Pièces pour piano à quatre mains (Paul Badura-Skoda). AUVIDIS VALOIS V 4720 (1995)
- Johannes Brahms: Fantasien op. 116, Drei Intermezzi op. 117, Klavierstücke op. 118, Klavierstücke op. 119. ASTRÉE-AUVIDIS E 8599 (1997)
References
- ^ "The history", Piano Academy Eppan
External links
- Official website
- Johannes Brahms – Das Klavierwerk, ISBN 978-3-7065-1347-0, Studienverlag Innsbruck