Lunchtime Recital October

About

Andrea Emanuele, solo piano recital

A pianist with deep sensibility and a wide range of interests, Andrea Emanuele has his focus on both solo repertoire and chamber music. He has performed in many prestigious venues including Wigmore Hall, the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, St. James's Church Piccadilly and the Old Royal Naval College Chapel in London, the International Orestiadi Festival in Gibellina and the Teatro Manzoni in Pistoia.

He has performed as soloist with orchestra at Teatro Politeama in Palermo, Italy, with Mauro Visconti conducting, and at the State Theatre of Vidin, Bulgaria, with Alfonso Todisco at the baton. He is currently a student of Sergio de Simone at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, where he has been supported by Trinity College London Scholarship. Prior to his arrival in London, under the guidance of Suor Anna Giovanna Messina and Marzia Manno, Andrea graduated from the Conservatoire of Palermo with honours.

He has attended masterclasses by internationally renowned artists, such as Pascal Rogé, Benedetto Lupo, Nina Tichman, Claudio Martínez Mehner, Joaquìn Achucarro, Daniel Rivera, Alessandro Damerini. Andrea has won several international competitions as a soloist and chamber musician. Most recently, he was a finalist in the Jaques Samuel Intercollegiate Piano Competition. He has also recently been appointed Junior Fellow in Piano Accompaniment at Trinity Laban Conservatoire and won first prize in the International Piano Competition "Ischia", piano four-hands section, together with Teresa Desiderio.