Events in 2011

Sala Petrassi, Parco della Musica di Roma – Italy Saturday, January 8, 2011 – recital, Maratone Liszt – American Liszt Society, Italian Chapter Travedona Monate, VA (Italy) Saturday, February 5, 2011 – February 5-6, 2011, Masterclass (Accademia Pianistica Internazionale Lago di Monate) Performing Arts Center, Burnsville, MN – Usa Sunday, February 13, 2011 – Concert with the Dakota Valley Symphony conducted by Steve Ramsey – Rachmaninoff, Concerto n.2 New Bedford, MA – Usa Tuesday, February 15, 2011 – private benefit recital for the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra Dartmouth, Ma – Usa Tuesday, February 15, 2011 – Masterclass, Friends Academy Lenox, MA – Usa Wednesday, February 16, 2011 – Kimball Farms, recital New Bedford, MA – Usa Thursday, February 17, 2011 – masterclass, Nativity Preparatory School New Beford, Ma – Usa Thursday, February 17, 2011 – private benefit recital for the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra Dartmouth, MA – Usa Friday, February 18, 2011 – Masterclass, University of Massachusetts Palermo (Italy) Wednesday, February 23, 2011 – February 23-25, 2011, Masterclass (Associazione Ethos) Stelio Molo Auditorium, Lugano – Switzerland Sunday, February 27, 2011 – recital, "Celebrating Liszt" – International Piano Association- Switzerland Casa della Musica, Parma, Italy Monday, February 28, 2011 – recital Travedona Monate, VA (Italy) Saturday, March 5, 2011 – March 5-6, 2011, Masterclass (Accademia Pianistica Internazionale Lago di Monate) Chicago, Usa Tuesday, March 8, 2011 – live recital, WFMT radio, "Impromptus", 3 p.m. local time Center for Performing Arts, Bloomington, IL – Usa Friday, March 11, 2011 – Concerto with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra conducted by Karen L. Deal, Brahms 1 Sangamon Auditorium, University of Illinois, Springfield, IL – Usa Sunday, March 13, 2011 – Concerto con la Illinois Symphony Orchestra, dir. Karen L. Deal, Brahms 1 Clayton Center for the Arts in Maryville, TN – Usa Sunday, March 20, 2011 – recital, Evelyn Miller Young Pianist Series of Knoxville Palermo, Italy Wednesday, March 23, 2011 – March 23-24, 2011, Masterclass (Associazione Ethos) Teatro Caraciotti, Teramo, Italy Friday, March 25, 2011 – recital Town Hall, Gavirate (VA) – Italy Sunday, March 27, 2011 – recital Teatro Politeama, Palermo – Italy Monday, March 28, 2011 – recital, Amici della Musica di Palermo Auditorium San Barnaba, Brescia (Italy) Wednesday, March 30, 2011 – recital Travedona Monate, VA (Italy) Sunday, April 3, 2011 – April 3-4, 2011, Masterclass (Accademia Pianistica Internazionale Lago di Monate) Teatro Civico, Caraglio (CN) – Italy Friday, April 8, 2011 – President of the Jury at the 2nd International Piano Competition "Città di Caraglio" (April 8,9,10) Braine L'Alleud (Bruxelles) – Belgium Monday, April 11, 2011 – April 11-15, 2011, Masterclass – Rencontres Musicales Internationales "MusicA Braine l'Alleud" (Association Bellarte) Chateau du Chenau, Braine l'Alleud (Bruxelles) – Belgium Tuesday, April 12, 2011 – Faculty Concert – Rencontres Musicales Internationales "MusicA Braine l'Alleud" – Schubert, Fantasia in Fa minore D 940 with Marina Scalafiotti, piano Palermo, Italy Wednesday, April 20, 2011 – 20-22 April 2011, Masterclass (Associazione Ethos) Casa della Musica, Parma – Italy Wednesday, April 27, 2011 – concerto with Lella Costa, actress ( Liszt, Melologues) Piccolo Teatro, Padova (Italy) Friday, April 29, 2011 – concerto with Lella Costa, actress ( Liszt, Melologues) Travedona Monate, VA (Italy) Saturday, May 7, 2011 – May 7-8, 2011, Masterclass (Accademia Pianistica Internazionale Lago di Monate) Palermo, Italy Wednesday, May 11, 2011 – May 11-13, 2011, Masterclass (Associazione Ethos) Sala Gian Andrea Lodovici, Ospedale di Carrara, Oncologia Wednesday, May 18, 2011 – recital, Donatori di Musica Teatro Bibiena, Mantova – Italy Monday, May 23, 2011 – recital, Maratone Liszt, Società della Musica di Mantova International Music Competition, Terzo (AL) Thursday, May 26, 2011 – May 26, 27, 28 – Giury Member of the National Piano Competition Terzo Musica Valle Bormida Travedona Monate, VA (Italy) Friday, June 3, 2011 – June 3-4, 2011, Masterclass (Accademia Pianistica Internazionale Lago di Monate) Laveno (VA), Italy Saturday, June 4, 2011 – Concert with jazz pianist Paolo Paliaga Parco di Villa Belvedere, Mirano (VE) – Italy Wednesday, June 8, 2011 – "Liszt e la poesia", recital with Lella Costa, actress Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista, Induno Olona (VA) – Italy Saturday, June 25, 2011 – concerto with the Orchestra MusicArte, soloists Alberto Miodini, Paola Del Negro and Roberto Plano (Mozart, Concerto K282 for three pianos and orchestra), conducted by Roberto Plano Palermo, Italy Sunday, June 26, 2011 – June 26-28, 2011, Masterclass (Associazione Ethos) Ecole Normale "Cortot", Paris, France Monday, July 4, 2011 – July 4-9, 2011, Masterclass – The Paris International Summer Sessions – Ecole Normale "Alfred Cortot" Castello degli Ezzelini, Cividale del Friuli (UD) – Italy Thursday, July 14, 2011 – "Liszt e la poesia", recital with Lella Costa, actress McKenna Theatre, New Paltz, NY – Usa Saturday, July 16, 2011 – recital, PianoSummer, State University of New York at New Paltz, Artistic Director Vladimir Feltsman Pitigliano (GR) – Italy Monday, July 18, 2011 – Masterclass (Associazione AdOcchiChiusi) Pitigliano (GR) – Italy Tuesday, July 19, 2011 – Masterclass (Associazione AdOcchiChiusi) Cortile di Palazzo Orsini, Pitigliano (GR) – Italy Tuesday, July 19, 2011 – recital Pitigliano (GR) – Italy Wednesday, July 20, 2011 – Masterclass (Associazione AdOcchiChiusi) Bassano del Grappa (UD) – Italy Wednesday, July 20, 2011 – "Liszt e la poesia", recital with Lella Costa, actress Pitigliano (GR) – Italy Thursday, July 21, 2011 – Masterclass (Associazione AdOcchiChiusi) Pitigliano (GR) – Italy Friday, July 22, 2011 – Masterclass (Associazione AdOcchiChiusi) Cortile di Palazzo Orsini, Pitigliano (GR) – Italy Saturday, July 23, 2011 – Concerto with Matteo Fossi (piano four hands) Pitigliano (GR) – Italy Saturday, July 23, 2011 – Masterclass (Associazione AdOcchiChiusi) Pitigliano (GR) – Italy Sunday, July 24, 2011 – Masterclass (Associazione AdOcchiChiusi) Coos Bay, OR – Usa Tuesday, July 26, 2011 – Concert with the Oregon Coast Music Festival Orchestra conducted by James Paul – Oregon Coast Music Festival – Grieg, Concerto in A minor Hales Center, Coos Bay, OR – Usa Wednesday, July 27, 2011 – recital, Oregon Coast Music Association O’ Shaughnessy Center for the Performing Arts, Whitefish, Montana – Usa Monday, August 1, 2011 – “Evening With The Artists”, Festival Amadeus Opening Concert, featuring Ashu, Adam Rapa, Natalie Dungey, Nigel Armstrong and Roberto Plano North Valley Music School, Whitefish, Montana – Usa Tuesday, August 2, 2011 – masterclass, Camp Festival Amadeus O’ Shaughnessy Center for the Performing Arts, Whitefish, Montana – Usa Thursday, August 4, 2011 – chamber music concert with Nigel Armstrong, violin- Festival Amadeus O’ Shaughnessy Center for the Performing Arts, Whitefish, Montana – Usa Saturday, August 6, 2011 – concerto with the Amadeus Festival Orchestra (final concert of the Amadeus Festival) conducted by John Zoltek, Mozart Concerto n.20 K.466 Portogruaro (VE) – Italy Thursday, August 25, 2011 – Masterclass Teatro Russolo, Portogruaro (VE) – Italy Friday, August 26, 2011 – Portogruaro, Teatro Comunale Luigi Russolo, Chamber Music Concert, Mattia Petrilli, flute – Giovanni Deangeli, oboe – Marco Gerboni, saxophone – Giampaolo Bandini, guitar – Francesco Cerrato, violin – Simone Briatore, viola Matteo Pigato, cello – Nicoletta Sanzin, harp Roberto Plano, piano – Raffaella Damaschi, celesta Music by Milhaud, Rota, Villa Lobos Portogruaro (VE) – Italy Friday, August 26, 2011 – Masterclass Portogruaro (VE) – Italy Saturday, August 27, 2011 – Masterclass Teatro Russolo, Portogruaro (VE) – Italy Saturday, August 27, 2011 – recital with Amiram Ganz, violin Portogruaro (VE) – Italy Sunday, August 28, 2011 – Masterclass Portogruaro (VE) – Italy Monday, August 29, 2011 – Masterclass Portogruaro (VE) – Italy Tuesday, August 30, 2011 – Masterclass Portogruaro (VE) – Italy Wednesday, August 31, 2011 – Masterclass Teatro Russolo, Portogruaro (VE) – Italy Wednesday, August 31, 2011 – recital with Vogler Quartet (Schinttke, Quintet for piano and string quartet) Portogruaro (VE) – Italy Thursday, September 1, 2011 – Masterclass Portogruaro (VE) – Italy Friday, September 2, 2011 – Masterclass Teatro Apollonio, Varese – Italy Saturday, September 17, 2011 – Celebration Concert for the new Unesco Sites of Varese – Roberto Plano and the La Scala Soloists (Francesco Manara, violin – Simonide Braconi, viola – Massimo Polidori, cello) Villa Del Pigno, Palermo – Italy Wednesday, September 28, 2011 – masterclass Villa Del Pigno, Palermo – Italy Thursday, September 29, 2011 – masterclass Villa Del Pigno, Palermo – Italy Friday, September 30, 2011 – masterclass Nernier – France Sunday, October 9, 2011 – recital, Centre Intermezzo Villa Del Pigno, Palermo – Italy Wednesday, October 12, 2011 – masterclass (Associazione Ethos) Villa Del Pigno, Palermo – Italy Thursday, October 13, 2011 – masterclass (Associazione Ethos) Monaco – Germania Friday, October 21, 2011 – Recital – Pianists & Artists Association (evento privato) Kiesel im K42, Friedrichshafen – Germany Sunday, October 23, 2011 – recital, Kulturbüro Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano – Switzerland Sunday, October 30, 2011 – recital with Gabor Farkas, "Celebrating Liszt" – International Piano Association – Switzerland – live (5 p.m.) on RSI – Rete 2 Glens Falls, NY – Usa Sunday, November 6, 2011 – Concert with the Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Peltz (Chopin, Concerto n. 2 – Stravinsky, Petrushka versione 1947) Lenox, MA – Usa Monday, November 7, 2011 – recital, Kimball Farms Jamestown, NY – Usa Friday, November 11, 2011 – recital Maxwell Theater, Augusta, GA – Usa Sunday, November 13, 2011 – recital, Augusta State University, Harry Jacobs Chamber Series Travedona Monate, VA – Italy Saturday, November 19, 2011 – Masterclass (Accademia Musicale Varesina) Travedona Monate, VA – Italy Sunday, November 20, 2011 – Masterclass (Accademia Musicale Varesina) Calgary – Canada Thursday, November 24, 2011 – recital, Honens Laureate Circle Series Epcor Centre, Jack Singer Concert Hall, Calgary – Canada Saturday, November 26, 2011 – "Pianomania!", concert with the Calgary Philarmonic Orchestra conducted by Roberto Minczuk, with Alessandra Maria Ammara, Winston Choi, Katherine Chi, Minsoo Sohn, Evgeny Starodubtsev Villa del Pigno, Palermo – Italy Wednesday, November 30, 2011 – Masterclass (Associazione Ethos) Villa del Pigno, Palermo – Italy Thursday, December 1, 2011 – Masterclass (Associazione Ethos) Villa del Pigno, Palermo – Italy Friday, December 2, 2011 – Masterclass (Associazione Ethos) Travedona Monate (VA) – Italy Saturday, December 10, 2011 – Tribute to Franz Liszt. – Accademia Musicale Varesina (Associazione Musicale "Alfred Cortot") Travedona Monate, Varese – Italy Saturday, December 10, 2011 – Masterclass – Accademia Musicale Varesina (Associazione "Alfred Cortot") Travedona Monate, Varese – Italy Sunday, December 11, 2011 – Masterclass – Accademia Musicale Varesina (Associazione "Alfred Cortot") Verdi Conservatory, Milan – Italy Tuesday, December 13, 2011 – Masterclass Teatro Manzoni, Monza – Italy Wednesday, December 14, 2011 – concert organized by Amadeus Foundation Villa del Pigno, Palermo – Italy Thursday, December 15, 2011 – Masterclass (Associazione Ethos) Villa del Pigno, Palermo – Italy Friday, December 16, 2011 – Masterclass (Associazione Ethos) Villa del Pigno (Palermo) – Italy Saturday, December 17, 2011 – Masterclass (Associazione Ethos) Teatro Margherita, Caltanissetta – Italy Sunday, December 18, 2011 – "Liszt e la poesia", recital with Lella Costa, actress