Roberto Plano (born 1 August 1978 in

Varese Varese ( , ; or ; ; ; archaic ) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 was 80,559. It is the capital of the Province of Varese. The hinterland or exurban part ...

) is an Italian

pianist A pianist ( , ) is a musician who plays the piano. A pianist's repertoire may include music from a diverse variety of styles, such as traditional classical music, jazz piano, jazz, blues piano, blues, and popular music, including rock music, ...

, winner of the

Cleveland International Piano Competition The Cleveland International Piano Competition is an American piano competition that takes place biennially in Cleveland, Ohio. The initial Competition in 1975 and the nine others that followed were sponsored jointly by the Robert Casadesus Society ...

(2001) and laureate at numerous international competitions such as the

Sendai International Music Competition The Sendai International Music Competition is a triennial violin and piano music competition held in Sendai, Japan, presented in association with the Sendai International Music Competition Organizing Committee, Sendai, City of Sendai and the Sen ...

, the

Honens International Piano Competition The Honens International Piano Competition is a triennial classical piano competition held in Calgary, Canada that awards prizes in piano performance. In addition to monetary awards, the top prize winner receives access to a career development prog ...

, Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition,

The American Prize The American Prize is a set of annual nonprofit national competitions in the performing arts which recognizes and rewards commercial and noncommercial recorded performances of classical music in the United States based on submitted applications. T ...

, Valencia International Piano Competition Prize Iturbi and the Concours Géza Anda.

Discography

* ''Inspiration'', Roberto Plano & Paolo Paliaga (2017, Da Vinci Classics) * Franz Liszt, '' Harmonies poétiques et religieuses'' (28-30 September 2015, 2CD Decca 481 2479) * Giovanni Sgambati, Quintets with piano and string quartets - Noferini Quartet (26-28 October 2013, Brilliant Classics 94813) *

Bedřich Smetana Bedřich Smetana ( ; ; 2 March 1824 – 12 May 1884) was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style that became closely identified with his people's aspirations to a cultural and political "revival". He has been regarded ...

, ''Feuilles d'album'' and other pieces for piano (1-3 March 2013,

Brilliant Classics Brilliant Classics is a classical music label based in the Dutch town of Leeuwarden. It is renowned for releasing super-budget-priced editions on CD of the complete works of J.S. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and many other composers. The label also s ...

94788) *

Andrea Luchesi Andrea Luca Luchesi (also spelled Lucchesi; 23 May 1741 – 21 March 1801) was an Italian composer. He knew Mozart and Beethoven. Biography Andrea Luchesi was born at Motta di Livenza, near Treviso the eleventh child of Pietro Luchese and Cat ...

, ''Concertos pour piano'' - Roberto Plano, piano; Orchestre Ferruccio Busoni, dir. Massimo Belli, (4-5 February 2013, Concerto Classics) * Andrea Luchesi, ''3 Sonatas for piano and 2 Rondos'' (2012, Concerto Classics) * Andrea Luchesi, ''6 Sonatas for piano'', Op. 1 (21-22 November 2012, Amadeus July 2013) *

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic music, Romantic period. With a diverse List of compositions by Franz Liszt, body of work spanning more than six ...

, ''Tre sonetti del Petrarca, due ballate, due leggende''''Tre sonetti del Petrarca, due ballate, due leggende''
on Classical Archives (2003, Azica Records ACD71222) *

Frédéric Chopin Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period who wrote primarily for Piano solo, solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown ...

, ''Nocturnes'' Op. 27; Franz Liszt, ''Polonaise n°2, Sposalizio, Sonetto del Petrarca n°104, Parafrasi sul Rigoletto'';

Alexander Scriabin Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin, scientific transliteration: ''Aleksandr Nikolaevič Skrjabin''; also transliterated variously as Skriabin, Skryabin, and (in French) Scriabine. The composer himselused the French spelling "Scriabine" which was a ...

, Sonata-Fantasia n°2 Op. 19 (Sipario Dischi CG109C)

References

External links

Official website

(17 November 2001) in ''

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Alexander Skrjabin's "Improvviso Op.14 No.2"
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