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Instrument: Piano
Fabio Grasso, born in Vercelli (Italy) in 1969, took the Piano Degree in 1986 with full marks and the mention ad honorem (Conservatorio di Torino). In 1994 he obtained the Composition New Degree (Conservatorio di Milano), and in 1995 he became at last Doctor in ancient Greek Literature with full marks (Università del Piemonte Orientale). Actually he devotes himself with equal intensity both to the piano and to the composition.
As pianist in March 1996 he won the Orléans International Piano Competition XXème siècle (Grand Prix Blanche Selva and Prix Ohana).
After this achievement he has been invited to hold recitals in Paris (CNSM, Salle Gaveau, Salle Cortot, Théâtre du Châtelet), in Nice for the Sophia Antipolis Foundation, in Orléans and in Montpellier for recitals, chamber concerts and for the respective symphonic seasons (Mozart's K. 488 with Armin Jordan, Beethoven's Second and Fourth, Ligeti's Piano Concerto), in Maastricht, in Colmar for the Festival Michelangeli 2000, and, for the season 2001, by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in Paris.
In April 1998 he recorded some Busoni's musics (Elegies, Toccata, Albumblätter) for SOLSTICE. This CD (SOCD 158) got the Recommendation by Répertoire and the CHOC du mois by Le monde de la musique.
The list of his compositions contains about forty titles of symphonic, choral, choral-symphonic and theatral works. He played his own solo piano pieces in Berlin, Paris, Orléans, Montpellier, Nice, Colmar, Milan, Florence; other chamber works have been played in Milan, Rome, Florence and in Amsterdam during the Gaudeamus Music Week 1998.
As composer, in 1996 he won the First Prize of the Alberto Ginastera Composition Competition of Buenos Aires with a work for guitar and orchestra (Katoptroeidès), world premiered in Teatro Colón in 1997.
In 1999 he won, with unanimous vote of the Jury, the Prize of the Composition Competition Journées de la jeune musique de Marseille, organized by the Ensemble Télémaque. In occasion of the final concert his prize-winner piece La Sérénade aux tristes sourires for 11 instruments received also the mention of the public.
Updated to 11/2001 As pianist in March 1996 he won the Orléans International Piano Competition XXème siècle (Grand Prix Blanche Selva and Prix Ohana).
After this achievement he has been invited to hold recitals in Paris (CNSM, Salle Gaveau, Salle Cortot, Théâtre du Châtelet), in Nice for the Sophia Antipolis Foundation, in Orléans and in Montpellier for recitals, chamber concerts and for the respective symphonic seasons (Mozart's K. 488 with Armin Jordan, Beethoven's Second and Fourth, Ligeti's Piano Concerto), in Maastricht, in Colmar for the Festival Michelangeli 2000, and, for the season 2001, by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in Paris.
In April 1998 he recorded some Busoni's musics (Elegies, Toccata, Albumblätter) for SOLSTICE. This CD (SOCD 158) got the Recommendation by Répertoire and the CHOC du mois by Le monde de la musique.
The list of his compositions contains about forty titles of symphonic, choral, choral-symphonic and theatral works. He played his own solo piano pieces in Berlin, Paris, Orléans, Montpellier, Nice, Colmar, Milan, Florence; other chamber works have been played in Milan, Rome, Florence and in Amsterdam during the Gaudeamus Music Week 1998.
As composer, in 1996 he won the First Prize of the Alberto Ginastera Composition Competition of Buenos Aires with a work for guitar and orchestra (Katoptroeidès), world premiered in Teatro Colón in 1997.
In 1999 he won, with unanimous vote of the Jury, the Prize of the Composition Competition Journées de la jeune musique de Marseille, organized by the Ensemble Télémaque. In occasion of the final concert his prize-winner piece La Sérénade aux tristes sourires for 11 instruments received also the mention of the public.