Executive Director, Chief Coach and

Collaborative Pianist

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Born in Milazzo (Province of Messina) – Italy, she began studying the piano at the age of five, in Mar del Plata   (Argentina), with Professor Olga Brogno,  with whom she also began  a  study of  South  American  Folk music.  She  was later  accepted  into the Luis Gianneo Music Conservatoire in Mar del Plata, where she studied with Marta Scafoglio and Eugenia Rozental, 

and took part in numerous recitals and concerts in her home town and province  (Balcarce, Tandil, Buenos Aires)  both as a soloist  and  as pianist induo with cello, violin, trumpet and piano duet. In 1997 she attained her diploma in “ Formazione Basica “ in piano at the Conservatoire in Argentina.  In 1998, she took part in the VIII campus of Chamber Music with the Spanish Conductor Jordi Mora, and participated as soloist and pianist in the only ensemble of young musicians to be selected for the “Primer Festival Nacional Astor Piazzolla“  in the city of Mar del Plata.  In the same year she moved to Italy in order to continue her studies at the “ Arcangelo Corelli“ Music Conservatoire in Messina, under the tuition of maestro Nicolò Di Marco, attaining her diploma in piano with the highest possible marks. 

In 2000, she was selected to perform in two pieces by the composer Teresa Procaccini, as piano soloist, with the woodwind orchestra from the Conservatoire Arcangelo Corelli, conducted by Giuseppe Ratti, which had their world dèbut performance at the Vittorio Emanuele Theatre in Messina, and which were later recorded on the cd “Fantasia Romantica”, produced by the recording company Scomegna. In the same year, and in 2002 she took part in concerts organized by the Vincenzo Bellini Music Association, entitled “Young people and Music”  both as performer and lecture, with a research about Beethoven, Schoemberg and Tomas Man’s Doctor Faust. In 2003, she performed in numerous concerts with the formation “Prologo e bel Canto“ (soprano, tenor, baritone and piano), in a number of concerts within the Province.  In the same year she began a long-standing collaboration with the Milazzo flautist Eliana Russo, with whom she has played in numerous concerts and festivals in Messina,  Milazzo and Taormina.  

Over the last few years she has participated in concerts in Messina, Palermo, Lucca (in the Review “Notti d’arte a Gioviano”), Taormina (in the Sinopoli project for ‘Taormina Arte’) as soloist and chamber pianist in duo with Eliana Russo, with Salvatore Passalacqua, with the Trio Kalos (flute, clarinet and piano); with the Trio Aulos (flute duo and piano), with the Messina Wind Orchestra, and with the pianist Alba Sofia, in piano duo.  She plays with the Woodwind Orchestra and the Symphonic Orchestra from the Corelli Conservatoire as keyboard-player and has played with them at the Teatro Comunale di  Vittoria (RG) at the Teatro Vittorio Emanuele in Messina and the Greek Theatre in Taormina. She has played in the performance of  Carmina Burana by Carl Orff (in the version for two pianos, instruments and choir) at the University of Messina; in The Carnival of the Animals by C. Saint-Saens, and in the festival ”Omaggio a Contilli” at the Sala Laudamo in Messina as celeste player in the ensemble of 11 instruments. She has also taken part in a piano Master Class, with the American pianist Alan Weiss, in Barcelona (Spain); a Specialization Course for Piano Accompanists with Maestro A. Averna, in Sinagra (Me), a special two-year course in Chamber Music with Maestro Bruno Canino at the Accademia di Fiesole and the yearly course held by Maestro Daniel Rivera in Montopoli (Pisa).

She has won chamber music prizes at the National Music Competition “TuttArte” in Paternò (CT), at the International Music Competition “G. Campochiaro di Pedara” ( CT) and at the National Music Competition  “Benedetto Albanese” in Caccamo ( PA) P. Mandanici Competition of Barcellona P.G” etc.in 2006 she was the accompanist for a 1 year masterclass of Gianluca Scimioni ( Teatro Reggio di Torino’s first Trombone).  In the summer of 2007 she worked with the Tenor Ugo Benelli as piano accompanist and coach, for an International Opera Course, and the production and performance of the opera Cenerentola by Rossini in Montalto Ligure, and in 2008 she worked on productions of The Barber of Seville and Don Giovanni. She also worked as piano accompanist with the Soprano Rebecca Turner at Dublin for a Masterclass of Vocal Music from 21 to 28 June 2009 performing in John Field room of the Concert Hall of Dublin.

In 2009, she gained her Masters of Music Education and in 2010 the II Level Diploma in Piano Performance at the Conservatoire in Messina, attaining the highest possible marks and honors. In May 2012, she earned a Master of Piano Performance at Converse College, Petrie School of Music (Spartanburg, USA) with Dr. Douglas Weeks. As a first year student she won the Young Artist Competition, for the Master Students category, and in October 2011, she performed the L.V. Beethoven 3th Concerto (allegro) with the Converse Symphony Orchestra. During the 3 years in the United States she had an intense musical activity as solo pianist, accompanist, pianist of the Converse Wind ensemble, Pianist for the performances of Tender Land, Hansel and Gretel and Gondoliers, teacher for the Lawson Academy and Coach for the Converse Opera, and Opera scenes. Also she attended master classes with Alon Goldstein (Israel), Joe Nakamatsu (New York), Tempest Trio (Israel), Ensemble Caprice (Canada). In  July 2013 she performed with Alison Dalton (First violin’s section, Chicago Symphony) a Chamber recital in Salina (ME) .

In September 2014 she moved to Ireland after being selected for a fellowship in accompanying at the Royal Irish Academy of Music of Dublin.