Milan-born pianist and composer Carlo Balzaretti is in the concert-panorama of Italy one of the best and most famous musicians of his generation. He got the master in piano and composition with the highest possible results at the local conservatoire "G. Verdi" with Carlo Vidusso (teacher of M. Pollini), Alberto Mozzati, Paolo Bordoni, Angelo Corradini, Danilo Lorenzini and Azio Corghi. He also studied musicology, direction for orchestra, and humanism.

 

Very soon he imposed his name in the panorama of the international concert range by winning first prizes in several Italian competitions (Osimo and Bologna), as well as international contests, among which the "Maria Canals" in Barcelona in 1982 where he came first.

 

In 1986, he was selected to represent his country - as the only Italian participant - in the "Eurovision Young Musicians" in Copenhagen. He also represented Italy in the reviews "Concert for Europe" in 1989 and 1990, arranged by the EEC and shown, via satellite, by the Italian broadcasting station RAI.

 

Since 1978, he has given more than 900 concerts and has performed both in Italy and abroad. He participated in many national and international festivals (Bergamo and Brescia, "Festa Musica Pro" of Assisi and Orvieto, Maggio musicale Fiorentino, "G.O.G. di Genova", Stagione dell'Università Bocconi in Milan, "the Master Concert Series" in Rome, Acc. Chigiana of Siena, Società del Quartetto in Bergamo, Salle Gaveau de Paris, Ente Teatro Comunale of Treviso, Teatro Olimpico of Vicenza, Filarmonica Laudamo at Messina, Ass. "Pro Musiciens" of Geneva (Switzerland), Festival of Santander (Spain), Stagione della Sala Greppi in Bergamo, Granada Festival (Spain), Angelicum, Pomeriggi Musicali, Serate Musicali di Milano, Brussels, Rey Concert Hall in Istanbul, the National Concert Hall in Taipei-Taiwan and many others).

 

Furthermore, he has registered recordings for DDT, Dynamic, CGD, Agorà, Radiant and Esprit Accord, which obtained wide and favourable coverage from the competent press. The Washington Post wrote once: "pianist Carlo Balzaretti tantalised the audience with a solid Mozartian technique and an intelligent conception of the work." (Mozart Kv. 491, Kennedy Center, March 8, 1993).

 

Special success for the pubblic and critic of Balzaretti were the concerts in Italy playing the piano of Horowitz, further more the tournee in France and Italy with the great clarinetist Gervase De Peyer and the last performance in Taiwan with the famous sopran Chu Tai-li at the national Concert hall of Taipei where has been presented for world-first time the composition “Elegia” for voice and piano written by C. Balzaretti. This brain gives an important success of the pubblic and radio.

 

 

He performed in various concerts for orchestra and piano playing works from Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel, Fauré, under well-known directors such as Angelo Ephrikian, Hans Graf, Daniele Gatti, Otmar Maga, Arpad Yoò and others.

 

As Composer, he has published six music books for Ricordi and Warner Bros.

As author, he has written several music books published by Ricordi, Warner Bros and Hachette. Since many years keeps success in the order of piano education and his works are adoptes from the conservatories and music schools.

 

 

CD-Production of Balzaretti are the CD “Album des 6, un pianoforte tra Verlaine e Cocteau” published by DDT of Turin, “Musica da camera di N. Rota” by Dynamic, three LP by CGD, two of his own composition published by Bajka Music e several registrations for Agorà, l’Esprit Accord, Dynamic, Radiant (United Kingdom) with G.De Peyer, Accordi with the pianist Maurizio Carnelli and the CD “Chu Tai-li Vocal Recital” for the distribution in Taiwan and China.

 

Balzaretti gives once a year his Master Class at the Vatican Accademy “Santa Cecilia” of Brescia for students of Italy, Switzerland and Taiwan.

 

To his intense activity as a soloist, he adds chamber music in various formations, amongst others with Gervase de Peyer, clarinet, Mario Carbotta, flute, the Florestan Trio and the singer Chu Tai-Li.

 

Actually, he teaches piano for the courses advanced of Bachelor of II level in Brescia Conservatory of Music “L.Marenzio”.

 

 

Carlo Balzaretti Homepage: http://www.carlobalzaretti.net.tc

E-Mail: carlo.balzaretti@fastwebnet.it