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Riccardo Bozolo conducts intense solo concert activity in several European music centers such as Paris, London, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Aachen, Bonn, Budapest, Brussels, Vienna, Vilnius, Stockholm, Moscow and in many Italian venues including Venice (Gran Teatro La Fenice), Trieste, Vicenza, Padua, Bassano del Grappa, Gorizia, Nocera Umbra, Milan, Verbania, Bologna (Liszt Institute), Pesaro, Rome, Taranto, Vulcano (Aeolian Islands) etc.

His interpretations of the great German romantic composers such as Schumann, Brahms and Liszt are much appreciated. The international criticism is expressed towards him: "Musizierten empfindsam und schwerblütig" (Arndt Zinkant, WN-Westfälischen Nachrichten), "Zurückhaltend und reif" (Bruno Elberfeld, AZ-Aachener Zeitung), "Wunderbar war das Zusammenspiel des Pianisten mit den Solisten "(Christiane Decker, HNA-Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemein)," His Schubert is exquisite! "(Gary Eskow, American composer and journalist)," He shows the beauties of the music without showing the difficulties. Bravissimo! "(Peter Bieringer, NDR Radio-Norddeutscher Rundfunk)," Bozolo is the Anti-virtuoso! In his interpretation of the Liszt Etudes, one can see strong references to the fantastic colors of Turner's paintings "(Luciano Martello)," Wonderful performer. Skill, interpretative fantasy, sweetness "(Eleonora Brezovečki, The voice of the people) etc.

He often holds recitals on historical pianos: he played on the "Pleyel" of 1894 and on the "Pleyel Gronkowski" of 1923 of the Verbania Romantic Notes Association, on a "Erard" of 1920 in Beauchamp (France), on the "Steinway & Sons" of 1888 of the American Church in Paris (France), on the "Steinway & Sons" of 1860 (copy of the one donated to Liszt and kept in the Museum of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan) at the Liszt Institute of Bologna, on the "Chikering" of 1881 belonged to Liszt at the Liszt Museum in Budapest (Hungary), on the "Baumgardten & Heins" of 1859, which belonged to Brahms and was kept at the Brahms Museum in Hamburg (Germany), on the 1809 "Ibach" of the Muziekschuur of s'Gravenvoeren (Belgium) ), on the "Blüthner" of 1858, on the "Heitzmann" of 1852 and on the "Bechstein" of 1873 and 1865 of the Flügelhaus-Klaviermuseum by Anton Wille in Nufels im Kaunertal (Austria).

He is regularly invited as a soloist at festivals and renowned concert seasons in Italy ("Festival di San Biagio" in Nocera Umbra, "Estate Musicale" in Portogruaro, "Concerti d'Altamarca" in Veneto), England, France ("Festival du Chateau de Martigny "in Poisson and" Festival de l'Heures Musicales "by Blois), Czech Republic, Croatia, Germany (Schumannhaus Bonn), Austria, Belgium, Holland, Hungary, Slovenia, Lithuania, Russia, Sweden.

In 2010 he held a Conference-Concert on Moriz Rosenthal at the Academy of Piano Studies Antonio Ricci - University of Udine where he presented - besides the two Paraphrases Strauss / Rosenthal - the second Italian performance of Variationen über ein eigenes Thema (the first he gave it to Rosenthal himself in Rome in 1904). In 2012 he recorded in full on CD the complete of the 12 Liszt Transcendental Studies in Bologna. In 2013 he played for the Pianola Museum in Holland and was invited to release an interview for Radio Salto (Amsterdam).

Highly sought after as a partner in chamber music, he collaborates with many appreciated Italian and foreign soloists including Elisabeth Fürniss, Hartmut Lindemann, Susan Anthony, Annette Koch, Birgit Breidenbach, Federica Lotti, Roberta Canzian, Corinna Canzian, Chiara Isotton, Gina Ianni, Cristina Sogmaister, Barry Anderson, Miro Solman Busolin, friar Alessandro Brustenghi, Sergio Foresti. From 2010 to 2014 he was the pianist of the "AndanteconTrio" with which in 2013 he recorded the cd LIVING at the Accademia del Disco (AdD) in Azzano Decimo and with whom he organized the "Living", a summer-concerts festival in the Veneto region. He currently forms the Duo Macarons together with the German saxophonist Veronika Fraidling.

He collaborates with contemporary composers such as Jonathan Östlund, Panagiotis Theodossiou, Abraham Tena Manrique, Maurice Verheul, and Raffaele de Giacometti playing several solo pieces and chamber music, many of which are dedicated to Riccardo Bozolo. He is a member and interpreter of Somextro, Société des musiciens Extraordinary - Societet voor Moderne Muziek based in The Hague in the Netherlands.

As a soloist with orchestra he collaborated, among others, by Maurizio Dini Ciacci, Fabrizio Da Ros, Elisabetta Maschio, Guido Facchin and Davide Fagherazzi. He has played with the Orchestra Filarmonica del Veneto, the Daphne Chamber Orchestra, the Schola Cantorum of Santa Giustina, the La Rejouissance Orchestra, the Tammittam Percussion Ensemble, the Nova Symphonia Patavina, and the Concentus Musicus Patavinus. In 2012 he performed the Concerto in A Major K414 by W.A.Mozart as a soloist and conductor with the Cappella Strumentale di Scolca.

His solo repertoire ranges from baroque to contemporary music with a particular predilection for the works of the romantic and late-romantic period, including many difficult works such as Balamirev's Islamey, the great Paraphrase on Waltzes by Johann Strauss II of the Polish virtuoso Rosenthal, Godowsky, Friedman, Iberia of Albéniz, the integral of the 12 Transcendental Studies of Liszt, the Studies on the Chopin's Etudes by Godowsky etc.

Born in Belluno (Italy) in 1985,he obtained the Bachelor in Piano Performance at the Conservatory "Benedetto Marcello" of Venice with the highest marks under the guidance of M ° Giorgio Lovato with a thesis on "Moriz Rosenthal and pianism of end of '800 "and performing the Concerto n.3 in D minor op.30 by Sergej Rachmaninov. He also obtained the Master in Solistic Piano Performance at the "Giuseppe Tartini" Conservatory of Trieste with 110 and honors in the class of Maestro Massimo Gon, interpreting a final test on "The Magnificent Studies of Chopin and Henselt and their monstrueux metamorphosis by Godowsky "and deserving a special study award for the best Diploma.

He attended various master classes and received advice from famous pianists and teachers: Lya de Barberiis, Giovanni Umberto Battel, Pier Narciso Masi, Franco Agostini, Gustavo Romero, Elszebiet Dombi, Leonid Margarius, Daniel Rivera, Aquiles delle Vigne, Nelson delle Vigne-Fabbri, Jerome Lowenthal, Philippe Entremont, Jean-Philippe Collard, Francois-Joel Thiollier, Julia Yuchina, Heribert Koch in prestigious institutions in Italy, Belgium (Fondation "Bell'Arte" in Braine l'Alleud), France (Ecole Normale de Musique "Alfred Cortot" of Paris), Lithuania (Vilnius Academy of Music and Theater), Russia ("Alfred Schnittke" Institute and "Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky" Conservatory of Moscow).

He also improved with Anna Kravtchenko in Rovereto, with Riccardo Risaliti and Lilya Zilberstein at the "Ca 'Zenobio" Academy in Treviso, with the American virtuoso Michael Ponti in Germany and followed the lessons of Giuliana Gulli and Nino Gardi in Trieste. He was invited by the legendary Geoffrey Douglas Madge to the Hague in Holland to study with him the twentieth century piano repertoire.

For chamber music he followed the master classes of Alessandro Specchi, Stefania Redaelli, Raimondas Butvila, Trio di Parma and he brilliantly achieved the final Diploma of the Special Biennial Chamber Music Course held by Maestro Bruno Canino at the prestigious Music School of Fiesole (in the formation of a trio with piano) receiving the compliments of the commission during the final exam "for the perfect use of the pedal".

He is winner of important prizes in national and international piano competitions ("N.Rubinstein" Paris, "S.Marizza" Trieste - "for the sparkling virtuosity and the imagination demonstrated in the timbrical solutions", Albenga, Rome, Padua, Pordenone, Schio etc. .).

Appreciated teacher, he holds advanced courses in Italy and abroad.
He lives in Germany, where he worked as an Adjunct Professor of Piano at the Hochschule für Musik in Münster.
He currently teaches piano at the Musik und Kunstschule der Stadt Wesel.

 

  • Conosco Riccardo Bozolo da poco ma posso dire che esso è proiettato ai più alti vertici sia sul piano tecnico che su quello musicale.

    Anna Kravtchenko, Premio Busoni 1992

  • I Know Riccardo Bozolo since several years. His piano playing developed to really high level. He has great virtuosity and takes care about quality of sound.

    Lilya Zilberstein, Premio Busoni 1987

  • Riccardo Bozolo is immensely talented. He shows close affinity to the great German romantics such as Brahms, Schumann, Beethoven and Busoni.

    Michael Ponti, Premio Busoni 1964

  • Riccardo Bozolo is one of the finest young pianists I have ever heard. He not only has a great command of technique and can perform very difficult pieces, but brings passion and feeling to the music.

    Dr. Roberta Reeder, Monteverdi Festival Venice

  • Bozolo è l'Anti-virtuoso! Nella sua interpretazione degli Studi di Liszt si possono scorgere forti richiami alle fantastiche tinte delle tele di Turner.

    Luciano Martello

  • Magnifico interprete. Abilità, fantasia interpretativa, dolcezza: Riccardo Bozolo.

    Eleonora Brezovečki

  • His Schubert is exquisite!

    Gary Eskow, composer and journalist USA

  • Seine Art zu spielen ist von sehr guter und grandioser Klanqualitat.Es ist brillant gespielt, Appassionata-Art, mit leidenschaft und Esprit.

    Misako Koller

  • Mostra le meraviglie della musica senza mostrarne le difficoltà. Bravissimo!

    Peter Bieringer, NDR Radio

  • Musizierten empfindsam und schwerblütig.

    Arndt Zinkant, Westfälischen Nachrichten

  • Züruckhaltend und reif. 

    Bruno Elberfeld, Aachener Zeitung