Gloria Campaner (born 5 April 1986) is an Italian pianist. She was born in

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), Italy in 1986.

Education

Born in the Venetian inlands, she started playing the piano at the age of 4 under the guidance of Daniela Vidali, she performed her first public recital at 5 and made her debut with the Venice Symphony Orchestra at the age of 12 with Margola piano concerto. Ms. Campaner earned her master's degree with Bruno Mezzena at the Music Academy in Pescara and has performed in masterclasses with such distinguished musicians as Jerome Rose, Sergio Perticaroli,

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following courses at prestigious institutions such as Oxford Hertford College, Accademia Incontri col Maestro di Imola,

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, Ticino Musica, Mannes School of Music – New York. She focused her studies on the Russian school under the guidance of Konstantin Bogino while following university lectures on Russian language and literature. Ms. Campaner moved to Germany in 2008 where she earned her ‘konzert exam’ diploma at the HFM Karlsruhe with Prof. Fany Solter.

Awards

Gloria Campaner is a laureate of several international competitions such as the

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International Piano Competition in Los Angeles (Silver Medal, Best Paderewski and Chopin performances), the Ibla Grand Prize (First Prize, Prokofiev Special Award), the XI Concours International de Musique du Maroc in

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(Prix de Jury, Franz Liszt), and the Cultural Foundation Pro Europa in Freiburg (European Prize for Culture). In 2009 Gloria received an artistic residency by the

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Foundation of

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. During the 2011–12 season, Ms. Campaner was named ‘Ambassador of Culture’ from the European Union for the project ‘Piano: Reflect de la Culture Europeenne.’ and she was resident musician at the Italian Institute of Culture in Paris ( ‘Les Promesses de l’Art’- 2013). In 2014, she was awarded a fellowship by the London's

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, the first Italian female pianist to receive such an honor.

Career

Ms. Campaner has performed orchestras such as the

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, Baden-Baden Philharmonic, Süd-Deutsche Philharmonic, Seoul Philharmonic, AfiA Orchestra of Tokyo,

Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra The Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) is Johannesburg's leading Philharmonic Orchestra. The chair of the Board of Directors is Mr Justice Dikgang Moseneke, and the CEO and Artistic Director is Bongani Tembe. Tembe was appointed in 2015. H ...

, RTSI Orchestra in

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, along with appearances at prestigious venues such as London's

Cadogan Hall Cadogan Hall is a 950-seat capacity concert hall in Sloane Terrace in Chelsea in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England. The resident music ensemble at Cadogan Hall is the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO), the first ...

, Los Angeles’ Disney Hall, Salzburg Mozarteum, NCPA Beijing, Kioi Hall Tokyo, Paris Salle Cortot, Warsaw & Krakow Philharmonie, Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome. Ms. Campaner often performs with such artists as Johannes Moser, Ivry Gitlis, Ana Chumachenco, Michael Kugel, Sergei Krylov,

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as well as with members from prestigious orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Stuttgart Radio Symphony, La Scala Philharmonic, National Orchestra of Santa Cecilia in Rome and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and unusual collaborations such as jazz musician

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, visual artist Natan Sinigaglia, and Luigi Lo Cascio, one of Italy's most recognized actor. Gloria also makes an appearance as pianist and actress in Philippe Caland's soon-to-be-released independent movie "The Butterfly Confirmation." During the summer of 2017, Ms. Campaner was resident artist at the Marlboro Festival, working along with pianists such as Mitsuko Uchida and Leon Fleisher. Gloria Campaner is artistic director of the "Associazione Bellini" concert series in Messina, Sicily.

Recordings

Her debut CD was released in 2013 by

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. A live CD of her concert in

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performing

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Second Piano Concerto with

RAI National Symphony Orchestra The RAI National Symphony Orchestra ( it, italic=no, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI) is an Italian symphony radio orchestra, owned by the public radio and television company RAI. Its primary concert venue is the Auditorium RAI in the Piazz ...

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was released in 2016 by Warner Classics. A second live recording of

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was released by Warner in 2018 (Nomination

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2020). In 2021 a solo CD dedicated to Chopin’s 24 Préludes Op. 28 has been released by

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Personal life

She lives in

with her life partner

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References

Sources

Gloria Campaner Interview for CIDIM

External links

Gloria Campaner Official Website

Gloria Campaner Facebook Page

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