virtuoso
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Igor Roma was born in Baden, in the German-speaking part of Switzerland, where he started studying the piano at the age of eleven. In 1984, he moved to Italy and started attending piano classes at the Conservatoire in Vicenza with Carlo Mazzoli until 1991, when he received his diploma with honors. At the end of the Eighties, Roma won various Italian piano competitions and
was admitted to the prestigious International Piano Academy “Incontri col Maestro” in Imola, where he studied with Franco Scala,
Lazar Berman
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Alexander Lonquich
Alexander Lonquich (born 28 August 1960 in Trier) is a German classical pianist and conductor.
Biography
Lonquich studied with Paul Badura-Skoda, Andrzej Jasiński, and Ilonka Deckers-Küszler.
He won the first prize at the Alessandro Casa ...
. In 1997, he finished his studies at the Piano Academy in Imola receiving his diploma with the title of “ Master”.
Igor Roma’s concerts take place mainly in the Netherlands. He has also played in Italy, other European Countries, the United States, South Africa and
China
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Josep Pons
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Biography
Pons was born in Puig-reig, Berguedà. He received his musical training at L'Escolania de Montserrat and continued his musical studies in Barcelona with such teac ...
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
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Netherlands Radio Symphony The Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra (NRSO) was a Dutch radio orchestra. It was founded in 1985 after a merger of the Promenade Orchestra and the Radio Orchestra (Omroep Orkest).
The orchestra participated in various operatic productions and ...
, the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, the Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra, the
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
The Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra ('':hu:Liszt Ferenc Kamarazenekar, Liszt Ferenc Kamarazenekar'') is a chamber orchestra based in Budapest, Hungary.
The Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra took the name of the great composer, to pay homage to the ge ...
, the
Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa
Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa (BOS) (Spanish: Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao, unofficial English translation: Bilbao Symphony Orchestra) is a symphony orchestra based in Bilbao, Basque Country.
History
The orchestra's first concert was on May 8, ...
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
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, the
Hungarian National Philharmonic
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New World Symphony (orchestra)
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Messiaen
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and includes lesser-known piano pieces by composers such as
De Falla
Manuel de Falla y Matheu (, 23 November 187614 November 1946) was an Andalusian Spanish composer and pianist. Along with Isaac Albéniz, Francisco Tárrega, and Enrique Granados, he was one of Spain's most important musicians of the first hal ...
Charles-Valentin Alkan
Charles-Valentin Alkan (; 30 November 1813 – 29 March 1888) was a French Jewish composer and virtuoso pianist. At the height of his fame in the 1830s and 1840s he was, alongside his friends and colleagues Frédéric Chopin and Franz Lisz ...
, of whom he recorded his Etude Op. 39 No. 12 '' Aesop's Feast'' – one of the most technically demanding piano pieces ever written.
Roma often performs in chamber music settings with other musicians and in chamber music groups. He has recorded for Challenge Records and is often invited to sit on the juries of national and
international music competitions, like in the 8th “Franz Liszt” Piano Competition in Utrecht in 2008 and in the subsequent editions of its “International Selection Rounds”.
Igor Roma teaches at the International Piano Academy “Incontri col Maestro” in Imola, at the “Conservatorium Zuyd” in Maastricht, and at the Conservatorium “A. Buzzolla” in Adria. He has also been a regular guest at the “
Peter the Great
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Festival” of
Groningen
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and of the “Imola Piano Academy” of
Eindhoven
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Hamamatsu International Piano Competition The Hamamatsu International Piano Competition has been held every 3 years since 1991 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan, and is open to pianists up to 30 years old.
History
The Piano Competition was inaugurated in 1991 to commemorate the 80th anniversar ...