Roberto Plano (born 1 August 1978 in

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) is an Italian

pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, ja ...

, winner of the

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(2001) and laureate at numerous international competitions such as the

Sendai International Music Competition The Sendai International Music Competition is a triennial violin and piano music competition held in Sendai, Japan, presented in association with the Sendai International Music Competition Organizing Committee, City of Sendai and the Sendai Cul ...

, the Honens International Piano Competition, Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition,

The American Prize The American Prize is a set of annual nonprofit national competitions in the performing arts which recognizes and rewards commercial and noncommercial recorded performances of classical music in the United States based on submitted applications. T ...

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and the

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Discography

* ''Inspiration'', Roberto Plano & Paolo Paliaga (2017, Da Vinci Classics) * Franz Liszt, ''

Harmonies poétiques et religieuses ''Harmonies poétiques et religieuses'' (''Poetic and Religious Harmonies''), S.173, is a cycle of piano pieces written by Franz Liszt at WoronińceVoronivtsi the Polish-Ukrainian country estate of Liszt’s mistress Princess Carolyne von Sayn-W ...

'' (28-30 September 2015, 2CD Decca 481 2479) *

Giovanni Sgambati Giovanni Sgambati (28 May 1841 – 14 December 1914) was an Italian pianist and composer. Biography Born in Rome, to an Italian father and an English mother, Sgambati, who lost his father early, received his early education at Trevi, in Umbria ...

, Quintets with piano and string quartets - Noferini Quartet (26-28 October 2013, Brilliant Classics 94813) *

Bedřich Smetana Bedřich Smetana ( , ; 2 March 1824 – 12 May 1884) was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style that became closely identified with his people's aspirations to a cultural and political "revival." He has been regarded i ...

, ''Feuilles d'album'' and other pieces for piano (1-3 March 2013,

Brilliant Classics Brilliant Classics is a classical music label based in the Dutch town of Leeuwarden. It is renowned for releasing super-budget-priced editions on CD of the complete works of J.S. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and many other composers. The label also sp ...

94788) *

Andrea Luchesi Andrea Luca Luchesi (also spelled Lucchesi; 23 May 1741 – 21 March 1801) was an Italian composer. He knew Mozart and Beethoven. Biography Andrea Luchesi was born at Motta di Livenza, near Treviso the eleventh child of Pietro Luchese and Cater ...

, ''Concertos pour piano'' - Roberto Plano, piano; Orchestre Ferruccio Busoni, dir. Massimo Belli, (4-5 February 2013, Concerto Classics) * Andrea Luchesi, ''3 Sonatas for piano and 2 Rondos'' (2012, Concerto Classics) * Andrea Luchesi, ''6 Sonatas for piano'', Op. 1 (21-22 November 2012, Amadeus July 2013) *

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...

, ''Tre sonetti del Petrarca, due ballate, due leggende''''Tre sonetti del Petrarca, due ballate, due leggende''
on Classical Archives (2003, Azica Records ACD71222) *

Frédéric Chopin Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leadin ...

, ''Nocturnes'' Op. 27; Franz Liszt, ''Polonaise n°2, Sposalizio, Sonetto del Petrarca n°104, Parafrasi sul Rigoletto'';

Alexander Scriabin Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (; russian: Александр Николаевич Скрябин ; – ) was a Russian composer and virtuoso pianist. Before 1903, Scriabin was greatly influenced by the music of Frédéric Chopin and composed ...

, Sonata-Fantasia n°2 Op. 19 (Sipario Dischi CG109C)

References

External links

Official website

(17 November 2001) in ''

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