Donna Marie Amato (born in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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) is an American
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 ...
. She teaches at
University of Pittsburgh
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.
Life
Amato studied under the renowned teacher and virtuoso,
Ozan Marsh
Ozan Marsh (June 25, 1920 in Pasadena, California – March 15, 1992) was a pianist active in concert performances throughout the world as well as across the United States.
A disciple of Rachmaninoff, Horowitz, Petri, Casadesus and von Sauer ...
throughout her early musical training. After receiving her BMA from the
University of Arizona
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T ...
in 1983, Amato traveled to Europe to study with
Louis Kentner
Louis Philip Kentner (19 July 190523 September 1987) was a Hungarian, later British, pianist who excelled in the works of Chopin and Liszt, as well as the Hungarian repertoire.
Life and career
He was born Lajos Kentner in Karwin in Austrian S ...
, in London and with
Gaby Casadesus
Gaby Casadesus (August 9, 1901 – November 12, 1999) was a French classical pianist and teacher born in Marseilles, France. She was married to the French pianist Robert Casadesus and their son Jean was also a notable pianist.
Biography
Born ...
, in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
. She also received a scholarship to play for
Guido Agosti Guido Agosti (11 August 19012 June 1989) was an Italian pianist and piano teacher.
Agosti was born in Forlì in 1901. He studied piano with Ferruccio Busoni, Bruno Mugellini and Filippo Ivaldi, earning his diploma at age 13. He studied counterp ...
's masterclass series in
Siena
Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.
The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuri ...
,
Italy
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with a Diploma d'Onore.
She studied in Mexico with
Angelica Morales von Sauer
Angelica Morales von Sauer (1911 - 1996) was a Mexican composer, pianist and professor of piano.
Life
von Sauer was born on January 11, 1911, in Gurabo, Puerto Rico, the daughter of Puerto Rican violinist Angel Celestino Morales and her Mexican ...
, leading to concert appearances throughout Mexico as well as additional performances in many European countries, the United States, and radio broadcasts on the
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label.
; in addition to giving the first ever performance of a Sorabji piano concerto (No. 5, in Utrecht, Netherlands, with Netherlands Radio Orchestra conducted by Ed Spanjaard), she premiered Sorabji's Piano Symphony No. 5 (''Symphonia brevis'') in New York in 2004 and, in April 2011, her recording of this work on the Altarus label was released. She has also recorded several shorter Sorabji pieces.
. She has compiled a list of Nevin's works and has performed them both in the studio and live in performances in her home town.
She has also released a CD containing various works by
.