Elisa Tomellini
Biography Elisa Tomellini
Elisa Tomellini
is an Italian concert-pianist; she was born in the city of Genoa, Italy.
From the age of five, Elisa has played the piano. The professor Lidia Baldecchi-Arcuri taught her to play from this very young age.
Elisa has since travelled to Milan and Verona in order to continue her musical studies with Ilonka Deckers-Kuszler and Laura Palmieri.
At the age of sixteen, Elisa was admitted to the prestigious Music Academy ‘Incontri Col Maestro’ in Imola. Here she was taught by a number of established musicians including Alexander Lonquich, Riccardo Risaliti, Franco Scala, Joaquin Achucarro and Piero Rattalino.
Following this, Elisa attended numerous master-classes with the illustrious Maestros such as Maurizio Pollini, Sviatoslav Richter and Lazar Berman.
In 1997, Elisa gained a diploma with the highest scores at the Conservatory G. Verdi of Milan. She then went onto work with Professor Vincenzo Balzani in order to expand her repertoire and improve her technique.
Elisa is the winner of several prizes at international competitions such as the ‘Viotti Valsesia’, the ‘Concorso di Cantù’ and the ‘Concorso Città di Pavia’.
The famous magazine ‘Piano Time’ refers to Elisa as a ‘prominent pianist in Italy’.
