Pietro Bonfilio
Biography Pietro Bonfilio
Pietro Bonfilio
Born in Tuscany (Italy) in 1990 graduated with honors at “Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi” in Milan under the guidance of M° Vincenzo Balzani. He completed a Master’s degree in performance with Distinction at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland under the guidance of M° Victor Sangiorgio. He attended Masterclass with Paolo Bordoni, Ian Fountain, Jean ‐Marc Luisada, Giuseppe Andaloro and Lang Lang.
He performed in the USA (Carnegie Hall in New York, NYU and Cornell University in Ithaca), in various cities of Sweden, Scotland (Stevenson Hall and in the Royal Concert Hall of Glasgow), Mexico (Centro Cultural Bicentenario in Mexico City), Cambodia (Phnom Penh Piano Festival Meta House), Thailand (Bangkok Piano Festival, Siam Ratchada Auditorium).
He has performed frequently in Milan, most notably at Teatro alla Scala, in the Salone Napoleonico of Palazzo Serbelloni, in the Royal Palace, in the Puccini hall and in the Verdi hall, in the great hall of Casa Verdi, in Villa Litta Borromeo Visconti for Società Umanitaria, in the Gaber Hall for the Società dei Concerti.
He has played in various Italian cities and for various musical istitutions, in particular for the Fondazione Toscana Spettacoli, in the Salone dei Cinquecento of Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, at the IX edition of the International Festival C.I.M.A. in Tuscany, at Palazzo Albrizzi in Venice.
He performed as a soloist with Mexico State Symphony Orchestra, with Philharmonic Orchestra “Mihail Jora” Bacau, with Grosseto Symphony Orchestra, and with Reggio Calabria “Francesco Cilea” Orchestra.
He won several competitions such as: XXV Ibla Grand Prize, XII edition of the International competition Monterosa Kaway, XX edition of the competition Riviera della Versilia held in Viareggio, II edition of the competition Agimus held in Florence, XI edition of the national competition Riviera Etrusca held in Livorno, V edition of the competition Lissonum Young Performers held in Milan, IX edition of the International competition New Horizons held in Arezzo.
Awarded the scholarship by the International Association of Richard Wagner for Bayreuth Festival 2014.
Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, La Nazione, Il Tirreno and Suonare News have given him glowing reviews and RAI TV News (TG1) have interviewed him, introducing him as “A promising young talent on the Italian, musical scene.” In 2011 he recorded a concert for the national service Radio Classica, as guest artist on their programme The Pianist. In 2014 he played live for RadioRai3.
Since 2012 is the artistic director of Morellino Classica Festival in Tuscany. (www.morellinoclassicafestival.com)
He recorded a CD for Brilliant Classics dedicated to the Russian composer Dimitri Kabalevsky.
