| Michele
Campanella
Piano
  Internationally
recognized as one of the foremost virtuosos and interpreters
of Franz Liszt throughout more than thirty years, Michele
Campanella has figured prominently on the principal pages
of piano literature. He was awarded the Gran Prix du Disque
by the Franz Liszt Academy of Budapest in 1976, 1977 and again
in 1998. The most recent award was in recognition of his recording,
Franz Liszt - The Great Transcriptions, 1-11, produced by
Philips.
Campanella has also received widespread critical acclaim
for his recent important recordings of the complete works
of the Beethoven and Mozart concertos and the complete production
of the Brahms Variations.
As a result of his training with the Neapolitan piano school,
under the tutelage of Vincenzo Vitale, Michele Campanella
is known as an artist of extraordinary versatility. He is
equally fluent with a widely disparate range of composers
such as Clementi, Weber, Busoni (1980 Critics Award of Italian
discography for his recording with Fonit Cetra ), and Rossini.
His discography includes recordings for such labels as Emi
(Ravel), Philips (Liszt, Saint-Sains), Fone (Chopin), PYE
(Liszt, Tchaikowsky), Fonit Cetra (Busoni), Nuova Era (Tchaikowksy,
Liszt, Musorgski, Balakirev) and Musikstrasse (Rossini)
Campanella has played with the most important orchestras
in Europe and the United States, under the baton of conductors
such as Claudio Abbado, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Eliahu Inbal,
Charles Mackerras, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Georges Pritre,
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Thomas Schippers,
Hubert Soudant, and Christian Thielmann.
Campanella is frequently invited to perform in countries
around the world including Australia, Russia, Great Britain,
China, and Brazil. In addition, he is a frequent guest artist
at international music festivals such as Lucerne, Vienna,
Berlin, Prague, Taormina, Turin, and the Pesaro Rossini Opera
Festival.
Salvatore Accardo and Rocco Fillipini favor Campanella as
the ideal partner to tackle the major masterpieces of chamber
music.
Campanella is equally well known as a teacher: he is a tenured
faculty member in the piano department of the Siena conservatory,
the Accademia Chigiana. He is also valued for his annual master
classes given at the world renowned Villa Rufolo in Ravello.
Most recently, Campanella was singled out to receive the
prestigious prize of the Fondazione Premio Napoli.
Piano Program
Piano Program, Faculty
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