Bruno Mezzena
Pianist
Born in Trento(Italy),graduated at the age of 15 with full marks cum laude,he studied with Nunzio Montanari,Marguerite Long and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli and obtained a great number of national and international Prizes(Busoni,Munich......).Graduated in Composition he studied with Giulio Cesare Paribeni,Alfredo Sangiorgi and Renato Dionisi.Active as a soloist and chamber music resitalist in Duo and Trio with Franco Mezzena and Andrea Noferini,he has performed in the most important international Theatres and Festivals:Regio Torino,Milan,Venice,Comunale Bologna,S.Cecilia Academy in Rome,Bellini of Catania,Cervo Festival,Florence,London Wigmore Hall,Prague Spring,Berlin,Munich,Amsterdam Concertgebow,Rotterdam,Madrid,Barcelona,Lisbona,Sofia,Budapeat,International Chamber Music Weeks Naples.........
He played with some very important artists such as Accardo,Ricci,Vegh,Fontanarosa,Giuranna,Filippini,Meunier,Tortelier,Streicher,Pay,Tudorache and under the direction of Carlo Maria Giulini,Gabriel Chmura,Antonio Pedrotti,Paul Angerer,Hermann Michael,Alun Francis........He also founded the well known "Quintetto Italiano"(Italian Record Prize 1977)
Bruno Mezzena is known all over the world for the many CDs he recorded with CBS,EMI,Sony,Dynamic,Symposium,Ricorde,Nuova Era,E.M.S.,some of these in first recording:Berlioz-Liszt:Symphonie Fantastique,Liszt:Totentanz(version for piano solo),Liszt-Paganini:Grosse bravour phantasie uber das glockhen op.2,Rossini piano pieces.......
Already director at the Treno Conservatorium,he's Professor and Director at several Master classes such as Pescara Music High Specialization Academy,Benvenuti Institute Conegliano,Locarno,Musica Riva Festival,S.Antioco Master Classes,Sofia Conservatorium,Academic d'Ete d'Ande.......He makes often part of the jury of international competitions.
Bruno Mezzena is honoured with the "Distinguished Leadership Award" by ABI-American Biographical Institute.
He is Commendatore of the Italian Republic for his artistic merit.