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Dino Ciani (June 16, 1941, Fiume - March 28, 1974) was an Italian pianist. Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rijeka (other Croatian dialects Rika and Reka, Reka Italian and Hungarian: Fiume, Sankt Veit am Pflaumb is Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar.

Ciani was born in Fiume (now Rijeka in Croatia) and studied piano with Marta del Vecchio in Genoa. Rijeka (other Croatian dialects Rika and Reka, Reka Italian and Hungarian: Fiume, Sankt Veit am Pflaumb is Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between Genoa ( Genova, ˈdʒɛːnova in Italian; Zena in Genoese and Ligurian; Genua in Latin and archaically in English He got his diploma at the Conservatory in Rome at the young age of 14 and later in 1958-1962 he attended the advanced courses of Alfred Cortot, the pianist he admired the most, in Paris, Lausanne and Siena. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Alfred Denis Cortot ( Nyon, Switzerland September 26, 1877 &ndash Lausanne June 15, 1962) was a Franco-Swiss Pianist Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Lausanne ( pronounced, Losanna is a city in Romandy, the French -speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Siena. The great French pianist considered him "miraculously gifted . . . one of the most remarkable examples of the rarest talents one could hope to find". His concert career was launched when he won second prize at the Liszt-Bartók Competition in Budapest in 1961. Budapest ( also /ˈbʊ-/) is the capital city of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary it serves as the country's principal Political, Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He played in some of the most important classical Concert venues like Salle Pleyel, Carnegie Hall, Chicago Philarmonic, Kennedy Center. Carnegie Hall (generally ˌkɑrnɨgi ˈhɔːl is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (on the building itself called the John F He made his debut at Teatro alla Scala under the baton of Claudio Abbado with Beethoven's fourth piano concerto in 1968. The Teatro alla Scala (or La Scala, as it is known in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous Opera houses The theatre was WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Claudio Abbado, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (born June Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. With Abbado he also played Prokofiev's fifth piano concerto in 1969, again at Teatro alla Scala. Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Серге́й Серге́евич Проко́фьев Sergéj Sergéjevič Prokófjev) ( - 5 March 1953 was a Russian composer who The Teatro alla Scala (or La Scala, as it is known in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous Opera houses The theatre was

His repertoire was vast and variegated for a pianist of his age and embraced the complete sonatas of Beethoven, and works by Weber (he was the first to record the complete sonatas for Ricordi in 1967), Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Debussy, and Bela Bartok. Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber ( 18 December 1786 in Eutin, Holstein, Germany - 5 June 1826 in London Robert Schumann, sometimes given as Robert Alexander Schumann (June 8 1810 &ndash July 29 1856 was a German Composer, Aesthete and influential Music critic Achille-Claude Debussy (aʃil klod dəbysi (August 22 1862 &ndash March 25 1918 was a French Composer. Béla Viktor János Bartók (March 25 1881&ndashSeptember 26 1945 was a Hungarian Composer and Pianist, considered to be one of the greatest He collaborated with important conductors such as Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Claudio Abbado e Riccardo Muti. Gianandrea Gavazzeni (25 July 1909 - 5 February 1996 was an Italian Pianist, conductor (especially of Opera) Composer and musicologist WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Claudio Abbado, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (born June WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Riccardo Muti, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (b His recordings for Deutsche Grammophon of the complete Debussy Preludes (1972), Schumann's Noveletten (1968) and Weber's third and fourth sonatas (1970) are particularly admired. Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical Record label. The company has long been known for its high standards of audio fidelity. Claude Debussy 's Préludes are two sets of pieces for solo Piano. Usage of sonata The Baroque applied the term sonata to a variety of works though most works in the Baroque Period were fugues and toccatas

Tragically, Ciani was killed in a road accident in Rome at the age of 32. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Among his last concerts are the performances of the complete set of Chopin's Nocturnes and Schubert's Winterreise with baritone Claudio Desderi. A nocturne (from the French for "nocturnal" is usually a Musical composition that is inspired by or evocative of the Night. Winterreise ( Winter Journey) is a cycle of 24 Poems by Wilhelm Müller, best known as the Song cycle set for male voice and piano by His last appearance on stage was in Beethoven's third concerto with Carlo Maria Giulini in Chicago. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.

To honour the pianist's memory, the "Dino Ciani piano competition" has been created and held at Teatro alla Scala. The Teatro alla Scala (or La Scala, as it is known in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous Opera houses The theatre was The first edition of the competition was in 1975. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Important pianists such as Nikita Magaloff, Martha Argerich, Maurizio Pollini, Lazar Berman, Rudolf Firkusny, Aldo Ciccolini participated as jury members. Nikita Magaloff (Born Magalashvili) ( 21 February (old style 8 February) 1912 - 26 December 1992) was a Georgian Martha Argerich (born June 5, 1941) is an Argentine concert Pianist. Maurizio Pollini (born January 5, 1942) is an Italian classical Pianist. Lazar Naumovich Berman (Ла́зарь Нау́мович Бе́рман Lazarʹ Naumovič Berman; February 26, 1930 &ndash February 6, Rudolf Firkusny ( Czech Rudolf Firkušný, ˈrʊdolf ˈfɪrkʊʃni ( 11 February 1912 - 19 July Aldo Ciccolini (born August 15, 1925) is a French Pianist of Italian origin


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