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Sergio Fiorentino was a 20th-century Italian classical pianist whose sporadic performing career spanned five decades. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest A pianist (/'piənɪst/ is a Musician who plays the Piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces play with an ensemble or Orchestra Fiorentino was born in Naples on December 22, 1927 and died there August 22, 1998. Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)

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Music Career

Fiorentino studied at the Conservatorio San Pietro a Majella in Naples under Luigi Finizio and Paolo Denza, earned his diploma in 1946 and attended a master class of Carlo Zecchi in Salzburg in 1948. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Carlo Zecchi ( July 8, 1903 in Rome – August 31, 1984 in Salzburg) was an Italian Pianist, music is the fourth-largest city in Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

He debuted at New York's Carnegie Recital Hall in 1953. Carnegie Hall (generally ˌkɑrnɨgi ˈhɔːl is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The next year, however, while on tour in Argentina and Uruguay, he suffered a near-fatal plane accident, forcing him to cut back on concertizing. This led to him becoming a teacher at the Naples conservatory where he had once been a student.

In the late 1950s he made a new start in concertizing, both in his native country and in England. Most of his recordings were made during those years (1958-1965). But again, he withdrew from the concert stage, limiting his rare public appearances to his native country, and again started to regularly teach master classes.

After leaving the Naples conservatory in 1993, he again began to play more in public outside his native Italy and performed in Germany, France, Taiwan, and the USA. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Negotiated and contracted engagements in Russia and Canada could not be fulfilled due to his sudden death in his home in Naples on August 22nd, 1998. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page

Fraud with Concert Artists label

Beginning in 1994 through after his death in 1998, a large number of recordings by Fiorentino were released. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Recordings made in Berlin from 1994 to 1997 were released on APR whereas earlier unissued material was put out by the Concert Artists label. Concert Artist/Fidelio Recordings is a British Classical music Record label, situated in Royston Hertfordshire, England and owned and operated In February 2007, Concert Artists admitted to falsely attributing music recorded by the late Joyce Hatto. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Joyce Hatto ( 5 September 1928 &ndash 29 or 30 June, 2006) was a British Pianist and Piano Teacher [1] Subsequently, a CD of mazurkas by Fiorentino produced by Concert Artists (CACD9002-2) has been found to contain plagiarised tracks from three other performers. Concert Artist/Fidelio Recordings is a British Classical music Record label, situated in Royston Hertfordshire, England and owned and operated [2]

Some of Fiorentino's recordings made during the late fifties and early sixties were issued after the original label's (Saga) failure under pseudonyms by the new owner (Marcel Rodd). The most frequently used pseudonym was "Paul Procopolis". Paul Procopolis was a non-existent classical pianist who was credited as a performer on various recordings [3]

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  1. ^ Classical CDs 'faked' by producer. BBC (2007-02-27). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Retrieved on 2007-03-08. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
  2. ^ Joyce Hatto and others: who was playing the piano?. CHARM. Retrieved on 2007-12-10. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V
  3. ^ Sergio Fiorentino Discography. accessdate=2007-04-23


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