Piano Solo Concert with Pietro De Maria

“He is a true virtuoso in the sense that he has the pianistic resources to do whatever he wants, without showing off his technique.” (Boston Globe)

“… the celestial sound almost took our breath away.” (Suddeutsche Zeitung)

“Technopolis 20 Classics” present for the first time in Cyprus, the famous Italian pianist, Pietro De Maria, a member of the Santa Cecilia Academy of Music in Rome and a professor of piano at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg and at the Academy of Music in Pinerolo. 

Do not miss the opportunity to enjoy “A poet of sound and a keyboard wizard” (Suddeutsche Zeitung), for one only concert in Paphos, at Markideio Theatre, on Friday, 10th of March 2023, at 8pm, presenting works by Clementi, Schubert, Chopin and Liszt.

Winner of First Prize at several competitions in the 1990s, including the Dino Ciani – Teatro La Scala in Milan and the Géza Anda in Zurich, and of the Critic’s Prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Pietro De Maria has had an established presence on the concert circuit in the most prestigious venues and festivals throughout Europe and North America for decades. 

His repertory ranges from Bach to Ligeti and he is the first Italian pianist to have played Chopin’s complete piano works in six public concerts. He has recorded Chopin’s complete piano works, The Well-Tempered Clavier and the Goldberg Variations for Decca, receiving important acknowledgments from international publications of prestige. His next project will be to perform Beethoven’s entire production of Sonatas and Concertos.

Entrance: €20 / €7 students

Tickets, Information, Reservation at 70002420.

Supporter: Municipality of Paphos

Hospitality Sponsor: Annabelle Hotel

Media Sponsor: Cyprus Mail

Sponsors: Photo Larko

Programme to be presented:

CLEMENTI: Sonata in F sharp minor op. 25

  Piuttosto allegro con espressione

  Lento e patetico

  Presto

SCHUBERT:

  Impromptu op. 90 no. 2 in E flat major

  Impromptu op. 90 no. 4 in A flat major

CHOPIN:

  Mazurka op. 67 no. 4 in A minor

  Mazurka op. 24 no. 2 in C major

  Mazurka op. 63 no. 3 in C sharp minor

  Scherzo no. 2 in B flat minor op. 31

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CHOPIN:

  Nocturne op. 55 no. 2 in E flat major

  Ballade no. 4 in F minor op. 52

LISZT:

  From Soirées de Vienne, 9 Valses-Caprices d'après Schubert: no. 6 in A minor

  From Années de Pèlerinage, Deuxième Année - Italie: Sonetto 104 del Petrarca

  From Grandes Etudes de Paganini, S141: no. 3 in G sharp minor (“La Campanella”)

A few words about the musician

After receiving the Critics' Prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (1990), Pietro De Maria won First Prize in other prestigious international piano competitions, such as the Dino Ciani - Teatro La Scala in Milan (1990), the Géza Anda in Zurich (1994), and the Mendelssohn Award in Hamburg (1997).

An active concert pianist, he has played as soloist with the best-known orchestras, with conductors of the stature of Roberto Abbado, Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli, Gary Bertini, Myung-Whun Chung, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Daniele Gatti, Alan Gilbert, Eliahu Inbal, Marek Janowski, Ton Koopman, Michele Mariotti, Ryan McAdams, Ingo Metzmacher, Gianandrea Noseda, Corrado Rovaris, Daniele Rustioni, Yutaka Sado, Sándor Végh and Jonathan Webb.

Born in Venice in 1967, De Maria studied piano with Giorgio Vianello and Gino Gorini. Revealing a precocious talent, he won First Prize at the Alfred Cortot International Piano Competition in Milan at the age of 13. He graduated from the Conservatory of Venice and continued his studies with Maria Tipo at the Conservatory of Geneva, where he obtained the Premier Prix de Virtuosité with the highest honours in 1988.

His repertory ranges from Bach to Ligeti and he is the first Italian pianist to have played Chopin’s complete piano works in six public concerts. More recently, he has been focusing on Bach, presenting both books of The Well-Tempered Clavier as well as the Goldberg Variations in his concerts.

He has recorded Chopin’s complete piano works, The Well-Tempered Clavier and the Goldberg Variations for Decca, receiving important acknowledgments from international publications of prestige such as Diapason, International Piano, MusicWeb-International and Pianiste. His next project will be to perform Beethoven’s entire production of Sonatas and Concertos.

Pietro De Maria is Academic of Santa Cecilia and teaches at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg and at the Academy of Music in Pinerolo.

www.pietrodemaria.com