Piano with Paola D.

Born in Italy in 1979, pianist Paola Del Negro made her debut at the Teatro Juvarra in Turin at the age of nine years taking part to the performance of the complete Piano Sonatas by Beethoven, a few months after she joined the pianistic school of Maria Golia, with whom she has studied for more than a decade. In 2001 she graduated from the Conservatory "N. Rota" (Italy) with a master in Piano performance. Later she attended several masterclasses organized in collaboration with the Ecole Normale de Musique "A. Cortot" in Paris, studying with pianists of the caliber of Nelson Delle Vigne-Fabbri, Boaz Sharon, Einar Steen-Nokleberg and Ian Hobson.  She received the First Prize in over twenty national and international piano competitions, such as the Mozart Prize of Paularo (UD), the Prize ACADA - ENDAS of Genoa, the Prize "City of Alassio," National Competition "City Albenga ", the Dasinamov Competition in Lurisia (CN), the European Music Competition in Moncalieri, the International Competition "City of Casarza Ligure ", then National Competition" City of Villar Perosa ", the International Competition" Teleribalta " in Borgosesia, the International Competition "Camillo Togni" Gussago (BS), the International Piano Competition "Gran Paradiso" Locana (TO), the National Music Competition "Euterpe" in Corato (BA)...  She has recorded music by M. Ravel in the CD "Musical Encounters at the Castle", recorded and produced by Faber Teater at the Castle of San Sebastian (TO), in collaboration with the Province of Turin and the Piedmont Region.   Very active in the chamber music field, he has collaborated with clarinetist Paolo Montagna and Emanuele Morazzoni, the pianist Alberto Miodini, and she was invited to participate, together with Roberto Plano, in a series of concerts for 4 hands held on the Haapag-Lloyd cruiseship MV Europe as part of an Asia tour.  Since 2011 she is Vice President of the Musical Association "Alfred Cortot", founded with the aim of spreading the classical music in all its aspects, with special reference to the education of young people, and she has been the Artistic Director of the Accademia Musicale Varesina, the concert series "The Schubertiades of the Lake" and "Note di Lago" and the Caraglio International Piano Competition for about ten years, until she moved in United States in 2016.  Her students are regularly awarded top prizes (more than 100 prizes) in National and International Music Competitions in Italy and abroad. In recent years she also worked as author of music projects for the magazine Modern Italian School, the oldest school Italian magazine dedicated to the primary school. In 2012 and 2013 she toured with the show for children "Chou-Chou", written by herself as a tribute to the composer Claude Debussy and the fantastic world of children.  She performed in Belgium (Chateau de Cheneau), in France (Salle Cortot, Auditorium Paul Langevin), in Italy - “Musica in Castello” Festival (PC), Salone Estense, Villa Pirelli, Villa Motta (VA), Turin Conservatory, S. Sebastiano da Po Castle (TO), Fazioli Showroom, Teatro delle Erbe (MI), Caraglio Teatro Civico, Filatoio Rosso (CN), Casa della Musica (PR) - and she had her debut in the United States (Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York). Recently she performed for Senator Thad Cochran in a private event, in Chautauqua (Marshall Studios) and with the Austin Symphony Orchestra in Austin (MN). Her upcoming performances include her debut in Madison (WI) for the "Salon Piano Series", her return in Savannah (GA) with a recital for the Armstrong Atlantic State University and her debut in Canada for MitBravour Concerts Series.  Paola has also worked as artistic director and music critic for several recording companies, including Decca (Liszt, “Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses”, Decca Classics 481-2479 – Artistic Director) and Brilliant (Smetana, Brilliant Classics 94788 – liner notes author). She is the Director and Founder of PDN Piano Studio, Piano Academy and Press Agency. Paola lives in Boston, MA, with her husband, pianist Roberto Plano, and their three daughters Elisa, Anna and Sofia.