Piano with Paolo B.

I am professional classical pianist, musicologist and music manager, working in both classical and contemporary music. I have been teaching piano for over 30 years and as a piano teacher, I learned a lot from my students to be versatile, adaptable, creative, confident. I teach piano students of all different ages and experience levels. I started to study classical piano when I was 6 year and today I have an intense professional activity as a member of chamber music ensembles and as a collaborative pianist for lyrical singers. I believe the most important goal in piano lessons is fostering an enjoyment for music that lasts a lifetime. In order to nurture and develop that appreciation for music — not just piano specifically— I am happy to help my students cultivate their musical personality. I graduated in 1989 from the Santa Cecilia Music Conservatory in Rome (Italy). I studied with Eduardo Hubert, and after graduation, with Charles Rosen, György Sándor, Andor Foldes and Elizabeth Sombart. I also studied French piano repertoire with Germaine Mounier at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris. In 1994 I received a Master in Musicology of the 20th century degree under the direction of Hugues Dufourt at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in collaboration with IRCAM / Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. (France) I am actually a coach for chamber music groups at Stony Brook University within the Community Chamber Music Program. I have an intense professional activity as a member of chamber music ensembles and as a collaborative pianist for lyrical singers. As Artistic Director of Rites of Spring Music Festival and pianist, I am excited to develop and strengthen the relationship with our audiences offering online educational activities. On 2016 I also founded and I am the artistic director of Rites of Spring Music Festival to promote classical and contemporary music on the North Fork of Long Island.