Pasquale Iannone

A pianist of international renown, Pasquale Iannone has been graduated cum laude in 1984 at the Bari ‘N. Piccinni’ Conservatory with Gregorio Goffredo, Pasquale Iannone pursued further studies with Aldo Ciccolini, Marisa Somma. In 1987 he got the Diploma with honours at the Royal College of Music in London. From 1992 he has been associated with Eugenio Bagnoli at the Fondazione ‘G. Cini’ of Venezia. The pianist has won several national competitions and international as well such the ‘A. Casella’ (Naples 1989); ‘Carlo Zecchi’ (Rome 1991). In 1994 Pasquale Iannone has been top prize winner at the prestigeous ‘Gina Bachauer’ International Piano Competition in Salt Lake City (USA) and in 1995 he has been awarded of the Second Prize and the Special Fauré Prize at the New Orleans International Piano Competition. Many of Iannone’s performances have been broadcasted live by RAI and KBYU. In the United States he has performed at the University of Michigan, Cleveland, Salt Lake City, New Orleans, Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge), Macon, in France at the Salle Cortot and Centre Bosendorfer of Paris. He has also performed in Edimburgh, Amsterdam and Germany. In 2000 he has recorded a CD with Tschaikovsky’s and Rachmaninov’s piano music sponsored by the prestigious ‘G. Cini’ Foundation of Venice, which has been awarded as the Best Italian Cd of the year. In the last two years, Mr. Iannone performed in Italy, Romania, Japan, France, USA, and Germany.