Domenico Picciché Explained

Domenico Picciché
Birth Date:18 July 1970
Instrument:Piano

Domenico Picciché (pronounced as /it/) (born 18 July 1970), is an Italian pianist, composer and jurist.

Biography

Originary from Alcamo, in the Province of Trapani, he started the study of piano when aged only six and got his secondary school diploma, with honours, at the Liceo Scientifico Giuseppe Ferro in Alcamo.

In 1988, when aged only eighteen, he received a Diploma in Piano from the Vincenzo Bellini Music Conservatory in Palermo, magna cum laude.[1]

He studied pianoforte with Jörg Demus, Maria Tipo, Franco Scala, Boris Petrushansky, Aldo Ciccolini, composition with Eliodoro Sollima, analysis with Piero Rattalino.[1]

He was awarded in "Ibla Grand Prize International Piano Competition",[2] 1st prize at "Città di Roma"[3] Competition. 2nd prize (1st not assigned) at Enna "F. P. Neglia" International Competition.[4]

Specialized in piano transcription repertoire, he discovered and interpreted piano transcriptions by famous and unknown musicians (from Jan Sibelius to Antonio Scontrino).[5] He also composed piano transcriptions, like La Valse by Maurice Ravel and Scaramouche by Darius Milhaud.

His brilliant concert career took him throughout the world: Alice Tully Hall (Lincoln Center), New York City;[6] New York University; Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall; Französischer Dom, Berlin; Auditorium S. Cecilia, Rome; Eglise Saint-Merri and Centre Européen des Activités Artistiques, Paris; Tübingen University;[7] Keizersgrachtkerk, Amsterdam; Sofia National Theatre; Zernezer Musikwochen Festival (Switzerland);[8] Internationales KammerMusikFestival am Gendarmenmarkt (Germany).

Among his musical partners, tenor Pietro Ballo, soprano Arpiné Rahdjian, violist Demetrio Comuzzi, cellists Luca Pincini and Giorgio Gasbarro (first cellist at Palermo Teatro Massimo), dancer Oriella Dorella (étoile at Teatro alla Scala, Milan).[9] With the Italian pianist Nina Gallo he has formed the Duo Excentrique.

He is the favourite interpreter of the Italian contemporary composer Andrea Ferrante[10] to whom he dedicated a trilogy of CDs.

He graduated in law, cum laude, at Palermo University, with the thesis on Artistic Creation and Interpretation in Law. He is a pioneer of the studies of Entertainment Law in Italy.[11]

He writes for Arnoldo Mondadori Editore[12] and Rugginenti, Milan, Italy.

He is professor of Pianoforte and Law at the Palermo National Conservatory of Music (Italy), and former Vice Director and Coordinator of the legislative Bureau at the Trapani National Conservatory of Music.[1]

He is currently Expert for Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of the University System (ANVUR)[13]

The Italian television series "Tutta la musica del cuore" was inspired by the battles for legality he conducted at the Conservatory of Music in Trapani, Sicily.

Recordings

Piano transcriptions

Literary works and essays

References

  1. Web site: Biography. Domenico Picciché. 17 April 2019.
  2. Web site: 2013 IBLA GRAND PRIZE. July 10–20, 2013. Ragusa - Ibla, Sicily, Italy. IBLA FOUNDATION.
  3. Musica e Scuola, luglio-agosto 1990
  4. Giornale di Sicilia, 2 luglio 1991
  5. CD Classica, settembre 1999
  6. Web site: IBLA New York Awards 2002: Lincoln Center. www.ibla.org. 17 April 2019.
  7. [Schwäbisches Tagblatt]
  8. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-05-15 . 2010-01-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100119172514/http://dsb.engadinerpost.ch/upload/DSBUserFile/CPN_Engadinerpost/28742_109_2009_09_19.pdf . dead .
  9. Web site: La stagione 1999 del Teatro di Segesta. web.tiscali.it. 17 April 2019.
  10. http://www.ilpalindromo.it/rivista/PDF/Saggi%20n.%203/estratto%20il%20Palindromo%20I-3,%20Gambino.pdf
  11. Suonare News, novembre 2005
  12. Web site: Le Novelle del Modello Pirandello. Concorso letterario MODELLO PIRANDELLO. 17 April 2019.
  13. Web site: Albo Esperti AFAM – ANVUR – Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del Sistema Universitario e della Ricerca. 17 April 2019.
  14. Web site: Phoenix Classics. www.phoenixaudiosystem.it. 17 April 2019.
  15. Web site: Eros e Thanatos (Love and Death) by Domenico Picciché. January 1998 . 17 April 2019. itunes.apple.com.
  16. Web site: The Sensual Style by Andrea Ferrante. 24 January 2011 . 17 April 2019. itunes.apple.com.
  17. Web site: Videoradio Edizioni Musicali . 2012-05-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110121143951/http://www.videoradio.org/catalogo_vid_raitrade2.htm . 2011-01-21 . dead .
  18. Web site: Free emotion by Andrea Ferrante. 28 June 2011 . 17 April 2019. itunes.apple.com.
  19. Web site: Andrea Ferrante: Mare by Arpiné Rahdjian, Domenico Picciché & Giorgio Gasbarro. 27 May 2012 . 17 April 2019. itunes.apple.com.

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