Giuliano
Mazzoccante
Artistic Director
Of ClaviMasters International
Piano Festival
Born in Chieti, Giuliano Mazzoccante studied under the guidance of Lucia Passaglia at the Conservatory “L. Cherubini” in Florence graduating with highest honours. Later, he studied with Lazar Berman, deepening and improving his concert repertoire with particular attention to the music of F. Liszt. He perfected Chamber Music at the International School of Chamber Music in Duino under the guidance of “Trio of Trieste”, achieving a “Diploma with Merit”.
Winner of more than 50 national and international competitions, including “M. Clementi” in Florence, “Agorà 80″ in Rome, “F. Liszt” in Lucca, and “Città di Stresa”, he was also a Prize Winner in prestigious competitions such as “International Music Tournament” in Rome, “Prix Venice”, “Ecomusic” in Monopoli, and is the winner of the 40th International Piano Competition “Arcangelo Speranza” in Taranto. In 2009 he was awarded in the “4th International Tbilisi Piano Competition” in Georgia (WFIMC).
Mazzoccante has been engaged in a remarkable concert activity both as a soloist and as a chamber musician at major Italian venues and overseas in Europe, USA, and Asia. He is regularly invited to hold concerts and masterclasses at international venues and festivals such as “Mozarteum” in Salzburg, the “ClaviCologne Festival”, the “Malta International Music Festival”, “VIPA” International Music Festival, etc.
He has been a regular guest of the “International Sommer-Akademie Schloss Pommersfelden” (Germany) where he has performed as a soloist, and in chamber music performances, and where he has been teaching chamber music since 2010. He has appeared as a soloist with different orchestras such as Camerata Baltica, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonica Abruzzese, Sinfonica di Lecce, Sinfonica di Bari, and Solisti Aquilani.
He plays with prestigious musicians such as Karl Leister (historical 1st clarinettist of the Berlin Philharmonic), Francesco Manara, and Fabrizio Meloni (1st violinist and 1st clarinettist of Teatro alla Scala in Milan), Dora Schwarzberg, Pavel Berman, Romain Garioud, etc.
His notable record productions range from solo repertoires, and chamber music, to a soloist with an orchestra, including recordings for Camerata Tokyo, Dynamic, Wide Classique, DAD Records, Da Vinci Classics, Radio Vatican, Radio Bavaria, etc.
Since 2012 he has been an honorary member of the Rotary Club of Subiaco (Rome) and in 2014 he was awarded from the Rotary Club of Pescara West with the “Paul Harris Fellow” for commitment in spreading music and culture.
In 2015, he was named Artistic Director of the “Music & Art International Academy" in Chieti which works at promoting artists and the development of arts. Since 2018 he is Artistic Director of the CHIETI CLASSICA International Music Festival.
Since 2022 he is the Artistic Director of the Teatro Marrucino in Chieti.
He is currently a piano teacher at the State Conservatory “L. D’Annunzio” of Pescara (Abruzzo Region – Italy).