IGOR COGNOLATO (Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia, Italy)\n2 March @12.00-16.00 in the Great Hall\n3 March @10.00-14.00 in C-405<\/p>\n
Igor Cognolato<\/a> started his musical training with Ida Longhino at the age of five; at age nineteen he obtained his Diploma magna cum laude<\/em> in Piano Performance at Conservatorio \u201cBenedetto Marcello\u201d in Venice (piano) under Vincenzo Pertile (a former student by Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli), and three years later in choir conducting at Conservatorio \u201cFelice Evaristo dall\u2019Abaco\u201d in Verona. He pursued his musical education at the Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik, Theater Hannover, Germany, with the Concert Examination Diploma of Music in piano performance under Brazilian pianist Roberto Szidon (former student by Felicja Blumental, Arthur Rubinstein and Claudio Arrau). Igor Cognolato\u2019s debut followed with NDR Symphony Orchestra with Franz Liszt\u2019s Concerto No 2 live recorded and broadcasted. Among his teachers for composition and piano are Ugo Amendola, Michele Marvulli, Dario De Rosa (Trio di Trieste\u2019s pianist), Aldo Ciccolini and Paul Badura-Skoda.<\/p>\nIgor Cognolato has performed through all over Western Europe and the USA, with resounding success: soloist with numerous orchestras (Radiophilharmonie Hannover, Sofia chamber Orchestra, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Orchestra del Gran Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Tallinn chamber Orchestra and others), he recorded for RAI, RAI Eurovision, NDR Radio, and for Norwegian National Radio, as well as CD for Simax, Blue Serge and Rivoalto or other labels from France and Italy.<\/p>\nSince 2009 he regularly performs together with Athenaeum Berlin Philharmonic String Quartet: they took part in Aix-en-Provence chamber music festival and their performance of Schumann Pianoquintet op 44 was broadcasted live for ARTE TV. His activity as chamber music partner takes him playing with dozens of musicians (string and woodwind players or singers) from all over Europe.<\/p>\nIn May 2016 he gave a successful debut at the Berliner Philharmonie with Milan Svoboda\u2019s Concerto Grosso, for the\u00a0Berliner Philharmonic official concert series.<\/p>\nIgor Cognolato is currently Professor of Piano Performance at\u00a0Conservatorio \u201cBenedetto Marcello\u201d\u00a0in Venice (Italy), after a period of eleven years spent as piano Professor at University of music \u201cGiuseppe Tartini\u201d in Trieste (Italy), in addition to a period of several years (from 1997 to 2001) spent as Professor at Italian Universities of music in Cagliari \u201cGiovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina\u201d and Rovigo \u201cFrancesco Venezze\u201d.<\/p>\nHe has been invited to give master classes at many European universities, including but not limited to Kunstuniversit\u00e4t Graz, Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversit\u00e4t, Universit\u00e4t Mozarteum Salzburg (Austria), Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik und Theater L\u00fcbeck, Hochschule fuer Musik und Theater Dresden (Germany), Trinity Laban College in London (UK), Conservatorio superior de musica Salvator Segu\u00ec de Castell\u00f2 (Spain), Estonian Academy of music and Theatre, Rumanian national Academy of Bucarest (Rumania). He is regularly invited to hold masterclasses also by private institutions such as Carithian Music Academy in Austria.<\/p>\nSince 1995, Cognolato served as president and artistic director of cultural association \u201cAmici della musica di Treviso\u201d. Since 2017, he has also been Vice President of the Richard Wagner Verband\u00a0in Venice.<\/p>\nIn 2013 he performed as lead actor in the documentary film \u201cRichard Wagner. Diario veneziano della sinfonia ritrovata\u201d by Gianni Di Capua, presented in the same year at \u201c70\u00b0 International Mostra del cinema di Venezia\u201d as well as at Bayreuther Festspiele, and at the Library of Congress in Washington DC (USA).<\/p>\nStarting from 2019 Igor Cognolato contributes the scientific board of Beethoven Sources, a catalogue raisonn\u00e9 of Beethoven\u2019s autographs, first editions and other original sources.<\/p>\n"}],"event_end":"03\/03\/2026 14:00"},"yoast_head":"\nPiano masterclass. 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Igor Cognolato has performed through all over Western Europe and the USA, with resounding success: soloist with numerous orchestras (Radiophilharmonie Hannover, Sofia chamber Orchestra, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Orchestra del Gran Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Tallinn chamber Orchestra and others), he recorded for RAI, RAI Eurovision, NDR Radio, and for Norwegian National Radio, as well as CD for Simax, Blue Serge and Rivoalto or other labels from France and Italy.<\/p>\n
Since 2009 he regularly performs together with Athenaeum Berlin Philharmonic String Quartet: they took part in Aix-en-Provence chamber music festival and their performance of Schumann Pianoquintet op 44 was broadcasted live for ARTE TV. His activity as chamber music partner takes him playing with dozens of musicians (string and woodwind players or singers) from all over Europe.<\/p>\n
In May 2016 he gave a successful debut at the Berliner Philharmonie with Milan Svoboda\u2019s Concerto Grosso, for the\u00a0Berliner Philharmonic official concert series.<\/p>\n
Igor Cognolato is currently Professor of Piano Performance at\u00a0Conservatorio \u201cBenedetto Marcello\u201d\u00a0in Venice (Italy), after a period of eleven years spent as piano Professor at University of music \u201cGiuseppe Tartini\u201d in Trieste (Italy), in addition to a period of several years (from 1997 to 2001) spent as Professor at Italian Universities of music in Cagliari \u201cGiovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina\u201d and Rovigo \u201cFrancesco Venezze\u201d.<\/p>\n
He has been invited to give master classes at many European universities, including but not limited to Kunstuniversit\u00e4t Graz, Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversit\u00e4t, Universit\u00e4t Mozarteum Salzburg (Austria), Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik und Theater L\u00fcbeck, Hochschule fuer Musik und Theater Dresden (Germany), Trinity Laban College in London (UK), Conservatorio superior de musica Salvator Segu\u00ec de Castell\u00f2 (Spain), Estonian Academy of music and Theatre, Rumanian national Academy of Bucarest (Rumania). He is regularly invited to hold masterclasses also by private institutions such as Carithian Music Academy in Austria.<\/p>\n
Since 1995, Cognolato served as president and artistic director of cultural association \u201cAmici della musica di Treviso\u201d. Since 2017, he has also been Vice President of the Richard Wagner Verband\u00a0in Venice.<\/p>\n
In 2013 he performed as lead actor in the documentary film \u201cRichard Wagner. Diario veneziano della sinfonia ritrovata\u201d by Gianni Di Capua, presented in the same year at \u201c70\u00b0 International Mostra del cinema di Venezia\u201d as well as at Bayreuther Festspiele, and at the Library of Congress in Washington DC (USA).<\/p>\n
Starting from 2019 Igor Cognolato contributes the scientific board of Beethoven Sources, a catalogue raisonn\u00e9 of Beethoven\u2019s autographs, first editions and other original sources.<\/p>\n"}],"event_end":"03\/03\/2026 14:00"},"yoast_head":"\n