Piano professors
Massimiliano Mainolfi
After completing his studies in Naples, Massimiliano moved to New York to train at The Juilliard School with the legendary Oxana Yablonskaya. A “Young Concert Artist” winner, he made his debut at Carnegie Hall in 1996. Since then, he has performed as a soloist and chamber musician across Europe, the US, and South Africa, including a broadcast debut at the Berlin Philharmonie. He currently records for Decca Italy and serves as a Professor at the Hochschule für Musik in Nuremberg, Germany.
Irina Nuzova
Moscow-born pianist Irina Nuzova has performed widely across the United States and Europe, appearing at venues such as the Phillips Collection (Washington, DC), the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston), Weill and Merkin Recital Halls and Bargemusic (New York), and touring in Italy, Brazil, the Czech Republic, and Germany. In collaboration with cellist Wendy Warner she released Russian Music for Cello & Piano, broadcast on radio nationwide and nominated by ICMS for Best Chamber Music Recording. Trained in Russia with Alexander Satz and in the U.S. with Lev Natochenny, Oxana Yablonskaya, and Jerome Lowenthal, she is a dedicated teacher on the faculty of New York’s Special Music School and has also taught at the Hartt School (University of Hartford), giving masterclasses internationally. With violinist Dmitri Berlinsky, she is the founder and director of Juventus Pro Musica, a chamber music concert series for young musicians.
Antonio Pompa-Baldi
Born in Foggia, Italy, Antonio launched his international career by winning the 1999 Cleveland International Piano Competition and taking Silver at the Van Cliburn. The New York Times describes his playing as “meltingly beautiful.” He performs on five continents and sits on the juries of the world’s most prestigious competitions. A Distinguished Professor at the Cleveland Institute of Music, he is also the founder and artistic director of the Todi International Music Masters Festival.
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