Roberto Prosseda

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Roberto Prosseda is an Italian classical pianist. His name is related to his Mendelssohn's CDs (Decca 476 3038, 2005, and Decca 476 5277, 2006), entirely dedicated to Felix Mendelssohn's unknown piano works.

Born in Latina, Italy, in 1975, Roberto Prosseda studied at the Accademia Pianistica "Incontri col Maestro" of Imola with Alexander Lonquich, Boris Petrushansky and Franco Scala and at the International Piano Foundation in Cadenabbia (Lake Como, Italy) with Dmitri Bashkirov, Leon Fleisher, William Grant Naboré, Charles Rosen, Karl Ulrich Schnabel, Fou Ts'ong.

After winning major prizes in several important piano competitions, including the "U. Micheli" in Milan, the "F. Schubert" in Dortmund, the "A.Casagrande" in Terni and the "W.A.Mozart" in Salzburg, Roberto Prosseda has performed in Europe, Asia, Australia, North and South America. His recent engagements include Berlin Philharmonie, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Wigmore Hall, Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro alla Scala and Sala Verdi in Milano, Festival Pianistico di Bergamo e Brescia, Settembre Musica in Torino, Ravenna Festival, Triennale Köln, Biennale di Venezia.

Roberto Prosseda has appeared as a soloist with many orchestras, like Filarmonica della Scala, Philarmonie der Nationen, Bochumer Symphoniker, Oriol Ensemble, Wiener Kammerorchester, Mozarteum Orchester, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Mozart Festival Orchestra, Kammerakademie-Potsdam, Orchestra della Toscana, Filarmonica di Torino, Santa Cecilia di Roma.

Roberto's discography also includes the complete piano works by two prominent Italian Modern composers: Goffredo Petrassi and Luigi Dallapiccola (awarded with 5 diapasons by the French Magazine Diapason).

In 2006 and 2007 Roberto will be presenting many World Premieres of Mendelssohn's unpublished piano works, including an unpublished Piano concerto in E minor, in several cities (Leipzig Gewandhaus, Berlin Philharmonie, New York Carnegie Hall, MusicToronto, London Wigmore Hall).