Vincenzo Scaramuzza -in spanish: Vicente Scaramuzza- (1885 – 1968) was an Italian Argentine pianist and music teacher.
Scaramuzza was born in Crotone, Italy, on June 19, 1885. Introduced to the piano by his father, Francesco, he was a concert performer by age seven, and enrolled in the prestigious San Pietro a Maiella Conservatory, in Napoli. He emigrated to Argentina in 1907, and pursued further training at the Santa Cecilia Academy of Music, in Buenos Aires. He married a student, Sara Bagnati, and with her, established the Scaramuzza Academy of Music in 1912. He resumed his career as a concert pianist, performing not only in Argentina, but also in Europe.[1]
Scaramuzza devoted himself to teaching from 1923 onwards, and he taught numerous well-known Argentine and international classical pianists such as Martha Argerich, Michèle Boegner, Bruno Gelber, Daniel Levy, Mauricio Kagel, Fausto Zadra, Alberto Portugheis[2] as well as Enrique Barenboim, conductor Daniel Barenboim's father. He also taught renowned tango pianists Horacio Salgán and Atilio Stampone.
Among his few compositions were Bosco Incantato and Hamlet, both chamber music works. He left no record of his teaching system in book form, but a student of his, Maria Rosa Oubiña de Castro, reconstructed it from material he wrote down in his lifetime. The resulting book is called "Enseñanzas de un gran maestro", and was published in 1977. Scaramuzza continued to teach even during health problems in his later years, having his piano moved to his bedroom. He died in Buenos Aires in 1968.[1]
Himschoot, Oscar. "Entrevista a Horacio Salgán". http://www.todotango.com/spanish/biblioteca/cronicas/entrevista_hsalgan.html. Retrieved 2007-09-04.