Bruno Canino
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Bruno Canino (born 30 December 1935) is an Italian classical pianist, harpsichordist and composer.[1]
Early life[]
Bruno Canino was born in Naples, Italy in 1935, where he studied piano with . He continued his musical education in Milan, studying both piano and composition. His teachers included and Bruno Bettinelli. In 1956 and again in 1958 he won prizes at the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition and in 1960 at the Darmstadt competition.[2]
Career[]
Canino has an international reputation as a soloist, chamber musician and accompanist. Among those with whom he has appeared are the violinists Itzhak Perlman, Salvatore Accardo, Franco Mezzena, Viktoria Mullova, Pierre Amoyal, , Uto Ughi, , Alessio Bidoli the flutist Severino Gazzelloni, the cellist Lynn Harrell and vocalist Cathy Berberian. He is also the pianist of the celebrated , together with the violinist Mariana Sîrbu and cellist Rocco Filippini.
He is an enthusiastic advocate of contemporary music. Among the composers who have dedicated works to him are including Luciano Berio, Mauricio Kagel, Wolfgang Rihm and Iannis Xenakis. He has also composed a number of solo and chamber works for piano.[2]
From 1999 to 2002 he was music director of the Biennale di Venezia[3] and from 1986 to 1995 artistic director of Giovine Orchestra Genovese.
In 1997 he wrote the book Vademecum of the Chamber Pianist.[4]
Recordings[]
Among Canino's notable recordings are the Bach Goldberg Variations, the complete piano works of Casella and the first recording on compact disc of the complete piano works of Debussy. His duo recital with Viktoria Mullova of works by Prokofiev, Ravel, and Stravinsky was awarded the . In 1980, he recorded piano rarities by Rossini and Donizetti on a Bösendorfer Imperial Grand for the Japanese Camerata label. He also recorded with the violinist Salvatore Accardo the complete sonatas for violin and piano of Mozart.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Adelson, Robert. "Biography: Bruno Canino". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Gill, Dominic. "Canino, Bruno". Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ "Bruno Canino on Treccani, the Italian Encyclopedia of Science, Letters, and Arts". Treccani (in Italian).
- ^ "Bruno Canino on Treccani, the Italian Encyclopedia of Science, Letters, and Arts". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 3 August 2021.
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