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Roberto Plano

The artist

Roberto Plano

Born in Varese in 1978, Roberto Plano imposed himself on the attention of the musical world with the victory of the prestigious Cleveland International Piano Competition. With the affirmation and the prizes obtained at the Honens International Piano Competition and at the 12th Van Cliburn International Competition he began his concert career that saw him participate in numerous tours throughout North America, where he participates in recitals in more than 30 states in the USA and have led him to play in the studios of the major American, Canadian and Italian radios, such as NPR (Performance Today) in Washington, WGBH in Boston, WNYC in New York, WFMT radio in Chicago, CBC in Toronto, BBC Radio 3 (London), RadioRai 3, Radio Classica, Radio Vaticana; his debut recitals at the Chopin Festival in Poland and at the Herculessaal in Munich were broadcast by Polske Radio 2 and from Bayern 4 Klassik. He has performed in some of the most important Italian and foreign concert halls and for prestigious Italian and international festivals. In his career he has played as a soloist with prestigious orchestras in Italy and abroad. In addition to the awards obtained at Cleveland, Van Cliburn and Honens and the victories in Italy of Treviso, Togni and Scriabin he was awarded at the Iturbi Competition in Valencia, at Sendai International Music Competition, dublin international piano competition and geza and geza anda zurich. The documentary Encore, of which he is one of the protagonists, has been broadcast throughout North America, Europe and North Africa; Philippe Entremont selected him for a television broadcast related to Mozart's music, broadcast in Japan by NHK, and he played for the satellite television channels Mezzo and Arte, as well as for the Rai and Mediaset networks. Very active also in the field of chamber music, he has collaborated with numerous string quartets, including the Cremona Quartet, the Takacs Quartets, Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Jupiter, ENSO, Vogler, Henschel, the First Parts of the Teatro alla Scala and with soloists such as Enrico Bronzi, Gabriele Cassone, Ilya Grubert, Giovanni Scaglione and Amiram Ganz and with the jazz pianist Paolo Paliaga, with which he recorded a record – Inspiration – dedicated to the fusion between classical and jazz music. The album recorded for the Concerto and dedicated to Andrea Luchesi – a world first recording – has been reviewed with the highest rating (5 stars) by the monthly MUSICA. Already a member of the jury in several competitions (including the Singapore Piano Competition) he was invited to be part of the commission of the Cleveland International Piano Competition, which was held in the USA in August 2013. As a lecturer he has held numerose master classes in important institutions. He is President of the Musical Association "Alfred Cortot", founded in 2011 with his wife Paola Del Negro, with whom he plays permanently in a piano duo.