Ruggiero Fiorella

Italy | 2002

PIANO 2023: Competitor

 

Ruggiero Fiorella began studying piano with Primo Oliva. He attended the ‘L. Cherubini’ Conservatory, studying with Gianna Giorgetti, Giovanna Prestia and Giampaolo Nuti, graduating with top marks, honours and mention. He has received numerous awards, including 3rd prize at the ‘Venezia’ 2022 Competition and 2nd prize at the ‘H. Quagliata’. He was recently selected to participate in the finals of the ‘Fvg Piano Competition’ in 2024. He participated as a student in the Masterclasses of Benedetto Lupo, Roberto Prosseda, Alexander Lonquich, Jerome Rose, Pavel Gililov, Dmitri Alexeev, Robert Levin, Dina Yoffe, Alfred Brendel. He is currently attending a masterclass at the Mozarteum in Salzburg under the guidance of Claudius Tanski and is followed privately by Riccardo Risaliti.

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Program

 

First round
D. Scarlatti: Sonata K27
L. V. Beethoven: Sonata op. 111
Second round
Haydn: Piano Sonata Hob XVI 23
Chopin: Nocturne op. 27 n. 2
Chopin: Ballade n. 4 op. 52
I. Stravinsky: Trois movements de Petrushka
Semifinal
Clementi: Piano Sonata op. 40 n. 1
Rachmaninoff: Etudes op. 33
Final
Mozart: Piano Concerto n. 23 in A Major K. 488