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Studied with Mila Pignero
Orlando at the “P. Mascagni” Music Academy (i.e. National
Conservatoire) of Livorno, her
hometown, where she brilliantly graduated in 1987 in the class
of Liana De
Botton Gragnani.
From 1985 to 1987 she attended also the Summer Masterclasses of Piano
Interpetation held by
Michele Marvulli at the "Accademia Musicale Pescarese".
Later, she specialized with
Hector Daniel Rivera and Giampiero Semeraro in solo repertoire
and with the 'cellist Giovanni Bacchelli in chamber music,.
In 1991 she has distinguished herself at the Seminary
of Musical
Analysis held by Piero Rattalino
at the Piano Academy “Meetings with the Master” of Imola
(BO), where she finally attended masterclasses by
Aldo
Ciccolini, Rosalyn Tureck, Jorge Demus, Boris Petrushansky
etc. 
After having obtained her Scientific high school degree at 17, she
enrolled at the Faculty
of Philosophy and Letters,
Department of Musical Studies -
D.A.M.S., University of Bologna.
Very young, she participated
succesfully in many national and international
competitions, obtaining great results: 1° Prize in “P. Napoli” Trophy
of Livorno in
1982, 3° Prize in “Cittą di Albenga” Contest in 1982, 2°
Prize in “Cittą di Genova” Contest in 1986 e 1989, 2°
Prize in “Cittą di Velletri” Competition in 1989. She won the
"Concert-Prize" in the “Young concertists” show of Busto
Arsizio (VA), organized by the Quartet Society in 1990-91.
She was awarded the “Gino Consani” Prize as distinguished young artist
of her hometown Livorno. Admitted to the International Competition
“City of
Cantł” for piano and orchestra.
She won the open competition organized by the Italian "Ministry of
Education, Universities and Research" for the assignment of
Chairs of Piano in Italian National Conservatories of Music
(italian law: D. M. July 18, 1990).
Since 1982 she is carrying out an intense concert activity being
appreciated as a soloist, in duo with flute or piano duo
(piano four-hands), as a soloist with orchestra,
"Maestro sostituto" and choir director, both in Italy (Livorno,
Cecina, Piombino, Portoferraio - Isola d’Elba, Firenze, Ponsacco,
Genova, Verona, Amalfi, Forio of Ischia, etc.) and abroad (Belgium:
Braine-l’Alleud, Tournai, Bruxelles).
Member of "Aulos - Italian Academy of woodwinds", she carried out, in
its group of research, the card indexing of thousands of opera
librettos, later published in “Quaderni della
Labronica”. She also wrote the programme notes for most of the concerts
of the Musical Season of C.E.L. "Estate Livornese" committee.
From 1990 to 1994, author and conductor of the radio program
“Classic from A to Z” broadcasted by Radio Livorno "Open
City".
Beside
carrying out her concert
activity, she is also active as a researcher, musicologist and
critic, holding conferences and concert-lessons on piano and music
repertoire as a whole, from Bach to modern music.
From
1986 to 1991 she has been teaching at the Music Institute “R.
Del Corona” of Piombino (LI). From 1991 to 1994 she
has been Professor and vice-President of the Music Institute “Antonio
Bacchelli” s.c.r.l. in Livorno. Between 1994 and 1998,
Adjunct Professor at the ’Istituto
Magistrale" (High School for teachers training) "T. Pate” and at
the Music Academy “G.
Puccini” of Gallarate (VA).
Tenured Professor of soloist Piano since 1998 in Italian
National
Conservatories, she has been also teaching, since 2003, the following
subjects: "Performance practice and solo
repertoire", "Performance practice and repertoire
with
orchestra", "Performance practice and didactic repertoire", "History of
Piano Literature", "Organology of the Piano", "Psychophisiology
of Piano performance", "Methodology
of instrumental teaching", "Analysis of
Compositional forms", "Piano accompaniment", "Practice of
Piano accompaniment for Singers".
All along her didactic career as Piano Professor she has been teaching
at “A. Scontrino” Conservatoire of Trapani, “C. G. da Venosa”
Conservatoire of Potenza, “G.
F. Ghedini” Conservatoire of Cuneo, “A.
Buzzolla” Conservatoire of
Adria
(RO), “G. Puccini” Conservatoire of La Spezia, “G.
B.
Pergolesi” Conservatoire of Fermo and “G. Rossini”
Conservatoire
of Pesaro (the hometown of Rossini). In addition to her activity of
Professor she has been appointed Concert Organizer and Department Chair
for keyboard instruments.
Since 2014 she plays in the Duo Diabelli with the Italian guitarist Giuseppe
Maria Ficara.