Maurizio Moretti is one of the best interpreters of the renowned Italian school of pianoforte. His ability to deliver breathtaking performances, has made him a star of the most famous international concert halls, and a favourite with both international audiences and critics alike. During a career spanning more than two decades, Maurizio Moretti has performed all over Europe in Berlin, Vienna, Moscow, Amsterdam, Prague, Milan, Budapest, Frankfurt, Madrid, Stockholm, Grenoble and Lille. He has also performed across the globe in Japan, North and South America and Australia with a wide-ranging repertoire including solo piano works, chamber music as well as concertos for piano and orchestra. He has appeared as soloist with major orchestras such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra, Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, I Solisti del Teatro alla Scala, the Moscow Soloists and the Salzburg Chamber Soloists, and with conductors such as Peter Maag, Justus Frantz, Saulius Sondeskis and Yuri Bashmet. His 2003 live recording of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Philharmonie der Nationen conducted by Justus Frantz, recorded at the famous Hamburg MusikHalle resulted in a series of tours to Spain and Germany and rave reviews.
Born in Cagliari, Maurizio Moretti studied under Ida Allegretto at the Conservatory of Cagliari, and then for five years with Aldo Ciccolini, who wrote about him: “an extraordinary rhythmical vitality, a special inborn musical treatment of sound and a great technical capacity which characterizes his pianism. He is surely one of the most talented and original exponents of Italian pianism”. As a young pianist, his excellent performances and outsanding musical interpretations have garnered him many awards including the Mozart Fellowship from the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Sergey Rachmaninov International Piano Competition, and the Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia. He studied and toured for three years with conductor Peter Maag, recognized worldwide as the best interpreter of Mozart’s music, and together they played all the major Mozart’s piano concertos in Europe’s major concert halls. Maurizio Moretti also performed with maestro Maag in Madrid to an audience of 2,700 people in what was to be the great conductor’s last public appearance.
Maurizio Moretti is currently Artistic Director of the International Chamber Music Festival of the Roman Theatre of Nora, Artistic Director of the Ente Musicale di Nuoro and Principal Guest Soloist of the Orchestra Sinfonica de L´Aquila. He is also the Artistic Director and Guest Soloist of the Europa Philharmonie Orchestra in Magdeburg, one of the best young orchestras in Europe, and Music Director and Guest Soloist of the renowned chamber orchestra I Solisti di Perugia. A dedicated and outstanding teacher, Maurizio Moretti is also currently the professor of pianoforte at the Conservatorio di Musica in Cagliari.TICKETS