Giovanni Sollima – Suspended Quintet

NUNZIO APRILE
He studied at the “U.Giordano” Music Conservatory in Foggia and graduated from the “S.Cecilia” Music Conservatory in Rome. He immediately dedicated himself to the study of chamber music, deepening his knowledge of repertoire from Duo to Quintet and the piano repertoire for four hands and two pianos, collaborating with renowned artists including Antonio Anselmi and Leslie Howard. He has participated as a pianist and chamber musician in various national and international competitions, placing in the top positions. He has served as an accompanist in opera competitions and collaborated in master classes held by teachers such as Enrico Bronzi, M. Sirbu, and Boris Belkin. He owes his musical training especially to the study of ancient treatises by L. Mozart, Quantz, C.Ph.E. Bach, D.G.Turk, M. Clementi, C. Czerny, and Hummel, to name a few, and consequently to the study of repertoire on historical pianos. Special merit goes to Ugo Casiglia, builder and restorer of ancient keyboard instruments, through whom he was able to know and deepen his knowledge of these instruments and thus acquire a copy of a J.Brodmann Wien fortepiano from 1805-10 and a romantic piano Boisselot & Fils Marseille from 1854. He is a Piano professor at the “U.Giordano” Music Conservatory in Foggia, detached section of Rodi Garganico.