About
Leonardo Saraceni - Pianist - Composer
I started studying music at the age of 5 with the South American maestro Luigi Roig from whom I learned broad and cosmopolitan educational paths. I did my first piano concert at 11. In my professional activity I have worked positively both alone and in synergy with a team of competent and seriously motivated professionals, strengthening my wealth of knowledge, especially from the human aspect, which still supports me to successfully interpret the paths and lines. guide to be taken in order to achieve the best results in the various pre-established project activities. I have no particular business interests, nor have I ever set professional limits on my horizons to achieve, but I know from experience that any goal to be achieved must be yours immediately, ideally already in your hands, and do your utmost to be able to achieve it; even better if supported by trained and experienced collaborators.
CV at a glance
Leonardo Saraceni consolidates his artistic nature, the piano technique and the compositional intuition, starting to study at a very young age with the South American Maestro Luigi Roig, who will guide him through a broad and cosmopolitan education. Enfat prodige, he performs his first solo concert at the age of eleven. As a private practitioner he obtained the Piano Diploma at the "Luisa D'Annunzio" Conservatory of Pescara in just four years, as well as at the Vest University the Master's Degree with an interpretative and concert orientation, together with composition studies at the "Santa Cecilia" Conservatories of Rome and “Alfredo Casella” of L'Aquila. In 1992 he began his concert career, which still today sees him as an acclaimed performer in many European and overseas cities; his last work, the Piano Concerto n.1 op.15, was performed by himself in world premiere in August 2010 in the city of Guanajuato (Mexico), on the occasion of the Festival del Verano, at the Juarez National Theater, conducted by Maestro Jose Maria Melgar; in 2013 he was invited and performed in Romania the Piano Concerto n.1 op.15 in the European Premiere, with the Banatul Philharmonic, conducted by Maestro Roberto Di Maio. He boasts international collaborations, both as a concert performer and as a composer and teacher, as well as publications in the catalog of renowned publishing houses, such as La Feltrinelli, Mondadori Store, Libreria Universitaria, IBS, Amazon, etc. He is licensed to teach Music for all schools of all levels, as well as suitable for teaching in the Italian State Conservatories of Music. Compositions by him performed in RAI Radio 2, as well as regularly included in the concert programs of many interpreters, some of them have also recorded on CD. Since 2012, he has been Responsible Director of a Memorandum of Understanding for Italy between the University of Guanajuato and the "F. Cilea ". He is president of the International Prize "Music in the World" which has been held in Rome since 2016. He has founded and directs the "F. Cilea ”, today one of the oldest and most renowned Italian music schools, where many young people successfully attend various instrument and singing courses. He is piano teacher at the International Pianist Academy E.P.T.A. Italy of Rome. He is regularly invited to hold Master Classes in Musical, Piano and Harmony Interpretation, also abroad.
