Andrea Di Paolo

Andrea Di Paolo (born in Atessa, Italy, on 24 February 1978) is an Italian pianist and composer of modern classical, contemporary, postminimalism and neoclassical music. Biography Andrea Di Paolo began studying music at age 8. He studied piano (Bachelor and Master degree) with Maria Cristina Boccadamo at the “D’Annunzio” Conservatory in Pescara (Abruzzo - Italy) and Composition at the Cité de la Musique et de la Danse, Conservatoire de Strasbourg (Strasbourg, France) with Mark André. In 2010, he got a Diploma of high specialization in Composition at the National Academy of Santa Cecilia (Rome, Italy) with Ivan Fedele; fundamental in his human and artistical development was his meeting with composer Valentyn Sylvestrov in Kyiv (Ukraine). He attended composition classes of Luciano Berio, Arvo Part, Gyorgy Kurtag, Salvatore Sciarrino, Beat Furrer. His works, for solo instrument, ensemble and orchestra, were performed in Europe, Russia and the USA, broadcast by Radio France and Radio RAI. In 2008, he won the International Competition for composers “From Romanticism to Contemporary” in Bucharest (Romania), sponsored by the European Commission with his work “L’azur” from a Mallarmé’s tex