Domenico Picciché

Domenico Picciché (; born 18 July 1970), is an Italian pianist, composer and jurist. Biography Originary from Alcamo, in the Province of Trapani, he started the study of piano when aged only six and got his secondary school diploma, with honours, at the Liceo Scientifico Giuseppe Ferro in Alcamo. In 1988, when aged only eighteen, he earned his Academic Diploma in Piano from the Conservatory of Music Alessandro Scarlatti in Palermo, magna cum laude. He studied pianoforte with giants of world pianism, such as Jörg Demus, Maria Tipo, Franco Scala, Boris Petrushansky, Aldo Ciccolini; composition with Eliodoro Sollima; analysis with Piero Rattalino. 1st prize at “Città di Roma” Competition. 2nd prize (1st not assigned) at Enna “F. P. Neglia” International Competition. Specialized in piano transcription repertoire, he discovered and interpreted piano transcriptions by famous and unknown musicians (from Jan Sibelius to Antonio Scontrino). He also composed piano transcriptions, like La Valse by Maurice Ravel New York University; Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall; Französischer Dom, Berlin; Auditorium S. Cecilia, Rome; Eglise Saint-Merri and Centre Européen des Activités Artistiques, Paris; Tüb