BIOGRAPHY
Italy
“Without any compromise I can easily affirm that she is one of the best talents I ever found in my career”. Fabio Bidini, pianist
“I just loved Ilaria Loatelli’s playing, she created such wonderful variety of sound and color and her rhythmic energy, expression and tone, was simply wonderful. Her playing was always very moving and heartfelt. She is truly one of the very best young artists that I have heard in recent years.”
Catherine Rollin, composer, Carnegie Hall
“Ilaria has found a natural touch, a touch that indicates that the greatest need not be concerned about technical hurdles. She executes the daunting Prokofiev’s Toccata, staccata (and beautifully held) at a tempo that only Argerich can allow.” L’Arena
BIOGRAPHY
Launched as an enfant prodige, Ilaria Loatelli, pianist, she has been the guest artist of the Golden Key Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York in 2016.
On December 2023 her CD “Variations for a virtuoso” has been released with the national music Magazine “SuonareNews” with Bach/Busoni Chaconne, Brahms Paganini complete Variations and Liszt Rigoletto and Don Juan Paraphrases.
She recently debuted in Japan at Musa Kawasaki Hall in Tokyo, with Tokyo Tagen Symphony Orchestra and Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto n. 1.
During these last months, he gave solo recitals in China (in the cities of Chengdu, Shenzhen, Wuhan and Zhengzhou), Aix-en-Provence for Festival dans La Rue, and in the magic atmosphere of Sepino Piano festival in Italy, at the ancient Roman Theatre.
As a chamber musicians, she joined Ost-West Musikfest in St. Polten (Austria) where she played in Piano Quintet, and “Armonie dell’Isola” festival, in Eolie Islands (Italy), into a Piano Trio and Piano Quartet.
In 2022 she joined Klassische Philharmonie Bonn for a tournee of 11 concerts in the main German venues like Konzethaus in Berlin, Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, Die Glocke in Bremen, Liederhalle in Stuttgart, with amazing soloists Ervis Gega and Alexander Hülshoff and Beethoven Triple Concerto.
Recently she has been invited to join Schubertiade Schnackenburg with worldwide musicians like Emil Rovner, Vladimir Bukac, Leonid Gorokhov, Ilya Konovalov and MRIYA Orchester.
She has performed solo concerts throughout Europe, China, North America and Australia at renowned festivals like the 69th Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, MITO Settembre Musica, Festival de Musica de Coimbra, Seimanes Musicales in Crans Montana, Yamaha Festival in Milan, Amici di Campo Lo Feno at Elba Isle and in prestigious concert halls as Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, Teatro Goldoni in Florence, Teatro Vittoria in Turin, Teatro Verdi in Pisa, Teatro Académico Gil Vicente in Coimbra, Palacio Foz in Lisbon, Hong Tai Hall in Xiamen, York Theatre in Sydney, Lywenyll Hall in Canberra, Ateneu in Bacau, Montekristo in Malta.
During her career she has performed as a chamber musician with great artists, like Michel Dalberto, Ramon Jaffè (cello), Valeria Zorina, Ervis Gega, Wolfgang Schröder, Reggie Clews, Marco Fornaciari (violin) and with the MPO String Quartet.
She also took part in the Chopin Marathon in Milan with the legend Ivo Pogorelich, recorded by Mediaset Italian TV Channel.
She debuted with orchestra at the age of nine and she has performed several times with Orquestra do Norte, Orchestra della Fondazione Arena di Verona, Filarmonica “Mihail Jora” of Bacau, Canberra Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra da Camera di Alessandria, Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana, Orchestra del Friuli Venezia Giulia and Master Orchestra.
During the develop of her career, she has been Silver Medalist at the 4th Southern Highlands International Piano Competition in Bowral (Australia). Se has also distinguished in several other international piano competitions like the 6th International Piano Competition “G. Pecar” in Gorizia (1st prize and special award for the best Mozart performance), 11th International Piano Competition “L. Gante” in Pordenone (2nd prize), the 5th Rhodos International Piano Competition, the 1st Alkan – Zimmerman piano competition in Athens.
During her career she recorded for Radio Classica, Radio Nacional Do Portugal, ABC Radio Australia, and for Mediaset, Euroclassical, TV Bacau and many other Italian TVchannels. Her first solo cd “Caleidoscope” was released in Portugal in 2014 for Flamme Records.
Graduated cum laude at Santa Cecilia National Academy in Rome with Sergio Perticaroli, she gained the “Vittoria Award” from Sir Antonio Pappano as the best graduated of the year 2013.
She began her piano studies at the age of six at the Conservatory “F. E. Dall’Abaco” in Verona with Prof. Laura Palmieri, where she took her Master degree with full marks, full honors and a special mention.
As a teacher Ilaria Loatelli is teaching is “Agostino Steffani” Conservatory in Castelfranco Veneto in Italy. She is also leading her own class at International Music Academy Talent Music Master Courses in Brescia and her students won more than 100 Prizes in National and International Piano Competitions.
She is Artistic Director of National Music Competition “Scuole in Musica” and “Làszlò Spezzaferri” International Music Competition in Verona, reserved to young musicians, with thousands participants every year in Verona.