Francesco Libetta

For the New York Times Libetta is “Poet-aristocrat with the profile and carriage of a Renaissance prince,” while for Le Monde de la Musique “l’éritier des Moritz Rosenthal, des Busoni et des Godowsky,” and for Corriere della Sera “a lordliness we thought lost in the archives of piano performance.” D’Avalos dedicated all his solo piano pieces to him, and Paolo Isotta called him “the greatest living pianist.” He has made piano integrals of Beethoven, Händel, Chopin, Godowsky, Paisiello, Bosso; he has released recordings of Schumann, Liszt, Ligeti, Ravel, Debussy. His recordings are multi-awarded by Diapason, Le Monde de la Musique, Classique, Amadeus among many others. He has collaborated with conductors such as Pappano, Andreae, Mandeal and artists such as Sollima, Caterina Antonacci, Devia, Italian actors such as Boni, Laurito, Preziosi, Marchini, dancers such as Carla Fracci and founded the dance group Corerofonie. After studying composition with Marinuzzi in Rome and Castérède in Paris, he wrote music for theater, cinema, acousmatic, chamber, symphonic, and the opera L’Assedio di Otranto, staged in Puglia and Rome and published on CD. “Libetta composer is poet doctus,” Isotta wrote, enshrining the profile of one of the world’s most esteemed and versatile Italian artists, from conducting to working as a musical essayist, director of visual art and in turn starring in documentaries by Monsaingeon and Battiato, after teaching at the Miami Piano Festival and now in Martina Franca with the Grassi Foundation, Libetta is Steinway Artist.