FABIO CENTANNI
‍Fabio Centanni Is One Of The Internationally Most Sought After Collaborative Pianists In Italian Opera And Instrumental Music.
 

Since 2006 He Has Closely Collaborated Alongside With Renata Scotto At The Opera Studio Of Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia Where He Has Performed In Numerous Concerts At The Auditorium Parco Della Musica As Well As Internationally Supported By The Italian Embassy. Mr. Centanni Served As Korrepetitor For The International Opernstudio In Zurich, Deutsche Oper Am Rhein In Dusseldorf, Orchestra Sinfonica Di Savona, Grand Théâtre De Genève. For Radio3 Programm “La Barcaccia” He Accompanied Raina Kabaivanska, Katia Ricciarelli, Daniela Dessì, Fabio Armiliato, Amarilli Nizza, And Roberto De Candia. In 2008 He Served As Accompanist For Natalie Dessay While Preparing La Traviata With Renata Scotto.
He Held Masterclasses At The “Estudio Voce” School In Rio De Janeiro (5 Times, 2011-2013), At The Conservatoire National Supèrieur In Beyrouth, Lebanon  (November 2013, February 2014) And At The Conservatorio Of  Verona Organized By Th Sydney Conservatorium Of Music.

From January 2013 He Is The Pianist Of  Bernadette Manca Di Nissa At The Conservatorio “G. P.  Da Palestrina” In Cagliari.

His Expertise Is Not Limited To Opera But Encompasses A Wide-Variety Of Instrumental And Chamber Music. Mr. Centanni Regularly Works With Leading Performers And Experts In Instrumental Music At Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia Including Jacques Mauger (Trombone), Carlo Tamponi (Flute), Gabriele Cassone (Trumpet), Guido Corti (Horn), Andrea Lucchi (Trumpet), Giovanni Bossone (Fagott), Andrea Oliva (Flute)  And Once At The Museum Of Musical Instruments In Rome With Illya Grubert (Violin).  

Mr. Centanni Received His Bachelor Of Music With Full Honors From Santa Cecilia Conservatorio And Both Specialization In Chamber Music And Piano From Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia In Rome. His Post-Graduate Studies Include The Course Of Musical Interpretation At Accademia Chigiana,  Accademia “Incontri Col Maestro” In Imola, Sommerakademie "Mozarteum" In Salzburg, And Participation In The Master Class With Pavel Gliliov At Accademia Musicale Pescarese.

Recognition And Honors Include The First Prize Winner The 2nd Concorso Di Terzo D’ Acqui (Alessandria) And 10th Concorso Pianistico “ Città Di Velletri”, Third Prize Winner Of Città Di Sulmona” And The Critics' Prize In The 38th Concorso Pianistico “A.Speranza".

Recent Engagements As A Collaborative Pianist Include The International Festival In Verbier (CH) From July 2009 Until July 2012 Where He Accompanied  Opera Masterclasses Held By Claudio Desderi (2009), And Nelly Miricioiu (2010) , The International Violin Competition “Città Di Brescia” In October 2010, The International Violin Competition “A. Postacchini” In May 2012, In May 2013 And In June 2014 .

2011-2012  He Was The Pianist Of  Sonig Tchakerian  In Her Master Course In Violin  Held At  The Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia.
Mr. Centanni Is Fluent In German, English, Portugues And His Native Italian.
 

MARCO CIAPONI, TENOR
Marco Ciaponi Was Born In 1989 In Barga (Lucca).  He Took Part As Protagonist In The Operetta Such As Acqua Cheta, Il Paese Dei Campanelli E Cin Ci La And In Various Concerts In Pescara, Monte Silvano, Sanremo, Torino And Bologna. Marco Ciaponi Studied Singing With Rebecca Berg Ans Is Now Specializing Under The Guidance Of Cinzia Forte.

Marco Ciaponi Is Winner Of Important And Prestigiuous Lyric International Contest Such As Operalia 2017 ( Zarzuela Prize); Renata Tebaldi International Singing Competition In San Marino (Second Prize); Flaviano Labò International Singing Competition 2015 In Piacenza (First Prize);  “Voci Verdiane” International Singing Contest (First Prize) In Busseto.

In May 2008 Mr. Ciaponi Made His Opera Debut As Rodolfo In La Bohème (Puccini) In Portoferraio.  Afterwards He Was Chosen For The Opera Studio At The Teatro Goldoni In Livorno For The Project Cantiere Lirico. His Repertoire Includes: Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi (Rinuccio), Verdi’s Rigoletto (Duca Di Mantova), La Traviata (Alfredo), I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata (Oronte), Donizetti’s L’Elisir D’Amore (Nemorino), Rossini’s Il Barbiere Di Siviglia (Conte D’Almaviva) And Donizetti’s Lucia Di Lammermoor.

Among His Recent Engagements: Tamino In Die Zauberflöte At The Festival Sestola InCanto And At The Teatro Comunale In Modena; Nemorino In L'Elisir D'Amore In Lucca, Piacenza, Ravenna, Mantova And Bari (Fondazione Petruzzelli); Alfredo Germont In La Traviata In Cremona And Milan. He Made His Debut Of Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni) In Tirana And Then In Trieste, Under Gianluigi Gelmetti. He Has Debuted The Role Of Malcolm (Macbeth) At Teatro Municipale In Piacenza And Lord Arturo In Lucia Di Lammermoor At The Opera Giocosa In Savona. Noteworthy His Debut At The Teatro Alla Scala In Milan In Puccini’s La Fanciulla Del West (Trin) Under Riccardo Chailly; He Sang Also As Fenton In Falstaff At The Teatro Lirico In Cagliari And Edmondo In Manon Lescaut In Bari.

Widely Active Also In Concerts, His Past Appearances Include: Die Schöpfung In Trieste Under G.Gelmetti, The Beethoven’s IX Symphony In Cagliari Under Gérard Korsten, At The Fondazione Petruzzelli In Bari And In Milan And Pavia (I Pomeriggi Musicali) Under Donato Renzetti; Rossini’s Stabat Mater In Warsaw Under S. Montanari; A Gala Concert In Lecce Again With G. Gelmetti With The Orchestra Sinfonica Di Lecce E Del Salento; A Gala Concert Beside Leo Nucci In Piacenza And Modena; Rossini’s Stabat Mater In Ravenna Under Paolo Olmi.

Most Recently He Sang As Nemorino In L’Elisir D’amore In Tbilisi And Rovigo; Alfredo In La Traviata In Bologna And On Tour In Japan With The Filarmonica; Verdi’s Macbeth First Version In Warsaw Under The Baton Of Fabio Biondi And The Period Instruments Ensemble Europa Galante. Mr. Ciaponi Has Just Made His Debut At The Opéra Royal De Wallonie In Liège Singing In Manon Lescaut And Rigoletto (Duca Di Mantova) In The As.Li.Co Circuit (Pavia, Jesi, Como, Cremona, Brescia, Bergamo). Other Recent Engagements: Rinuccio In Gianni Schicchi In Modena, Piacenza, Reggio Emilia And Ferrara; Don Ottavio In Don Giovanni In Cologne (Debut In Germany);  Aronne In Rossini’s Mosè In Egitto At The San Carlo In Naples (Under The Baton Of Stefano Montanari); Rossini’s Stabat Mater At The Tokyo Spring Festival  (Speranza Scappucci Conducting); Petite Messe Solennelle In Ravenna; Duke In Rigoletto And Mozart's Requiem In Toulon; Ferrando In Così Fan Tutte In Saint- Etienne; Manon Lescaut At La Scala In Milan Riccardo Chailly Conducting; Ernesto In Don Pasquale At The Filarmonico In Verona; Marco Has Just Made His Debut At The Deutsche Oper In Berlin Singing La Traviata.

Plans Include: Don Ottavio In Don Giovanni In Cagliari; Peppe/Arlecchino In Pagliacci In Amsterdam; Fenton In Falstaff In Piacenza; Rigoletto In Modena And On Tour; Fedora At La Scala In Milan; Arvino In I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata In Liège; La Traviata In Hamburg; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony In Milan.

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