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Aldo Dotto
Aldo performed in important theaters and concert
halls in Europe such as the Sala Koncertowa in
Katowice (Poland), the Theater ‘San Carlos’ in Lisboa,
The Wiener Saal and the Solitar of the Salzburg’s
Mozarteum, the Chopin’s hall in Seville (Spain), the
Theater Slaski in Bytom (Poland), the ‘Lipinski’ Music
Academy in Wroclaw, the Italian Institute of culture
in Warsaw, the Teatro Marcello and Villa Torlonia in
Rome, Festival ‘Letnie Koncerty’ in Warsaw, Museo
Orsanmichele in Firenze (Italy), Teatro De Gil Vicente
in Coimbra (Portugal)and many others.
As a soloist he played the with the Orchestra
‘Alfredo Catalani’ conducted by M. Fabbri, with
the Giovane Orchestra d’Abruzzo conducted by
P. Veleno, with the Orchestra da Camera
Fiorentina conducted by F. Bossone and J.F. Lobo.
As a piano accompanist he played the Petite
Messe Solennelle by Gioacchino Rossini with the
soprano Katia Ricciarelli, the Carmina Burana by
Carl Orff, the Mozart’s concert aria ‘Ch’io mi
scordi di te’ with the soprano Michelle Buscemi
and the Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina.
He made researches and wrote a book about the
polish composer Karol Szymanowski, published by
Ets Edition (Pisa, 2014) and an article published on
the musical magazine ‘Codice 602’ (Sillabe Edition,
2016). Afterwards these publications he was invited
to give lectures and concerts by the Conservatories
in Lucca, Pisa, La Spezia Siena, by the Italian
Institute of Culture in Warsaw and the Polish
Institute of Culture in Roma.
Aldo Dotto was born in Pisa in 1988. He
completed his musical studies, under the
guidance of M° Giorgio Fazzi at the ‘L.
Boccherini’ Conservatory in Lucca, where he
got both the bachelor and master degree in
piano and the fourth year diplom in
composition with M° Pietro Rigacci.
Subsequently he studied with M° Aquiles Delle
Vigne at the International Piano Academy in
Coimbra and with the pianist Anna Gòrecka
and Maria Swajger-Kulakowska at the
‘Szymanowski’ Music Academy in Katowice
(Poland), where he obtained his second master
degree in piano performance and chamber
music. Very important for his musical
developement were also the numerous
masterclasses and lessons with reknown
professors such as M° Andrzej Jasinski and
Jozef Stompel.
During and after his studies Aldo received prizes in several national and
international piano competition: ‘Silver-Busoni’ in Empoli (first prize, 2016), ‘Roma
2009’ (second prize), ‘Region de Murcia’ competition for piano and orchestra (third
prize, 2015), ‘Maria Giubilei’ in Sansepolcro (first prize and special prize for the best
interpretation of a contemporary work by Ada Gentile). His recordings include a CD
and a DVD for the Carter Larsen Foundation (Texas).