Claudia Aiello

BIO

From a very young age, she distinguished herself in national and international competitions, always reporting the first prize and the absolute first prize. She won fourth place and the Special Jury Prize by participating in the international competition “Piano Concerto Festival” held in Budapest at the Danube Palace in the period from 8 to 14 July 2019, the only Italian among the 11 finalists who competed, accompanied in the repertoire for piano and orchestra by the Danube Symphony Orchestra. In July 2021 she won the first prize in the international competition “Golden Classical music arwards” and she was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York. She has held concerts both as a soloist and in various chamber ensembles and has been invited to perform in some prestigious theaters such as the Massimo Bellini Theater, the Sangiorgi Theater of Catania, the “Stabile” Theater of Catania and the Garibaldi Theater of the Consulate of Italy in Nice , where she formed the Duo Le Belliniane in 2014 together with her sister, the Soprano Margherita Aiello. In 2011, he passed the final X year of the piano exam brilliantly, with full marks and honors. In 2013 she formed the chamber group Fragments Duo, together with the flutist Linda Vinciullo, bringing the absolute first prize in numerous international competitions. In 2014 she concluded the II level academic biennium (Bi.For.Doc.) at the “Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali V. Bellini in Catania” under the guidance of Giuseppe Cantone with 110 cum laude, in addition to the recognition of the thesis. In 2015, she completed the T.F.A training course for AJ77 certification with a maximum score of 100/100. She has various participations, as well as solo, in duo, trio, quintet and she has participated in numerous master classes held by well-known musicians such as Aquiles Delle Vigne (Mozarteum and Boccherini Higher Institute of Musical Studies of Lucca) and has completed the third year of the High specialization course in Chamber Music, recognized by the MIUR, held by Pier Narciso Masi in Florence obtaining full marks following the final exam. In 2016 she was invited by the “Statale” University of Milan to perform during the opening ceremony of the academic year as winner of the “Exploit your talent” award and in February 2020 she played again on the occasion of the same prestigious event at the Aula Magna of the University. She was the winner of the audition to join the Unimi Academic Ensemble of Milan and always in the same city, she performed in the formation of trio at the famous “Casa Verdi”. In July 2018 he graduated with a master’s degree in Music and Performing Arts at the Faculty of Humanities of the Statale University with 110 cum laude, presenting a thesis on “The Illuminated Ideal of Justice in the Mozartian Theater”. She studied Instrumentation and Orchestration with Gianni Possio at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan and she was a “silver medal” winner of the prestigious international competition “Global music arwards” in 2017. She has collaborated with the Unimi Choir as a pianist and with the acting school Umberto Spadaro of the Teatro Stabile in Catania. She has been invited on several occasions to give lectures-concerts with illustrative introduction of the pieces and she has taken care of the relationship of historical-musicological topics, as in the case of the meeting on “Falstaff” held at the Statale University of Milan in 2017 and she has published volumes with original compositions, in the appendix, for the CUECM publishing house. In February 2020 she completed the 1st level Master in Sociological, Philosophical and Humanistic Disciplines at the Dante Alighieri University of Reggio Calabria. She was professor of Piano Practice and Reading at the Conservatory of Music “A. Corelli” in the academic year 2019-2020. She has been President of the “Cavalieri della Musica” Association of Milan and she has also been actively involved in the organization of musical events and concerts for many cultural associations. In 2017 she obtained the role to teach piano at the Liceo Musicale “G. B. Grassi “of Lecco, she taught at the “Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina” Conservatory and now she is currently teaching at the “Fausto Torrefranca” Conservatory of Vibo Valentia.