FERRO Alberto

Schools
Vincenzo Bellini Institute of Music, Catania, Italy (2019-present)

Teachers
Epifanio Comis (2019-present)

Awards & Prizes
2nd Prize, Jaén International Piano Competition (2022)
6th Prize and Enrique Granados Special Prize, Maria Canals International Piano Competition (2022)
2nd Prize, Saint-Saëns Prize and Clara Schumann Prize, Isidor Bajic International Piano Competition (2021)
1st Prize and Audience Prize, The Telekom - Beethoven International Piano Competition, Bonn (2017)
6th Prize and Audience Prize at the Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition, Brussels (2016)
2nd Prize, International Press Prize and Haydn Prize, The Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition, Bolzano (2015)

This is Me

My Playing

Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 1



Repertoire

Stage I – Recital
Marc Lavry

Variations for Piano, Op. 350

Rachmaninov

Variations on a Theme by Corelli, Op. 42

Liszt

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C-sharp Minor,
S. 244


Stage II – Recital
Beethoven

Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111
Maestoso; Allegro con brio ed appassionato / Arietta: Adagio molto, semplice e cantabile

Chopin

3 Mazurkas Op. 59
No. 1 in A Minor (Moderato)
No. 2 in A-flat Major (Allegretto)
No. 3 in F-sharp Minor (Vivace)

Debussy

Prelude No. 7 from Book II: “La terrasse des
audiences du clair de lune”

Shostakovich

Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 12

Stage III – Finals
Classical Concerto
Beethoven

Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19
- Allegro con brio
- Adagio
- Rondo: Allegro molto

Chamber Music
Rimsky- Korsakov

Quintet in B-flat Major for Piano and Winds
- Allegro con brio
- Andante
- Rondo. Allegretto

Grand Concerto
Bartók

Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Sz. 95
- Allegro
- Adagio - Presto - Più adagio
- Allegro molto

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