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T
he PharosArts Foundation, with the kind sup-
port of the ItalianEmbassy inNicosia, present-
ed a recital with the exciting Italian pianist Gloria
Campaner on 6 December 2013. First-prize winner
in over 20 competitions, Campaner is highly ac-
claimed by the international press. For her recital in
Nicosia, Campaner performed works by Schubert,
Rachmaninoff as well as Liszt’s transcriptions of
Verdi, Wagner and Schubert.
Born in Venice, Italy, in 1986, Gloria Campaner
is regarded by the critics and public alike as one
of the most interesting pianists of the new genera-
tion. She began her piano studies at the age of four,
gave her
fi
rst public recital at
fi
ve, and debuted as a
soloist at the age of twelve with the Venetian Sym-
phony Orchestra. Since the
fi
rst year of her stud-
ies, Campaner has been the
fi
rst-prize recipient in
more than twenty national and international piano
competitions for young musicians.
Her rapidly advancing career as a soloist, with or-
chestra, and as a chamber musician, has led her to
be a guest at some of the most renowned music
festivals over the world. Campaner is highly ac-
claimed by the international press for her “extreme-
ly deep musicality, remarkable fluidity, nuancing
and sense of style, which puts her in the ranks of
pianists with exceptional qualities”
(Walter Arlen,
LosAngeles Times).
Gloria Campaner is the Silver Medallist of the Pa-
derewski International Piano Competition (Los An-
geles, 2010), in which she also received the Special
Awards for Best Performance in Paderewski and
Chopin works. She is also the First Prize winner and
the Proko
fi
ev Special Award recipient of the 2009
Ibla Grand Prize, after which she made her
fi
rst US
tour and her Carnegie Hall debut in 2010. She is a
laureate of many other international competitions,
including Cantù International Piano and Orchestra
Competition (Como, 2009), European Piano Com-
petition – Vlado Perlemuter (Le Havre – France,
2009), International T.I.M. Competition (Verona,
2008), Rospigliosi International Piano Competition
– R. Schumann Prize (Pistoia, Italy, 2008).
In the year of Liszt’s anniversary she was awarded
the Prix de Jury - Franz Liszt at the XI Concours
International de Musique du Maroc in Casablanca,
and was recipient of the European Prize for Culture
by the Cultural Foundation Pro Europa (Freiburg,
2011). In addition, she has received scholarships
from the Brahms Foundation in Baden-Baden
(2009) and the SocietàUmanitaria ofMilan (2007).
After graduating at the age of 18 from the conserv-
atory with top marks, she earned her Master’s De-
gree
summa cum laude
under the tutelage of Bruno
Mezzena at the MusicAcademy of Pescara. Mean-
while,GloriaCampanerwasselectedtoactivelypar-
ticipate in many master classes throughout Europe,
amongst others, Ticino Musica (Lugano, Switzer-
land), Accademia Pianistica Incontri col Maestro
(Imola, Italy), Mozarteum University (Salzburg),
Mannes College The New School for Music (New
York), working with such distinguished musicians
as Joshua Swann, Jerome Rose, Sergio Perticaroli,
Andrzej Jasiński, Pavel Gililov, Lilya Zilberstein,
Dmitri Bashkirov, and Boris Petrushansky. She
spent most of her recent studies developing af
fi
n-
Gloria Campaner
Piano recital
