Cristian Monti – piano

The Programme

Cristian Monti – piano

Ballade

from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
I. Des Abends (In the Evening)
II. Aufschwung (Soaring)

Étude 2, Op 18
Andante sostenuto

Fantasien, Op 116
1. Presto energico
2. Andante
3. Allegro passionato
4. Adagio
5. Andante con grazia ed intimissimo sentimento
6. Andantino teneramente
7. Allegro agitato

The Artist

Cristian Monti began his musical studies with his mother, Manuela Innocenti, and graduated in piano with Konstantin Bogino and composition with Pietro Rigacci from the Conservatoires of Lucca and Padua. In his book ‘De Benedetti Michelangeli à Argerich – 30 years with great pianists, the Italian critic Luca Ciammarughi praised him as an exceptional talent. After studying with Françoise Thinat and Henri Barda at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, he was admitted to the Académie de Musique Française, where he took masterclasses with Jean-Philippe Collard, Pascal Rogé and Michel Beroff. He took contemporary music classes with Maria Grazia Bellocchio (Divertimento Ensemble in Milan). He has also benefited from the advice of Aquiles Delle Vigne (at the Salzburg Mozarteum) and Pavel Gililov.

He has won several competitions, including second prize in the Virtuoso Grand Prix, which enabled him to give the prize-giving concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall. He has performed in such venues as the Salle Cortot and the Bibliothèque musicale La Grange-Fleuret in Paris, the Auditorium Pollini in Padua (Amici della Musica), the University of Rome 3, the Sala Donatoni and Villa Simonetta in Milan (Pianocity), Palazzo Vecchio in Florence (World Bach Fest), the University of Alicante and the Society of Musicians in Edinburgh.

In 2021, he recorded his first CD for Galaxie-Y, devoted to the music of F Geminiani and G F Haendel, which was very well received by the critics (Radio France, Rai Radio 3, Piano News Düsseldorf). His second CD, with works by Scriabin and Jacques Lenot, was released in 2024 and awarded five stars (Coup de cœur) by Classica magazine. The concert presenting the disc, featuring the world premiere of Rilke-Fragmente by J Lenot, at the Salle Cortot in Paris, was acclaimed by the critics (ResMusica and Anaclase).
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