Film Scorer and Composer finding new spaces for orchestras

Antonio Artese, piano
Italian pianist/composer Antonio Artese is a much sought-after recital pianist in Europe and the U.S. Artese has performed extensively in Europe (Italy, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, UK) and in the USA.  He holds diplomas in music from the Conservatorio “Santa Cecilia” in Rome and from the University of California at Santa Barbara (where he was a student of Peter Yazbeck and Paul Berkowitz).  He also studied Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Chieti, Italy (Laurea Magna cum Laude) and musicology at the University of Bologna. Artese is the founder of several music festivals in Italy, among them the Festival Adriatico delle Musiche and the Adriatic Chamber Music Festival; Brainwaves Festival in Florence; music seminars “Corsi Musicali” in Alba, Italy; and “Cryptic Music” at the Museum Marino Marini in Florence. In 2020, Artese founded the new Argiano Baroque Music Festival. He serves as co-founder and Artistic Director of the Florentia Consort, an international ensemble of emerging young musicians based in Florence. In 2017, Antonio Artese was appointed Dean of the Global Academic Programs at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy. He has collaborated with prominent jazz musicians such as Bill Smith, Maurizio Giammarco, Yuri Golubev, Gabriele Mirabassi, Stefano "Cocco" Cantini, Nate Birkey, Chris Colangelo, Jim Connolly, Luis Muñoz, Klaus Lessmann, Barbara Casini. He has recorded several albums and led various musical projects, including the piano solo albums “Italian Sketches” [1996]; “Live in Santa Barbara” [2008], “The Change” [2006] and “Voyage” [2019]. The TWO WORLDS project premiered in the prestigious season of the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara, California.

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