2027 Competition Jury Member
ITALY
Italian pianist Alessandro Mazzamuto is internationally recognized as a concert artist, recording artist, and pedagogue, and has been praised by Martha Argerich as “one of the most inspiring, extraordinary pianists I have had the joy to hear.”
A finalist of the 58th Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition, he was awarded the prestigious Gian Andrea Lodovici Prize, presented by Ms. Argerich, which led to invitations to perform at the Martha Argerich Project in Lugano. His recording of the original version of Rachmaninov’s Piano Sonata No. 2 received the Supersonic Award from Pizzicato magazine, and he was named Young Instrumental Artist of the Year at the International Classical Music Awards.
Mr. Mazzamuto has appeared as soloist with leading orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano “La Verdi,” Tokyo New City Orchestra, Berlin RIAS Philharmonic, George Enescu Philharmonic, Gwangju Symphony Orchestra, Meadows Symphony Orchestra, and the Long Island Concert Orchestra. He has collaborated with conductors Enrico Fagone, John Axelrod, Daisuke Soga, Amaury du Closel, Yutaka Sado, Tomasz Bugaj, Ovidiu Balan, Valentin Doni, Paul Phillips, Ovidiu Marinescu, Epifanio Comis, and others.
His performances have taken him to major international venues including Carnegie Hall, Salle Cortot in Paris, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Fazioli Concert Hall, and the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in New York. In 2024, Mr. Mazzamuto performed Rachmaninov’s Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3 in a single evening in New York and subsequently recorded the works in London with the London Symphony Orchestra.
Born in Catania, Sicily, Mr. Mazzamuto began his musical studies with Epifanio Comis at the Vincenzo Bellini Conservatory of Music in Catania, graduating with highest honors. He later continued his artistic formation at the prestigious Accademia Pianistica Internazionale “Incontri col Maestro” in Imola, studying with Franco Scala and the legendary Lazar Berman.
He further pursued advanced studies at the SMU Meadows School of the Arts under Carol Leone and Joaquín Achúcarro, earning Performer’s and Artist Diplomas. Throughout his development, he has worked with some of the most distinguished pianists of our time, including András Schiff, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Zoltán Kocsis, Sergei Babayan, Marcello Abbado, Boris Slutsky, Antonio Ballista, and Piero Rattalino.
In 2024, he was elected a voting member of The Recording Academy and appointed adjunct associate professor of Piano at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Alongside his international concert career, Mr. Mazzamuto is active as a recording artist, educator, and chamber musician, performing regularly with violinist Lorenzo Mazzamuto as Duo Mazzamuto.