Stefania Argentieri

An artist renowned for innate elegance, communicative ability and superb control of the keyboard, Stefania Argentieri graduated in piano in 2009, when not yet twenty years old, with the highest marks and praise at the Conservatory “T. Schipa “in Lecce, Italy, and later also obtained with excellence the Biennial Academic Diploma in Music Disciplines as soloist at the “N.Rota” Conservatory in Monopoli. Following her extensive education, she attended the three-year mastercourse in chamber music and solo performance at the Academy of Music in Florence; she also obtained the prestigious diploma in Piano and Chamber Music at the Advanced Course at the Santa Cecilia Piano Music Academy. She works intensively as a teacher; she teaches Principal Piano at the Conservatory U.Giordano in Foggia and at the Conservatory T.Schipa in Lecce.

Stefania has recently received the Gold Medal at the Maison Des Artistes International Award, performing at the Great Hall of the Sapienza University in Rome; she also performed in Washington at the Italian Embassy in the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome, in Los Angeles at the Italian Institute of Culture and, in piano duo, performed the Concerto for Two pianos and Orchestra by Poulenc with the “N.Rota” orchestra of Monopoli. Stefania enjoys continuous collaboration with major orchestras such as the Bacau Philarmonic Orchestra and she performed with such conductors as O.Balan, D.Frandes, M.Nitti and many others.

She has performed, in addition to the numerous engagements in the United States, at the University of Music in Kharkiv, at the Italian Institute of Culture in Budapest, Paris and Strasburg, at the Athens Concert Hall in Bacau, Romania (Tchaikovsky Concerto No. 1 and Liszt Concerto No. 2), at the Parco della Musica in Rome, at the CASC Auditorium of the Bank of Italy in Rome, at the Teatro dal Verme in Milan, and at the European Young Festival in Passau (Germany). She has also won the first prize in many competitions and she also works in the editorial field, with Florestano Edizioni di Bari: her recent works include the essay “Vertigini e Maschere”, an in-depth analysis of Carnaval, Op.9 by R.Schumann and a transcript for two pianos on the ballet “Sleeping Beauty” Of P.I.Tchaikovsky. She has recorded for Vatican Radio, EuroClassicPlanet and IICC in Los Angeles. Her artistic career has been enriched through international masterclasses held by such maestros as C.Elton, R. Cappello, L. Margarius, A. Jasinski, A.Ciccolini, K.Bogino P.Bordoni. She plans for her Prokofiev recording to be followed by numerous and special ambitious projects.

She lives in Brindisi, Italy.