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BIOGRAPHY
Salvatore Spanò
Salvatore Spanò, born in Marsala, Italy, in 1965, graduated in Piano from the "Vincenzo Bellini" Conservatory of Palermo under the guidance of Antonio Fortunato. He subsequently pursued advanced studies with Luigi Mostacci, Maria Curcio, Aldo Ciccolini, and Boris Petrushansky.
A prizewinner of numerous national and international piano competitions—including the Maria Canals International Piano Competition (Barcelona, Spain), Città di Catanzaro, Città di Senigallia, Vincenzo Bellini (Caltanissetta), and the Pretoria International Piano Competition (South Africa)—he has performed extensively as both a soloist and with orchestra throughout Italy and has toured internationally in Japan, the United States, Australia, South Africa, Russia, France, Spain, Greece, Bulgaria, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Israel, Croatia, Sweden, Latvia,and Denmark, consistently earning critical acclaim and enthusiastic audience recognition.
Throughout his career, he has collaborated with internationally renowned artists such as Luis Alva, Paolo Montarsolo, Elena Obraztsova, and Nicola Martinucci.
He has appeared on numerous television programs and has recorded for RAI, RTVE (Spanish Radio and Television), Radio Zagreb, and Radio Capodistria. His discography also includes an LP released by Empire Master Sound(Brussels) and a CD produced by Sipario Dischi (Milan).
Professor Spanò regularly gives masterclasses in Japan, Spain, Greece, Denmark, Poland, Croatia, and the United States, and is frequently invited to serve as a jury member at prestigious international piano competitions, including those held in Madrid, Ankara, Darmstadt, Andorra, Lamezia Terme, Grosseto, and Barletta, among many others.
He is currently Professor of Piano at the "Lucio Campiani" Conservatory of Mantua, where he also served as Director from 2013 to 2019.
