Bruno Francesco Leone

Bruno Francesco Leone, piano
He was born in Melito di Porto Salvo (Italy) in 1994 and he started to study piano when he was 5 years old. In 2013 he graduated with full marks and laude from “F. Cilea” Conservatory of Music in Reggio Calabria (Italy) under the guidance of Maestro Cinzia Dato. He holds also a Master’s Degree in Musicology and Cultural Heritage from the University of Pavia (Italy). He studied at the International Piano Academy “Incontri col Maestro” in Imola (Italy) with maestros Leonid Margarius, Boris Petrushansky and Roberto Giordano and furthered his studies with maestros Leslie Howard, Aldo Ciccolini, Marcello Abbado, Daniel Rivera and Joaquin Soriano. He is a student of Maestro Giuseppe Devastato. He currently teaches at the Conservatorio “U. Giordano” of Foggia – Rodi Garganico (Italy). He regularly performs as a concert artist. He performed as a soloist and with orchestra in Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Malta, Romania, Lithuania, Russia, etc. in several major festivals and concert halls including the State Conservatory “P. I. Tchaikovsky” in Moscow (Russia), the “Musikverein” in Vienna (Austria), the “Gasteig” Theatre in Munich (Germany), the “Auditorio Ciudad de León” theatre in León (Spain), the “F. Cilea” theatre in Reggio Calabria, the “G. Garibaldi” of Enna and the ‘Le Ciminiere’ theatre of Catania (Italy), the “Fentener van Vlissingenzaal” of the Conservatory of Utrecht (Netherlands), the “Sala de concerte Mihai Perian” of Timisoara (Romania), the “Moschato Tavros” Conservatory of Athens (Greece), the “Girijotas Concert Hall” of Vilnius (Lithuania), the “R. Llull” University of Barcelona (Spain) etc. He won more than 30 national and international music competitions, including the “St. Petersburg International Piano Competition” in St. Petersburg (Russia), the “Grand Prize Virtuoso” in Vienna (Austria), the “G. Campochiaro” Prize in Catania (Italy), the “San Francesco di Paola Prize” of Paola (Italy), the “Benedetto Albanese” Prize in Palermo (Italy), the “Rocky Mountain International Music Competition” in Toronto (Canada), the “Royal Sound Music Competition” in Montreal (Canada), among many others.