Domenico Codispoti

"One of the finest young concert pianists I know. He has superb technical command, exceptionally fine taste in his interpretations, impressive maturity". These where the words of the great Gyorgy Sandor after awarding Domenico Codispoti with the 1st Prize at the Pilar Bayona International Piano Competition (member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions) in Zaragoza, Spain, which marked the beginning of his international career.

Hailed by international critic as "one of the greatest Italian talents of today" (Prague), "a fully mature virtuoso in the highest meaning of the word" (Reykjavik), "one of the most elegant and musical artists of his generation" (Jaén), "a skilled storyteller, always imaginative and inventive" (Hong Kong), Italian pianist Domenico Codispoti is also winner of the Ferrol International Piano Competition and 2nd prize at Premio Jaén (WFIMC), with the Rosa Sabater Prize for the best performance of Spanish Music.

His concerto appearances include performances with Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana, Warsaw Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Chamber Orchestra, and Iceland Symphony Orchestra among others, under conductors such as Rumon Gamba, Kirill Karabits, Tomas Koutnik, Andrzej Straszynsky and Christopher Warren-Green. His recital activity has brought him to major venues in Europe, America and Asia, with performances featured on Italian RAI, Spanish National Radio and Television, Icelandic National Radio, and US networks.

Domenico has recorded for Dynamic (Rachmaninov) and Cable Musical (Schumann, Chopin). Reviewing his most recent CD with Odradek Records (Liszt, Granados), International Piano Magazine called Domenico "a distinguished performer with a formidable technique", adding that "his account of Liszt's Sonata is gripping from start to finish, measured in tempo but with a palpable understanding of the overall structure and relish of the work's bigger moments". Of the same CD, US magazine Clavier Companion says: "Domenico Codispoti is a sophisticated and poetic pianist who gives imaginative and refined performances of Liszt's Sonata in B Minor, the Petrarch Sonnets, and Granados's El Amor y la Muerte. Codispoti consistently produces a beautiful singing tone, with every note carefully weighted and voiced... the playing is wholly convincing throughout. Codispoti's conception of the sonata is enormous and majestic; the three sonnets... exhibit an exquisite lyricism. The Granados ballade... is given a thoroughly polished and thoughtful performance".