Epifanio Comis

Epifanio Comis studied music at the “Vincenzo Bellini” music institute in Catania under the guidance of Agatella Catania, graduated in piano performance with full marks, praise and honorable mention.
 Afterwards he attained the High specialization course diploma at the Euterpe Academy under Boris Petrushanskj achieving from the very first year an honorable mention for Liszt and Rachmaninoff performances.
 His meeting with Piero Rattalino was very profitable since this completed his musical training.
 He achieved success in more than 30 national and international music competitions, he started the concert career by performing in Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Russia, Romania, Hungary, U.S.A., Thailand, and China with the most famous orchestras such as the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra of Bucharest, the Radio Orchestra of Bucharest, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Kiev, the Karlovy VarySymfonic Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Szeged, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj, the Tulare County Symphony Orchestra of California, the Plainfield Symphony Orchestra, the OrquestraSinfonica UANL of Mexico, the Orchestra Sinfonicadel Teatro Bellini di Catania, the Orchestra SinfonicaSiciliana, The Orchestra Filarmonica del TeatroBellini, the Osaka Symphoniker, the Kioto Symphony and in prestigious halls such as the State Discotheque in Rome, the Massimo Bellini Theatre in Catania, theSala delle Erbe in Milan, the Athenйe Roman in Bucharest, the Chankaichek Theatre in Taipei, the Concert Hall in Kyoto, the Archaic Hall of Amagasaki and the Symphony Hall in Osaka.
 His debut in a recital at the Carnegie Hall in New York obtaining a great success from both the audience and from the critics; appreciations extended even to his conductor career and chamber music activity that led him to work together with prestigious American ensembles such as the Ciompi String Quartet.
 He is invited yearly to piano Master Classes at the Hunter College in New York, at the North Carolina University, at the Duke University of Durham, at the Ecole Normale de Musique of Paris, at the Thessaloniki State Conservatory, at the Monterrey University in Mexico,at the Manhattan School of Music NY, at the West Chester University Philadelphia, at the State Moscow Conservatoire by Tchaikovsky and at Chopin Academy in Warsaw and Chopin college in Moscow where he also gives a Superior Music Course on the Concert for piano and orchestra.
 Epifanio Comis is active also as conductor and he is permanent guest conductor of the Donetsk Philharmonic Orchestra and the Medtner symphony Orchestra in Moscow.
 He is on the teaching staff for the main piano course at the Vincenzo Bellini’s conservatory in Catania and at Accademia Pianistica Siciliana. His students have already a lot of International Prizes. In 2013 his student Alessandro Mazzamuto won International Classical Music Awards – ICMA as an ‘Young Artist of the Year’.
 Comis’s frequently invited as a juror in international competitions.
 In May 2013 E. Comis conducted Filharmony Symphony Orchestra in Donetsk on Rachmaninoff Festival all Piano concertos and the   Symphonies.
 Anniversary Rachmaninov's 2013 year Maestro Comis was invited as a member of jury to the Fifth International Rachmaninoff piano competition in Moscow. In the same year He has won The First International Sergey Rachmaninov Award. The Award ceremony took place at Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Moscow. This award from the Russian Rachmaninov Society and International Foundation “Belcanto” is conferred on individuals who take a special interest in Rachmaninov’s work and spirit and is intended to support and pay tribute to their work.
 Epifanio Comis is Artistic Director of ConcerFest Pianistica Siciliana festival in Moscow.