- Salvatore Accardo
- Martha Argerich
- Leonora Armellini
- Luis Bacalov
- Yuri Bashmet and the Moscow Soloists
- Mario Brunello
- Kathia Buniatishvili
- Lyric Singers of the "Accademia del Teatro alla Scala"
- Massimilano Caldi
- Cuarteto Casals
- Umberto Clerici
- Pietro De Maria
- Giedre Dirvanauskaite
- Filippo Gamba
- Nelson Goerner
- Eduardo Hubert
- Chikara Iwamura
- David Kadouch
- Gidon Kremer
- Alexander Lonquich & Cristina Barbuti
- Andrea Lucchesini
- Claudio Martinez Mehner
- Vera Martinez Mehner
- Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto
- Antti Siirala
- Grigory Sokolov
- Eriko Sumi
- Jeffrey Swann
- Uto Ughi
- Krystian Zimerman
- World Youth Orchestra
Leonora Armellini
Born in Padua (Italy) on June 25th, 1992, Leonora began taking piano lessons when she was four with Laura Palmieri under whose guidance she attained her diploma in piano with the highest possible score (and honorable mention) in September 2004, when she was just twelve.
She is presently studying with Sergio Perticaroli at the National Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome.
She has also taken numerous piano perfectioning courses with such Masters as Lilya Zilberstine, Elissò Virsaladze, Pietro de Maria and Sergio Perticaroli.
She is enrolled in a composition course at the “C. Pollini” Conservatory in Padua under the guidance of Giovanni Bonato and is frequenting her third year at the Classical “Tito Livio” High School.
Beginning at the age of six she has won the first absolute category awards in numerous national and international contests.
The only Italian finalist, in September 2000 she won first place in the Italian television “Bravo Bravissimo” international contest with the highest possible score.
Leonora won the 9th “Best Italian Graduates Musical Review” for 2004 held in Castrocaro Terme during which a CD, distributed by the “Suonare News” magazine, was recorded and she received a special award, the “Salsubium Prize”.
In November 2005 she won the 22nd “Venice Prize” by a unanimous vote both by the technical panel headed by Roman Vlad as well as by the popular jury.
In 2006 she won the “Innerwheel for Women Award” in recognition of her extraordinary achievements within the context of her commitment to the artistic-cultural field, the “Adriano Lincetto Prize” for the best emerging talent, the “Pentagram Award”, and the “Tullio Besa Memorial Award”.
She has given more than two hundred soloist recitals in numerous Italian cities for a variety of associations, including a solo recital at “La Fenice” Theater in Venice for the 60th Anniversary of the Italian Republic, another in which she interpreted R. Schumann’s “album for the Young” in March 2006 for the 150th anniversary of the artist’s death at the invitation of the “F. Venezze” Muscial Association of Rovigo, concerts connected to the “The Schools of Music in Europe” for the new “Giovanni da Udine Theater season”, concerts at the “Teatro Verdi” of the University of Pisa representing the National Academy of Santa Cecilia (March 2008), and concerts within the context of the prestigious international “World Music Festival” in Assisi (December 2007 and April 2008), both transmitted by national television.
She has also given soloist performances with numerous orchestras (The Padua and Veneto Orchestra, the Konstrady Philharmoniker, the Turin Philharmonic Orchestra, the “La Fenice” Theater Orchestra, the Marchigiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the Symphonic Orchestra of Friuli Venezia Giulia, the Civic Woodwind Ensemble of Padua, the Italian Federation of Winds Ensembles, the “Virtuosi Italiani” Ensemble, “I Solisti” of Perugia, the Bruno Maderna Orchestra) with directors such as Damian Iorio, Stefano Trasimeni, Daniele Giorgi, Christopher Franklin, Corrado Rovaris, Zoltan Pesko, Anton Nanut, Alexander Rabinovich-Barakowsky, executing Mozart’s Piano Concerts KV414 and KV488, Haydn’s concert in Re Major and both of Chopin’s concerts.
In November 2007 she went on a tournee with the Alpe-Adria Youth Orchestra (directed by Luigi Pistore) with stops in Gorizia, Trieste and Vienna and in March-April with the Padua and Veneto Orchestra (directed by Alexander Rabinovich-Barakowsky) stopping in Padua, Venice and Milan.
She is also fascinated by chamber music and plays a vast repertoire of duettes with violoncello as well as quintets with bows in collaboration with such noted artists as Sonig Tchakerian and the “Broz Trio”.
She has recorded both Chopin concerts with the “Padua and Veneto Orchestra” and Anton Nanut and Alexander Rabinovich-Barakosky for the Velut Luna Recording Company.
She is presently studying with Sergio Perticaroli at the National Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome.
She has also taken numerous piano perfectioning courses with such Masters as Lilya Zilberstine, Elissò Virsaladze, Pietro de Maria and Sergio Perticaroli.
She is enrolled in a composition course at the “C. Pollini” Conservatory in Padua under the guidance of Giovanni Bonato and is frequenting her third year at the Classical “Tito Livio” High School.
Beginning at the age of six she has won the first absolute category awards in numerous national and international contests.
The only Italian finalist, in September 2000 she won first place in the Italian television “Bravo Bravissimo” international contest with the highest possible score.
Leonora won the 9th “Best Italian Graduates Musical Review” for 2004 held in Castrocaro Terme during which a CD, distributed by the “Suonare News” magazine, was recorded and she received a special award, the “Salsubium Prize”.
In November 2005 she won the 22nd “Venice Prize” by a unanimous vote both by the technical panel headed by Roman Vlad as well as by the popular jury.
In 2006 she won the “Innerwheel for Women Award” in recognition of her extraordinary achievements within the context of her commitment to the artistic-cultural field, the “Adriano Lincetto Prize” for the best emerging talent, the “Pentagram Award”, and the “Tullio Besa Memorial Award”.
She has given more than two hundred soloist recitals in numerous Italian cities for a variety of associations, including a solo recital at “La Fenice” Theater in Venice for the 60th Anniversary of the Italian Republic, another in which she interpreted R. Schumann’s “album for the Young” in March 2006 for the 150th anniversary of the artist’s death at the invitation of the “F. Venezze” Muscial Association of Rovigo, concerts connected to the “The Schools of Music in Europe” for the new “Giovanni da Udine Theater season”, concerts at the “Teatro Verdi” of the University of Pisa representing the National Academy of Santa Cecilia (March 2008), and concerts within the context of the prestigious international “World Music Festival” in Assisi (December 2007 and April 2008), both transmitted by national television.
She has also given soloist performances with numerous orchestras (The Padua and Veneto Orchestra, the Konstrady Philharmoniker, the Turin Philharmonic Orchestra, the “La Fenice” Theater Orchestra, the Marchigiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the Symphonic Orchestra of Friuli Venezia Giulia, the Civic Woodwind Ensemble of Padua, the Italian Federation of Winds Ensembles, the “Virtuosi Italiani” Ensemble, “I Solisti” of Perugia, the Bruno Maderna Orchestra) with directors such as Damian Iorio, Stefano Trasimeni, Daniele Giorgi, Christopher Franklin, Corrado Rovaris, Zoltan Pesko, Anton Nanut, Alexander Rabinovich-Barakowsky, executing Mozart’s Piano Concerts KV414 and KV488, Haydn’s concert in Re Major and both of Chopin’s concerts.
In November 2007 she went on a tournee with the Alpe-Adria Youth Orchestra (directed by Luigi Pistore) with stops in Gorizia, Trieste and Vienna and in March-April with the Padua and Veneto Orchestra (directed by Alexander Rabinovich-Barakowsky) stopping in Padua, Venice and Milan.
She is also fascinated by chamber music and plays a vast repertoire of duettes with violoncello as well as quintets with bows in collaboration with such noted artists as Sonig Tchakerian and the “Broz Trio”.
She has recorded both Chopin concerts with the “Padua and Veneto Orchestra” and Anton Nanut and Alexander Rabinovich-Barakosky for the Velut Luna Recording Company.