Federico Colli was born in Brescia (Italy) in August 1988.
TRAINING
He studied with Giancarlo Facchinetti, and Sergio Marengoni at the R. Romanini European Academy Foundation in Brescia, earning in 2005 a Diploma in piano at the G. Verdi Conservatory of Milan with a score of 10 and praise. He subsequently obtained the Diploma at the V. Gambara High Musical School of Brescia and the Chamber Music Master at the Imola Piano Academy. Currently, he studies with Boris Petrushansky at the Imola Academy Incontri col Maestro and Konstantin Bogino at the St. Cecilia Academy of Bergamo. He has participated in masterclasses and lessons with M. Rybicki, R. Cappello, R. Zadra, E. Virsaladze, J. O'Conor, N. Trull, F. Scala, P. Gililov, P. Gulda, J. Soriano and A. Lonquich. He cooperates in Chamber music with the cellist Alberto Casadei (Rimini, 1987), which won the 1st Prize with Special Prize at the International Chamber Music Competition Gaetano Zinetti 2009 of Mantua and Verona.
AWARDS
It was awarded with the Gonfalone Prize and the Grosso d'argento Prize as musician of the year 2011, for representing foreign the talent of his city and giving prestige to the city of Brescia.
He resulted Winner: of the Review The best graduates of X Castrocaro Terme, Italy in 2006; of the Piano Prize Vanna Spadafora of Rome, with Special Prize, in 2007; of the Review New careers CIDIM - Rome 2008, with Special Prize; of the 1st Absolute Prize, with Special Prizes, at the International Piano and Orchestra Competition City of Cantù, Italy 2008; of the Humane Society Scholarship of Milan, with Special Prize, in 2008; of the Special Prize Ernest Remy at the International Meeting of young pianists 2008 in Paris; of the Special Prize Educational Award at the London International Piano Competition 2009; of the 1st Prize, with Special Prizes, at the International Mozart Competition 2011 in Salzburg.
PERFORMANCES
He mostly played: in the St. Barnabas Theatre of Brescia for the Association GIA; in the Piatti Hall of Bergamo for the Company's Quartet; for the Association Francesco Soldano of Brescia; in the Conciliation Auditorium of Rome with the Rome Symphony Orchestra, Director Luc Baghdassarian; at the Politeama Garibaldi Theatre in Palermo, for the Sicily Association Friends of the Music; in Milan and Turin for the MiTo International Festival; in the Verdi Hall of the Milan Conservatory for the Concert Society; for the Humaniter Foundation of Milan and Naples; in the Paisiello Theatre of Lecce for the Mendelssohn Festival; in the Grande Theatre of Brescia and in the foyer of the Donizetti Theatre of Bergamo for the International Piano Festival; with the Sicily Sinphonic Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Paszkovski; with the Aukso Polish Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Marek Mos; with the Chamber Orchestra of Brescia, Concertmaster Filippo Lama; at the Social Theatre of Brescia, with the International Festival Orchestra of Brescia and Bergamo conducted by Pier Carlo Orizio; at the Philharmonic Theatre of Verona, with the Arena of Verona Orchestra conducted by Francesco Lanzillotta; at the Konserthuset of Stockholm; in the Kursaal Arena of Bern; in the Salle Cortot of Paris for the Animated Association; in the Royal Castle of Warsaw for the Italian Institute of Culture; in the Nikkei Hall and in the Musashino Cultural Hall of Tokyo; in a concert tour in Germany with the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn, conducted by Heribert Beissel, performing in the Konzerthaus of Berlin, in the Beethovensaal of Stuttgart and Bonn, in the Herkulessaal of Monaco and in the Laeiszhalle of Hamburg; at the Musikverein of Wien; in Spain, Slovenia, Sweden, Portugal and Croatia.
Revision: May 2012
