Costantino Catena | |
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Born | Polla, Italy | 6 April 1969
Education | it:Conservatorio Giuseppe Martucci Second University of Naples |
Occupation | pianist |
Years active | 1990–present |
Costantino Catena (born 6 April 1969) is an Italian classical pianist.
After graduating from the Giuseppe Martucci Salerno State Conservatoire under the guidance of Luigi D'Ascoli, Costantino Catena continued and completed his piano studies with Konstantin Bogino, Bruno Mezzena, Boris Bechterev and Aldo Ciccolini. He also studied composition and he graduated in Philosophy at the Salerno University and in Psychology at Second University of Naples.
Among the theaters in which he performed: Gasteig of Munich, Saint Petersburg Philharmonia, Moscow Conservatory, Kennedy Center and Georgetown University of Washington, Ravello Festival, Parco della Musica of Rome, Kusatsu Festival (Japan), Ohrid Festival (North Macedonia), Filarmonica de Stat of Cluj-Napoca, Triennale di Milano, Teatro Carlo Goldoni of Livorno, Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna.
He chairs the piano professorship in the Giuseppe Martucci State Conservatoire in Salerno and he is recording artist for Camerata Tokyo [1] since 2010.
Catena is a Yamaha Artist. [2]
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