Musical experiences
Lisa’s family is not a musician’s family but since she was a child she always had a great passion for music and for every form of art.
Thereby while she was at school, she was admitted at the music Conservatory “Domenico Cimarosa” in the class of M. Lina Tufano, and in 2011 she graduated in piano with “summa cum laude” presenting an experimental program entirely based on Ravel music. Her interest in French music led her to take an advanced course in Paris in 2013-2014 with the pianist Huseyin Sermet.
Lisa has been awarded prizes in many competitions including:
first prize at the international piano competition “Albert Roussel” of Sofia (thanks to she had many concerts in the Bulgarian capital); second prize at the “international piano competition Vietri sul mare” in Amalfi Coast; first prize at the “international competition of execution and musical composition Don Vincenzo Vitti''(Bari); first prize at the ''concours musical de France'' in Paris; second prize at the “international competition Gianluca Campochiaro'' in Sicily; in 2019 first prize at the “Amsterdam virtuoso piano competition” ; first prize at the “Golden Classical music Awards”; second prize at the North International Music Competition and second prize at the “international music competition Brussels virtuoso piano”( thanks to she has had the opportunity to perform at the Studio Recital Hall at Centre for Fine Arts of Brussels); first prize at the “European competition ''don Matteo Colucci''; third prize at “Ischia” international piano competition; second prize at the “Carles and Sofia piano competition”; second prize at the “King’s Peak international piano competition”; third prize at the 2021 “American music talent competition” organized by the American Youth Musician Union; honorable mention at the “Bradshaw and Buono international piano competition” of New York. More recently, semifinalist at the " George Gershwin piano competition " (New York) and she has been admitted to take part to the competition "Notre Dame de Sion" that will be held in Instanbul in November.
She played for many musical associations and festivals:
festival “Pianocity” in Naples and Milan, “Leonel Morales and friends music festival” in Granada, William Walton’s Foundation (London - Ischia), “BOZAR” in Bruxelles, Earth and People National Museum (Sofia), Association “Amici della musica” of Alcamo, musical Association “Giuseppe Albanese” (Palermo), “Euroarts academy concerts series” (Germany), Madrid music Hall (Madrid), “Academie Maurice Ravel” in Saint Jaen de Luz, "Salle Yamaha" in Paris, ''Marevivo'' association, Napolinova association, ''Premio internazionale di poesia Ciro Coppola”, Conservatoire municipal Chatillon Montrouge, Conservatory of music “D. Cimarosa”, Auditorium “V. Vitale”, philosophy’s Festival “la filosofia, il castello e la Torre” (Ischia), Sala Scarlatti (Naples) etc...
In summer 2016 she has been selected to participate to the summer course of the “Academie internationale de musique Maurice Ravel” in Saint- Jaen de Luz and during this experience she held some concerts and public Masterclasses, where she has obtained numerous feedback by public.
She has participated in Masterclasses given by many great pianists and pedagogues including:
Rena Shereshevskaya (in Paris), Huseyin Sermet, Alexander Hintchev, Olivier Gardon, Jean Claude Pennetier, Antonio Pompa Baldi, Giuseppe Devastato and Pasquale Iannone. She performs regularly as soloist and in chamber formations, proposing repertoires based on different themes or topics. In particular, her repertoire includes most of the works by Ravel, Albeniz, De Falla, Mozart, Debussy, Poulenc, Clementi, Scarlatti, Haydn, Beethoven, Liszt, Prokofiev, Messiaen, Bartok, Grieg, Walton, Cilea, Alfano, Berio etc. She is very focused on contemporary repertoire too (in particular on authors as Escaich, Desyatnikov, Adams etc.).
She cooperated as accompanying pianist of double bassist Adriano Calicchio in the class of Maestro M. Rino Zurzolo at the Conservatory “Nicola Sala” (Benevento) and in the class of piano of Maestro Lina Tufano at the Conservatory “Cimarosa” (Avellino).
Recently she has recorded some pieces by Rachmaninov and Grieg for the movie “Frammenti” selected for some important international film festivals.
The next year, her first album will be published with the classical label Audite.
In addition to her musical and artistic activity, she is dedicated to the teaching activity.