Carlo Grante

Carlo Grante (born 1960) is an Italian classical pianist. Born in L'Aquila and graduating from the National Academy of St Cecilia in Rome, he performs classical and contemporary classical music. His discography consists of more than 50 albums.

Biography After graduating from the Conservatory of St. Cecilia under , Grante studied under Ivan Davis at the University of Miami, with Rudolf Firkusny at the Juilliard School in New York, and then with Alisa Kezheradze-Pogorelić in London.

Grante has performed and recorded a wide range of concert repertoire, focusing often on lesser-known works. His discography ranges from works by Franz Liszt and the complete sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti, to twentieth-century composers like Leopold Godowsky, Ferruccio Busoni and Kaikhosru Sorabji. He has performed with major orchestras across Europe such as Staatskapelle Dresden, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra i Pomeriggi Musicali, Cappella Istropolitana, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, and Vienna Symphony. Grante has also written scholarly articles regarding research into methodology and piano literature. In 1997, he gave a series of six recitals in New York. He performed again at the Newport Music Festival in 2011 and 2012.

A number of works have been dedicated to him, most notably Chopin Dreams and a Piano concerto by composer Bruce Adolphe.

Discography

Busoni: Works for Piano and Orchestra, Orchestra dei Pomeriggi musicali di Milano, Music & Arts CD-1047 Piano works by Busoni, Bloch, Finnissy & Flynn, Music & Arts CD-1247 Busoni, Troncon – P. Troncon: 6 Preludes and Fugues F. Busoni: Prélude et Etude; Fantasia nach Bach; Vivace e Leggero; Perpetuum mobile, Music & Arts CD-1157 Busoni, Vlad – Busoni: Fantasia Contrappuntistica, Roman Vlad: Opus Triplex, Music & Arts CD-1186-1 Muzio Clementi – The Sonatas for Solo Piano, Vol. 1, Altarus Leopold Godowsky Edition, Vol. 1 – Passacaglia; 12 Schubert Song Transcriptions, Music & Arts CD-984 Godowsky Edition, Vol. 2 – Bach Violin Sonatas Transcriptions, Music & Arts CD-1039 Godowsky Edition, Vol. 3 – Bach Cello Suites Transcriptions, Music & Arts CD-1046 Godowsky Edition, Vol. 4 – Studies on Chopin's Etudes, Music & Arts CD-1093 Godowsky Edition, Vol. 5 – Transcriptions from Weber, Schumann, Chopin, Music & Arts CD-1189 Godowsky Edition, Vol. 6 – "Renaissance" Transcriptions, Music & Arts CD-1215 Godowsky Edition, Vol. 7 – Transcriptions and Paraphrases, Albeniz to Richard Strauss, Music & Arts CD-1259 Godowsky Studies on Chopin's Etudes Vol. 1, Studien über die Etüden von Chopin Nos. 1–20, Altarus Air CD 9092 Godowsky Studies on Chopin's Etudes Vol. 2, Studien über die Etüden von Chopin Nos. 21–43, Altarus Air CD 9093 Godowsky Studies on Chopin's Etudes Vol. 3, Studien über die Etüden von Chopin Nos. 44–48, Passacaglia, 4 Chopin Waltz transcriptions, Altarus Air CD 9094 Giovanni Benedetto Platti Platti – Sonatas Vol. 1, Sonatas 1–4, Dante PSG9647 Platti – Sonatas Vol. 2, Sonatas 5–8, Dante PSG9648 Platti – Sonatas Vol. 3, Sonatas 9–13, Dante PSG9651 Liszt, Busoni, Sorabji – Liszt: Norma Fantasy, Don Juan Fantasy, Busoni: Sonatina super Carmen, Sorabji: Carmen Pastiche, Altarus Air CD Franz Liszt – Via crucis, Harmonies poétiques et religieuses Carlo Grante Live in New York – Liszt: Mazeppa, Sonata, Bach-Busoni: Chaconne Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Concerto K. 449 – Concerto K. 488 – Concerto K. 365 (Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome; B. Sieberer, cond.; Barbara Panzarella, piano II in K. 365), Music & Arts CD-1222 Poulenc; Saint-Saëns; Elliot – Music for Woodwinds and Piano, Altarus Air CD 9032 Sergei Rachmaninoff – Preludes Op. 32, Corelli Variations, Isle of the Dead (transcr. G. Kirkor) Music & Arts CD-1128 Scarlatti – Domenico Scarlatti, Vol. 1 (6 CDs, 90 Sonatas), 30 Essercizi, Parma book I: Sonatas 1–30, Parma book II: Sonatas 1–30, Music & Arts CD-1236 Scarlatti – Domenico Scarlatti, Vol. 2 (6 CDs, 90 Sonatas), Parma book III: Sonatas 1–30, Parma book IV: Sonatas 1–30, Parma book V: Sonatas 1–30, Music & Arts CD-1242 Franz Schmidt – Concertante Variations for piano (left hand) and orchestra, Concerto in E-flat major German Radio Orchestra, MDR Leipzig, Fabio Luisi, cond. Querstand VKJK 0611 Robert Schumann – Three Piano Sonatas, Sonata, Op. 11, Sonata, Op. 14, Sonata, Op. 22 Music & Arts CD-1120 Roman Vlad – Major piano works Cantata No. 3, "Le ciel est vide" Santa Cecilia Academy Chorus and Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli, cond. Music & Arts CD-1217 Maria Hofer – Toccata (piano solo) Ballada, for violoncello and piano (with Euden Prochak) Lieder (with Patrizia Cigna, Wolf Matthias Friedrich) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Twelve Variations on "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman"

Publications Criteri primari di metodologia pianistica, Rugginenti Editori, Milano, 2012 . English Fundamentals of Piano Methodology (2013),