Claudia Vento

Described by critic Roberto Iovino in La Repubblica as an interpreter endowed with impeccable technical skills and admirable control of sound, she was born in Lavagna on 16 February 2004.

In 2024 she obtained her Bachelor’s degree with top marks (110/110 cum laude and with honors) from the “Scarlatti” Conservatory in Palermo, studying under Maestro Vincenzo Marrone D’Alberti. She is currently attending the Accademia del Ridotto for a two-year advanced concert diploma. She also graduated from scientific high school with full marks (100/100).

During her studies, she has received numerous awards in national and international competitions. Among her Absolute First Prizes are: the International Competition “Sono Spazio” (Villa Borzino, Busalla, 2025), the Toscana Città di Cascina Prize – solo piano section (98/100), the Golden Classical Music Award (New York, 2021), the “Silk Way” International Competition (Moscow, 2021), the Rocky Mountain Music Competition and Festival (Canada, 2021), the Grand Prize Virtuoso Competition (London, 2021), the 19th Valsesia Musica Juniores Competition with the Monterosa Kawai Prize (Varallo, 2018), as well as numerous other competitions in Moncalieri, Cortemilia, Lovere, Vimodrone, Paris, and Milan.

She has also won several First Prizes, including the International Music Competition “Future Artists” – City of Polizzi Generosa (99/100 and Special Audience Prize, 2025), the Orbetello Piano Competition (97/100, 2025), the “Sono Spazio” Competition (chamber music section, 2024), the Rome International Piano Competition, the “Domenico Scarlatti” Competition, the “Felix Mendelssohn” Review in Alassio, the “Giulio Rospigliosi” Competition, and many other Italian piano competitions.

Among other distinctions are: 2nd Prize at the Odin International Music Online Competition (Estonia, 2021), 2nd Prize at the Franz Liszt Center Piano Competition (Spain, 2021), the Special “Nkoda” Prize at the International “Ettore Pozzoli” Competition (Seregno, 2018), as well as third prizes in international competitions in Granada, Malta, and Switzerland.

She has performed on important international stages, including Carnegie Hall in New York (2022), the Puccini Hall of the Milan Conservatory (2019), the St. Petersburg International Piano Festival, and prestigious venues in Poland, the United Kingdom, Chile, and Spain.

She has collaborated with conductors such as Ovidiu Balan and Pietro Borgonovo, performing with the “M. Jora” State Philharmonic Orchestra of Bacău, the “A. Vivaldi” Symphony Orchestra, the Ferruccio Busoni Orchestra, the State Orchestra of Concepción (Chile), and the Sanremo Symphony Orchestra.

Among her most recent achievements are the world premiere of R. Cecconi’s Schindler’s List (March 2025), a tribute to Montale for the “Parole Spalancate” Festival (June 2025), and a performance of Mozart’s Requiem in its four-hand piano version (February 2026).