Click to enlarge
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

ABOUT ANDREA BONATTA

Andrea Bonatta is one of the most outstanding Italian pianists and a very successful conductor. He recorded the complete piano work by Brahms as well as many other CD by Liszt and Schubert getting top critical rewiews. His book about the piano work by Brahms is considered a milestone in this field. He has played in the most prestigious concert halls in the world and is jury member of many international competitions. Bonatta is the Artistic Adviser of the Busoni Competition in Bolzano and Honorary Professor of the Shanghai Conservatory.

 
  • "Talento, salda professionalità ed una esperta misura espressiva… austera e poetica nobiltà… autorevolezza e grande successo"
    (Corriere della Sera, Roma)
  • “An immense pianistic and intellectual challenge… impressive skill…the innate drama and admirable romantic vision were splendidly conveyed”
    (The Age, Melbourne)
  • “Ein hervorragender Pianist… Ein Künstler wir Bonatta veredelt auch schwächere Kompositionen“
    (Die Welt, Hamburg)
 
 
  • "Un poeta del piano es el concertista Andrea Bonatta…Este pianista imprima a cada pieza el sello de su personalidad inspirada e inspira dora"
    (El Mercurio, Santiago de Chile)
  • “Virtuos, mit Sinn für Form und Klang des Werkes spielte er die “Bénédiction de Dieu“ aus Liszts „Harmonies“, wie ein doppeltes Glaubenbekenntnis, religiös wie romantisch, voller magischer Momente“
    (WAZ, Essen)
  • "Bonatta is een stilist tot in perfecctie, zowel qua vormgeving als in zijn spel. Het touché van de Italiaanse maestro is fluwelig an stijl an intimiteit gaan consequent voor luidruchtig vertoon"
    (Utrechts Nieuwsblad, Utrecht)
  • "Andrea Bonatta in der Weimarer Altenburg…Echtheit der Empfindungen…Eindrucksvoll… am großartigsten war die Wirkung wohl bei Liszts Trauervorspiel und bei Busonis Sonatina Seconda"
    (Weimarer Allgemeine, Weimar)
  • "Un concerto che difficilmente potrà essere dimenticato… miracolosa l`esattezza delle esecuzioni e la purezza cristallina del tocco…mente lucida e grande interiorità, uso accorto e nobilissimo del pedale, una lettura approfondita, quasi una filologia del documento musicale"
    (Corriere del Mezzogiorno, Messina)