Classical Connect Presents Pianist Alessandro Taverna

March 12, 2010 - PRLog -- Classical Connect (http://www.classicalconnect.com) is offering free access to a concert by the young Italian pianist Alessandro Taverna.  Mr. Taverna performed December 9, 2010 at the Chicago Cultural Center.  He played the music of Robert Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn, Olivier Messiaen and Franz Liszt.  

Mr. Taverna was born in 1983. He began his piano studies at the Music Academy of Santa Cecilia in Portogruaro, graduating cum laude at the Conservatorio C. Pollini in Padua in 2001.  In January 2009, Alessandro enrolled at the 'Santa Cecilia' National Music Academy in Rome.  Mr. Taverna has won numerous awards in national and international competitions.  In April 2009, he was awarded 2nd Prize at the London International Piano Competition, having played Chopin’s Concerto No.1 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall.

Mr. Taverna has toured throughout Italy and Europe, appearing in the 69th Maggio Musicale in Florence, the Semaines Musicales in Crans-Montana (Switzerland), and performing in London for the Italian Cultural Institute.  Alessandro Taverna has recorded for Radio Classica in Italy, for the Slovenian National RadioTelevision, and for ClassicFm Radio in South Africa.

“Mr. Taverna has an impressive technique,” said Sergey Zaks, Founder of Classical Connect (http://www.classicalconnect.com), “but also a keen musical ear.  Even though he played very popular composers, you wouldn’t hear the pieces he chose for his program often.  This is a very personal selection.”

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About Classical Connect. With the largest searchable library of free classical music on the Web, Classical Connect (http://www.classicalconnect.com) serves as a virtual concert hall for hundreds of musicians and thousands of music lovers all over the world.

Founded in 2008, Classical Connect is aimed at both professional classical musicians and classical music lovers alike. By allowing artists to freely upload full-length performances, this service enables artists to better promote themselves. And by allowing classical music lovers to listen to full-length performances, this service hopes to help them find new favorites they might have otherwise never discovered.