Anna Rigoni
Anna graduated with honors and an Honorable Mention from the “A. Pedrollo” Conservatory in Vicenza, where she studied with Riccardo Zadra. She continued her studies with Maria Grazia Bellocchio at the “G. Donizetti” Conservatory in Bergamo, completing her Second-Level Academic Diploma with highest honors. Her artistic development then led her to the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, where she studied with Naum Grubert, and to the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where she joined Lilya Zilberstein’s postgraduate class. She later moved to the United States to pursue her studies at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, where she studied with Roberto Plano on a full scholarship, receiving the Performer Diploma and serving as an Associate Instructor. Her passion for chamber music led her to the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, where she completed the Diploma di Alto Perfezionamento in Chamber Music.
Anna Rigoni has been praised by Christopher Axworthy, Artistic Director of the Keyboard Charitable Trust in London, as “a pianist who demonstrates a maturity far beyond her young age.” Admired for “her poetry and exquisite control of sound in her performances,” she has appeared at important festivals and Italian concert halls including the Sale Apollinee of Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Palazzo Chigi and Teatro dei Rinnovati in Siena, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Teatro Palladium, Vatican Museums in Rome and Ridotto Gavazzeni of Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo.
She has also appeared at Klavierhaus in New York, the Indiana Landmarks Center, the Haitinkzaal and Sweelinckzaal in Amsterdam, the Roter Salon in Vienna, the Lietuvos nacionalinis muziejus in Vilnius, and the Lanserhaus in Appiano for the Piano Academy Eppan.
Selected by the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, she performed Schumann’s Piano Concerto with Orchestra Senzaspine at Teatro dei Rinnovati in Siena for the final concert of Daniele Gatti’s conducting class. Winner of the Young Artists Piano Solo Series in Rome, she was also invited to play with Roma Tre Orchestra in a series of concerts conducted by Massimiliano Caldi.
She has taken part in the “Liszt and his Pupils” Festival of the American Liszt Society, giving both a recital and a lecture on Liszt’s relationship with Italy at Auer Hall, Bloomington, USA.
She regularly performs in Italian concert series such as the Festival Cristofori in Padua, Amici della musica, Trieste Classica, Roma Tre Orchestra, the Società del Quartetto di Vicenza performing at Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Steinway and Sons Italy, the Settimane Musicali al Teatro Olimpico, Fondazione Monte di Pietà in Vicenza, the Fazioli Showroom in Milan for Associazione Musicale Kreisleriana, Steinway & sons and Palazzina Liberty in Milan, Asolo Mattinée, Iseo Classica, the FVG International Music Meeting in Sacile, among others. As a scholarship recipient at the 32nd and 33rd International Music Festivals of Portogruaro, she was invited to perform in the concert series of the Fondazione di Santa Cecilia in Portogruaro. She has also performed works by Stefano Gervasoni at the Contemporary Music Hub in Milan under the guidance of Maria Grazia Bellocchio. She hold a solo recital in Teatro delle Clarisse, Rapallo, Italy as First Prize Winner at IV Concorso Pianistico Internazionale “Andrea Baldi” in Bologna
Anna’s repertoire ranges from Bach to contemporary music, with a particular affinity for Romantic works and early 20th-century compositions. Alongside her traditional performances, she loves to present Jeux d’eau a multimedia recital in which her piano interpretations are accompanied by poetic water-themed videos, offering audiences a richly immersive and captivating experience. She has recorded a CD for the Movimento Classical label, forthcoming soon.
At Indiana University, she was selected by the Jacobs School of Music to participate in a public masterclass with Emanuel Ax at the Bloomington Auditorium, where she performed Schubert’s last piano sonata.
She has also studied with Massimiliano Ferrati and Stefania Redaelli and taken part in masterclasses with Boris Berman, Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy, John O’Conor, Benedetto Lupo, Roberto Prosseda, Bruno Canino, Trio di Parma, Aleksandar Madžar, Andrea Bonatta, Matti Raekallio and Trio di Parma.
Teaching plays an essential role in Anna’s life. She has served as Associate Instructor at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and as a professor for pre-academic piano courses at the Conservatory of Rimini. She is currently on the faculty of Le Conservatoire Wien and the Amadeus Music and Arts Academy in Vienna.