Piano
Biography
Prizewinner at the Viotti international competition in Varallo, Maurizio Moretta came to the piano at the Vincenzo Appiani music lyceum in Monza, with Rosamaria Losi and Gianluigi Centemeri, and graduated with highest distinction from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan, continuing with Vincenzo Balzani there and Ludwig Hoffmann in Munich. He has played in the Smetana Hall in Prague, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg and the Sala Verdi in Milan, and appeared as soloist with the Wiener Mozart Orchester, the North Czech Philharmonic, the Karlovy Vary Symphony, the Istanbul State Symphony and the State of Mexico Symphony. A native of Gravedona on Lake Como, he founded the Dongo-Menaggio-Porlezza music institute, which he directs, and is artistic director of the Pianomaster International Festival, the Varenna Festival and the Giuditta Pasta international voice competition. He graduated from the Milan conservatory in 1988.