Costantino Catena

Costantino Catena
Costantino Catena with Massimo Quarta
Born	6 April 1969 Polla, Italy
Education	it:Conservatorio Giuseppe Martucci Salerno University Second University of Naples
Occupation	pianist
Years active	1990–present

Costantino Catena (born 1969) is an Italian pianist.

He was born in Polla. After graduating from the Giuseppe Martucci Salerno State Conservatoire under the guidance of Luigi D'Ascoli, Costantino Catena continued and completed his piano studies with Konstantin Bogino, Bruno Mezzena, Boris Bechterev and Aldo Ciccolini. He also studied composition and he graduated in Philosophy at the Salerno University and in Psychology at Second University of Naples.

His concertistic activity is as soloist and he is active in the field of chamber music too, collaborating with leading artists such as Alessandro Carbonare, Michele Lomuto, Franco Maggio Ormezowski, Gabriele Geminiani, Massimo Quarta, Saschko Gawriloff, Sabrina-Vivian Hopker, Claudio Casadei, Lynne Dawson, Mauro Tortorelli, Maja Bogdanovich, Claudio Brizi, Quartetto Savinio.

He chairs the piano professorship in the Domenico Cimarosa State Conservatoire in Avellino and he is recording artist for Camerata Tokyo ^[1] since 2010.

Costantino Catena is Yamaha Artist.^[2]

Discography

• Camerata Tokyo CMBD-80005 (2013) The Sound of the Concert Grand Fazioli F278: Costantino Catena plays Debussy and Schumann ^[3]
• Camerata Tokyo CMCD-28309 (2014) Richard Strauss and The Piano (Costantino Catena & Quartetto Savinio) ^[4]
• Camerata Tokyo CMCD-28299 (2014) Franz Liszt: Piano Trios (Costantino Catena, piano - Paolo Franceschini, violin - Claudio Casadei, cello)^[5]
• Camerata Tokyo CMCD-28293 (2013) The Hidden Orchestra (Hiromi Okada & Costantino Catena, piano - Claudio Brizi, organ)^[6]
• Camerata Tokyo CMCD-99077～8 (2 CD, 2013) Harmonium Pearls (Claudio Brizi, harmonium - Costantino Catena & Carlo Palese, piano) ^[7]
• Camerata Tokyo CMCD-15133〜4(2 CD, 2012) Franz Liszt: Venezia e Napoli (Costantino Catena, piano)^[8]
• Camerata Tokyo CMCD-28320 (2015) Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet op. 44 & Piano Quartet op. 47 (Costantino Catena & Quartetto Savinio)^[9]
• Camerata Tokyo CMCD-20109～10 (2 CD, 2011) Franz Liszt: Complete Works for violin and piano (Mauro Tortorelli, violin - Costantino Catena, piano)^[10]
• Nuova Era International NE-7395(2005) Thalberg/Liszt: Works for violin and piano (Mauro Tortorelli, violin - Costantino Catena, piano)^[11]
• Phoenix Classics PH-99512 (1999) Ferenc Liszt: Musica per violino e pianoforte (Mauro Tortorelli, violin - Costantino Catena, piano)^[12]
• Oracle Records (2014) The greatest classical piano masterpieces (Costantino Catena, piano)^[13]
• Istituto Liszt (2008) Rarità lisztiane (Mauro Tortorelli, violin - Costantino Catena, piano)^[14]

References

1. http://camerata.co.jp/artist/detail.php?id=1575
2. https://criticaclassica.wordpress.com/2016/01/28/il-pianista-costantino-catena-nominato-yamaha-artist/
3. http://www.camerata.co.jp/music/detail.php?serial=CMBD-80005
4. http://www.camerata.co.jp/music/detail.php?id=899
5. http://www.camerata.co.jp/music/detail.php?serial=CMCD-28299
6. http://www.camerata.co.jp/music/detail.php?serial=CMCD-28293
7. http://www.camerata.co.jp/music/detail.php?serial=CMCD-99077%EF%BD%9E8
8. http://www.camerata.co.jp/music/detail.php?serial=CMCD-15133%E3%80%9C4
9. http://www.camerata.co.jp/music/detail.php?serial=CMCD-28320
10. http://www.camerata.co.jp/music/detail.php?serial=CMCD-20109%EF%BD%9E10
11. http://www.amazon.it/Thalberg-Liszt-Works-Violin-Piano/dp/B008WKAT1A
12. http://www.phoenixaudiosystem.it/catalog/ph99512.htm
13. https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/greatest-classical-piano-masterpieces/id941007198
14. http://www.innominato.org/biblioteca/cataloghi/spogli.php?ident=CD.B.1076.3&m_autore=&m_titolo=&m_interpreti=&m_organico=&m_casa_ed=&m_ovunque=&genere=