Marina Scalafiotti
Marina Scalafiotti (born in Settimo Torinese, May 22, 1965) is an Italian pianist and teacher known for her great interpretations spanning from baroque to contemporary music.
Marina Scalafiotti started studying piano in the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi of Turin with d’Amelia Careggio. Once she obtained her diploma she continued her studies with Orazio Frugoni for the piano, with the Trio di Trieste for Chamber Music and with Giorgio Tabacco for the harpsichord.
During these years she obtained excellent results and won 23 important prizes in piano competitions. The Fondazione Romanini of Brescia then offered a scholarship allowing Marina Scalafiotti to study with Maria Golia, Lazar Berman, Boris Petrushansky and Boris Bloch.
Her concert career progressed quickly and she played in prestigious halls of Italy, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Argentina.
She performed for many radio recordings (Radio rai, Radio France, Bayerische Rundfunk), television (RAI, Classica (TV channel) canale satellitare) and discographic (Phonocomp).
in 1995, encouraged by Alexis Weissemberg and thanks to another scholarship offered by the De Sono association she moved to Paris to study with Nelson Delle-Vigne Fabbri (a former pupil of Claudio Arrau) at the Ecole Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot where she obtained her superior diplomas of Teaching, Execution and Chamber Music.
Marina Scalafiotti is often invited to teach in international master classes around the world, and is also regularly invited to be part of the Jury Committee in piano competitions.
Marina Scalafiotti currently teaches at the Music Conservatory of Turin.
There are very few commercial recordings of Marina Scalafiotti available, but she regularly publishes live recordings on her website and podcast.