Giovanni Allevi
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| Birth name | Giovanni Allevi |
| Born | April 9, 1969 |
| Origin | Ascoli Piceno, Italy |
| Genre(s) | Classical pianoforte Crossover |
| Occupation(s) | Soloist Composer |
| Instrument(s) | Piano |
| Years active | 1997 — Present |
| Website | [1] |
Giovanni Allevi (born Ascoli Piceno, 9 April 1969) is an Italian pianist and composer.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Cultural education
He got a first-class diploma both in piano to the "F. Morlacchi"'s conservatoire in Perugia and in composition to the "G. Verdi" academy of music in Milan. He had a degree cum laude in Philosophy with the thesis entitled "Il vuoto nella Fisica contemporanea" and he frequented the Arezzo's Accademia Internazionale di Alto Perfezionamento, under the leadership of the maestro Carlo Alberto Neri.
In the 1991 he completed the liability to military service in the Banda Nazionale of the Italian Army. The master of the band noticed his piano talent and so he decided to put the piano soloist in his inventory. He played the Rhapsody in blue by George Gershwin and the Warsaw Concerto by Richard Addinsell in his capacity as piano soloist of the Banda, during a tour in a lot of italian theatres. At the end of the military service, Allevi started presenting in concert a repertory comprehending exclusively his own compositions for the pianoforte he only and side by side frequented the courses of "Bio-music and music therapy" by the teacher Mario Corradini, in which he studied in detail his consciousness of the great power of the music that is able to render free and to evoke remembrances, images and emotions. In the 1996 he set to music the tragedy The Trojan Women by Euripides, represented on the occasion of the International Festival of the Ancient Drama in Siracusa, winning the special prize for the best scene musics. In the 1997 he won the international selections for young concertists at the San Filippo Theatre in Turin.
[edit] Books
La Musica in Testa - His first book that has been published the 5 March 2008. It's a diary which collects his thoughts, his experiences and the ancdotes that were along with him until his success.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio's albums/CD
- 13 Dita (1997)
- Composizioni (2003)
- No concept (2005)
- Joy (2006)
- Evolution (13 giugno 2008)
[edit] Live
- Allevilive (2007)
[edit] Concerts/DVD
- Joy tour 2007 (2007)
[edit] Musical editions
- No Concept, piano score, Carisch, Milano 2006, ISBN 978-88-50709-59-5
- Joy, piano score, Carisch, Milano 2007, ISBN 978-88-50711-43-7
- Pianoforte a quattro mani, four-hands piano score, Carisch, Milano 2008, ISBN 978-88-50712-76-2 (it contains the transcription of the following pieces for the four-hands piano: Back to life, Come sei veramente, Vento d'Europa, Jazzmatic)
