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Costantino Catena

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Emotional Schumann masterpieces by Italian piano virtuoso CatenaThis is the second in the series of "Schumann Piano Works" recorded by Italian piano virtuoso Costantino Catena, who began recording in 2012. This album was recorded in 2016-18 at the Museo di St. Croce in Umbertide, Umbria, Italy, known for its excellent acoustics and many famous recordings, and focuses on works by Schumann in his 20s. The young Schumann's "fusion of words and music" is the subject of Catena's emotionally rich performance. Costantino Catena, piano, studied with Luigi d'Ascoli at the Giuseppe Martucci Conservatory in Salerno, where he graduated with honors. He studied with Costantino Bogino, Bruno Mezzena, and Boris Bekhterev.His encounters with Aldo Ciccolini, Michele Campanella and Joaquin Atiucaro were also important turning points in his musical studies. He has won numerous prizes in national and international competitions and has been invited to perform at major musical and cultural organizations, institutions, and festivals. In recent years, he participated in a performance of all piano works organized in Rome in 2011 by the Conservatory of St. Cecilia, the Chigiana Conservatory, and the Liszt Society to commemorate the bicentennial of the birth of Liszt. In the field of chamber music, he has performed with Alessandro Carbonare (cl), Franco Maggio Olmeczowski, Gabriele Geminiani, Maja Bogdanovic, Claudio Casadi (vc), Michele Romuto (tb), Sashiko Gavrilov, Sabrina-Vivian Hebker ( vn), Lynn Dawson (sop), Claudio Brizi (org), Savinio SQ, and others. Recorded with Phoenix and Nuova Era labels.He has also recorded numerous CDs for Camerata Tokyo. While performing, he holds degrees in Philosophy from the University of Salerno and Psychology from the University of Naples. He has been working on psychodynamics in music performance. He also teaches piano at the Conservatory of Music in Salerno and is an official Yamaha artist. Camerata Tokyo