Claudia De Natale
Curriculum:
Claudia De Natale has studied with Riccardo Risaliti and graduated with highest mark at the “G. Verdi” Music Conservatory in Milan; she has attended masterclasses in Neaples, Trieste (International Chamber Music School of Duino), Siena (Accademia Chigiana), Bruxelles, Konservatorium in Wien (Austria) with famous musicians such as Trio di Trieste, Altenberg Trio, Hans Kann, Nelson Delle Vigne, Francesco Nicolosi. Winner of prizes and awards in many national and international competitions, she has given concerts as a soloist and in chamber groups in Italy (Milan, Rome, Florence, Neaples, Trieste, Udine, Fermo, Fabriano and abroad (Vienna University of Music, Kiev, Sophia International Chamber Music Festival). Claudia De Natale has been teaching Piano Accompaniment and worked as pianist in Opera singing and Vocal Chamber Music courses at the “C. Pollini” Padua Conservatory, “S. Cecilia” in Rome, “A. Scarlatti” in Palermo, “A. Scontrino” in Trapani, “N. Paganini” in Genua. During her career she has also taught Musical Theory and Practice for Ballet Accompaniment at the “Tito Livio” Milan secondary school and has been Director of “Civico Istituto G. B. Sammartini” of Music, Dance and Theatre in San Donato Milanese. Author of articles and essays on music and didactical aspects of piano teaching she has taken active part in projects for the diffusion of music in schools in cooperation with Fondazione Cariplo and Fondazione Gioventù Musicale d’Italia.