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02/04/2025
Masterclass at Debrecen University announced!
DEADLINE 20 May 2025!
Giovanni Bertolazzi will hold a piano masterclass from 9 to 13 July 2025 at the University of Music in Debrecen (Hungary), organised by the Young Musician's Summer Academy – YMSA.
28/03/2025
Wonderful review for Bertolazzi's Beethoven Emperor at the Teatro Massimo Bellini!
Giovanni Bertolazzi's Beethoven 5th Piano Concerto with M° Riccardo Bisatti at the Teatro Massimo Bellini (Catania) receives a splendid review by Dario Miozzi in MUSICA magazine (Italy).
25/02/2025
Giovanni Bertolazzi hosted by Rai Radio3 - Stanza della Musica
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Giovanni Bertolazzi converses with Stefano Valanzuolo and performs Liszt, Bach-Busoni, Vecsey- Cziffra and Puccini at “Stanza della Musica” (Rai Radio3).
25/01/2025
Rachmaninov 3rd Piano Concerto at Tirana National Opera House
“Performed by the virtuoso pianist Giovanni Bertolazzi, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 is a masterpiece that captivated the audience with its sensitivity and dramatic power, taking every note on an intense spiritual journey.” The concert was conducted by M° Sergio Alapont
10/11/2024
“I won the Liszt prize with the longest piano”– Article in Corriere della Sera
A beautiful article by Helmut Failoni in Corriere della Sera dedicated to Giovanni Bertolazzi's winning of the Liszt Prize. “I won the Liszt prize with the longest piano”: read the complete article in La Lettura - Corriere della Sera
25/10/2024
Bertolazzi e il pianoforte più lungo del mondo: coppia vincente a Budapest
Read the complete article by Francesca Saglimbeni on L'Arena.
22/10/2024
Bertolazzi received “Liszt Grand Prix du Disque” from Liszt Society Budapest
Giovanni Bertolazzi is awarded the 43rd “Liszt Ferenc International Grand Prix du Disque” by the Liszt Society of Budapest for his Liszt records, published by the Borgato Collection label and recorded on the world's longest Grand-piano, the BORGATO Grand Prix 333. The award ceremony took place at the Old Academy of Music in Budapest (once Liszt's home) on 22 October last, on Franz Liszt's birthday.The jury, chaired by Hungarian musicologist László Gombos, awarded the Liszt Grand Prix du Disque 2024 to Giovanni Bertolazzi and the Borgato Collection label with the following motivation: "His level of playing the piano, which is outstanding even by the highest international standards, is enchanting, delightful, calling for meditation and entertaining at the same time, at the highest level of music performance. Bertolazzi plays the Borgato company's special Concert Grand Borgato Grand-Prix 333 piano model, and the two together form an unrivalled pair!"
10/09/2024
Bertolazzi's Rach3 in Florence: “the season opens with a triumph”
Giovanni Bertolazzi's Rachmaninov 3rd Piano Concerto at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino with Dmitry Matvienko receives an enthusiastic review! Giovanni played on the World longest Grand-Piano, BORGATO Grand Prix 333. Read the full review written by Christopher Axworthy.
09/09/2024
Splendid review in MUSICA for Bertolazzi's Rach3 at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino!
Giovanni Bertolazzi's Rachmaninov 3rd Piano Concerto with M° Dmitry Matvienko at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Florence) receives a wonderful review by Giuseppe Rossi in MUSICA magazine (Italy). Giovanni played on the world's longest grand piano, the BORGATO Grand Prix 333.
29/07/2024
Bryce Morrison reviews Giovanni Bertolazzi's Albums
The authoritative critic and piano specialist Bryce Morrison wrote an enthusiastic review of Giovanni Bertolazzi's Liszt Albums, published in “The Art of Pianists”.
01/06/2024
New Double Album of Giovanni Bertolazzi!
Giovanni Bertolazzi's new double album is now available! The recording is entirely dedicated to Franz Liszt and include masterpieces (Totentanz, Rhapsodies, Etudes..) and rarities (Recueillement, Chant des fleurs..). Published by the Borgato Collection, it was recorded on the BORGATO Grand Prix 333, the world's longest concert grand piano.
30/03/2024
Radio France Musique, BEST OF
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Giovanni Bertolazzi will be broadcast in a “BEST OF” program by Radio France Musique - “Générations France Musique, le live” on March 30. Recorded in Paris on October 15, 2022.
11/03/2024
Paolo Gavazzeni interviews Giovanni Bertolazzi
Paolo Gavazzeni interviews Giovanni Bertolazzi on his program "MESTIERE TEATRO" - Classica HD (SKY Channel 136).
04/02/2024
A wonderful review by Nicola Cattò on Giovanni Bertolazzi’s concert in Milan
Nicola Cattò (editor-in-chief of MUSICA magazine) wrote a splendid review of Bertolazzi's concert at Villa Necchi Campiglio in Milan, presented by the Società del Quartetto di Milano. Read the full review: “Giovanni Bertolazzi at the Quartetto: promises kept”
02/01/2024
Liszt Double Album reviewed as "TOP" Album MusicPaper Magazine
Giovanni Bertolazzi's recent double album dedicated to Liszt receives an enthusiastic review by Silvia Del Zoppo in MusicPaper Magazine. The album is reviewed as TOP Album on MusicPaper Magazine.
14/11/2023
Liszt Double Album nominated for ICMA 2024
Giovanni Bertolazzi's recent double album dedicated to Liszt has been nominated for the 2024 International Classical Music Awards (ICMA)! His recording has been selected as one of the best releases in the Solo Instrument category.
03/11/2023
Liszt Double Album on Radio Romania Muzical
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Giovanni Bertolazzi's double album dedicated to Liszt was presented by Larisa Clempus on Radio Romania Muzical.
01/09/2023
Bertolazzi’s Liszt Double Album receives 5 stars from MUSICA magazine
Read Luca Segalla's full review in MUSICA magazine (September 2023).
Giovanni Bertolazzi's new double album dedicated to Liszt receives an enthusiastic 5-stars review from MUSICA magazine (Italy). “Bertolazzi seems to have Liszt's music in his blood.”
02/08/2023
Bertolazzi's Liszt Double Album receives 5 Stars Review from PIZZICATO Magazine!
Giovanni Bertolazzi's new double album dedicated to Liszt receives an enthusiastic 5-stars review from PIZZICATO magazine (Luxembourg). Read the full review written by Remy Franck, editor-in-chief of PIZZICATO magazine: “Giovanni Bertolazzi once again proves himself an outstanding Liszt interpreter”.
09/07/2023
Premio Litta-Durini to Giovanni Bertolazzi
Giovanni Bertolazzi has been awarded the International Piano Award “Guglielima Durini-Litta”, assigned by Conte Giulio Durini di Monza on 9th July 2023 at Castello Durini.
05/05/2023
Masterclass in Hungary announced!
DEADLINE 31 May 2023!
Giovanni Bertolazzi will hold a piano masterclass from 12 to 16 July 2023 at the University of Music in Debrecen (Hungary), organised by the Young Musician's Summer Academy – YMSA.
12/01/2023
Enthusiastic review by MUSICA on Giovanni Bertolazzi’s concert in Milan!
Giovanni Bertolazzi's concert at the Museo Teatrale alla Scala (Milan) received a splendid review in MUSICA magazine (Italy). Giovanni played on a Steinway & Sons piano that belonged to Liszt. Read the full review written by Luca Segalla: “A rare talent for Liszt: Giovanni Bertolazzi”.
15/11/2022
CD nominated for ICMA 2023
Giovanni Bertolazzi's latest album dedicated to Liszt has been nominated for the 2023 International Classical Music Awards (ICMA)! His recording has been selected as one of the best releases in the Solo Instrument category.
20/10/2022
Bertolazzi's Liszt Album wonderfully reviewed on MuzLife!
Read the full review by Maria Zaleskaya.
Giovanni Bertolazzi's new album dedicated to Liszt receives an enthusiastic review from MuzLife magazine (Russia). “He demonstrates his creative maturity with confidence and conviction.”
15/10/2022
Presentation of Bertolazzi's CD at Radio France Musique
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Giovanni Bertolazzi's Liszt Album was presented by Clément Rochefort on Radio France Musique, in the programme ‘Générations France Musique, le Live’.
01/09/2022
CD receives 5 Stars from MUSICA Magazine
Read Luca Segalla's full review in MUSICA magazine (September 2022)
Giovanni Bertolazzi's new album dedicated to Liszt receives an enthusiastic 5-stars review from MUSICA magazine (Italy). “He knows how to capture the authentic dramatic sense of Liszt's musical visions.”
02/08/2022
Tabor Foundation Award to Giovanni Bertolazzi
Giovanni Bertolazzi is awarded the Tabor Foundation Prize by the Verbier Festival Academy at the Verbier Festival.
11/06/2022
CD receives PIZZICATO SUPERSONIC Award
Giovanni Bertolazzi's Liszt Album receives the PIZZICATO SUPERSONIC award from PIZZICATO magazine (Luxembourg). Read the wonderful review written by Remy Franck, editor-in-chief of PIZZICATO magazine: “An excellent interpreter of Liszt on an excellent Borgato grand piano”.
26/04/2022
New CD of Giovanni Bertolazzi!
Giovanni Bertolazzi's new album is now available! The recording is entirely dedicated to Franz Liszt's masterpieces (Sonata in B minor, Après une lecture du Dante) and rarities (Dante's Sonnet by Hans von Bulow). Published by the Borgato Collection, it was recorded on the BORGATO Grand Prix 333, the world's longest concert grand piano.
20/09/2021
Giovanni Bertolazzi wins 2nd Prize and 5 special prizes at the Liszt Competition!
Giovanni Bertolazzi is the winner of the second prize at the “F. Liszt” International Piano Competition in Budapest (2021). He also received five additional special prizes. After three solo rounds, he performed Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 2 in the final with the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra and M° Gregory Vajda.