Ernesto Consolo

Ernesto Consolo (born September 15, 1864 in London , † March 21, 1931 in Florence ) was an Italian pianist, music teacher and composer.

Consolo took piano lessons in Rome from the Liszt student Giovanni Sgambati and continued his studies with Carl Reinecke in Leipzig. After success as a pianist in Milan in the early 1890s, he undertook a concert tour through Germany, Sweden, Norway and Denmark in 1896 and gave a series of concerts in Paris with the Quatuor de Paris in 1905 , in which the piano quintets by Antonín Dvořák and Johannes Brahms were performed.

From 1906 to 1909 Consolo taught an advanced piano class at the Chicago Musical College , after which he resumed his concert activities, performing with the violinist Arrigo Serato and the cellist Enrico Mainardi , among others . Between 1910 and 1913 he taught sporadically at the Institute of Musical Art in New York and also played in concerts as solo works, chamber music and piano concerts (among others under the direction of Arturo Toscanini ).

In Geneva, Consolo directed the École de viruosité for some time , and at the Florence Conservatory he was appointed professor of piano. He was also a member of the examination committee of the Conservatoire de Paris . His students included Paolo Rio Nardi and Luigi Dallapiccola , who dedicated his partita for orchestra and soprano to him in 1932 . Consolo emerged as a composer with piano works. He also edited a complete edition of Beethoven's piano works , which was published by Ricordi .

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SURNAME	Consolo, Ernesto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian pianist, music teacher and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	September 15, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH	London
DATE OF DEATH	March 21, 1931
Place of death	Florence