Massimiliano Frani

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Massimiliano Frani (born January 10, 1967 in Venice , Italy ) is an Italian pianist , composer and music teacher. He is the founder of the MET - Music Education Therapy ™ project and director of the Armoniæ Centro Internazionale di Musica e Cultura. Frani lives in Venice.

education

Frani began his pianist training at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice. There he graduated with honors. After studying literature and drama at Ca 'Foscari University in Venice , he received a Masters and PhD from Brigham Young University in Provo , Utah in the subjects of music, piano and education.

Career

Since his debut at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Frani has performed as a soloist and with chamber music ensembles and orchestras in Italy, the USA, Japan, Germany, Canada and Hungary. Critics speak of his concerts as “high-class listening experiences” with “spiritual resonance”. In addition, Frani has conducted orchestras around the world and has worked with numerous renowned musicians. The best known are Martin Jones , Radoslav Kvapil , Kemal Gekiz and Einar Steen-Nøkleberg . Frani performs as the American Piano Quartet with Paul Pollei, Jeffrey Shumway and Mack Wilberg .

Frani took part in numerous piano competitions, including the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition and the Esther Honen's International Piano Competition. He has won national and international competitions such as the Concorso Nazionale Pianistico Premio Venezia and the Concorso Nazionale Pianistico di Albenga. Since 1994 he has been a regular jury member in international piano competitions such as the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, the National Music Teachers Association Competition in Montreal and the Piano Teachers National Association Competition in Tokyo.

Frani was deputy artistic director of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation and artistic director of the Orchestra del Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza. He is also the founder of the MET-Music Education Therapy ™ project and director of the Armoniæ Centro Internazionale di Musica e Cultura.

Music education

Frani has taught at several institutions, music colleges and universities, including the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts , the International Piano Academy Lake Como and the ASPEN Education Group. He worked with internationally known music educators such as Joseph Banowetz , Edna Golandsky , Lee Kum-Sing and Arie Vardi .

Frani is the founder and director of the MET-Music Education Therapy ™ project. Based on music education , cognitive psychology and neuropsychiatry, MET pursues an interdisciplinary approach in music therapy for premature babies.

Works

  • Brigham Young University, Provo - USA: Wind's Waltz , Album Pianistico. ASCAP, 1736647 © USA - 2010
  • Bright Line Films, Hollywood - USA: Indian Travesty . Documentation. Film music. ASCAP, 1736647 © USA - 2009
  • Bright Line Films, Hollywood - USA: Frank , Film. Film music. ASCAP, 1736647 © USA - 2009
  • Fondazione Amici dell'Arena, Verona - Italia: Chant , opera in tre atti. ASCAP, 1736647 © USA - 2008

swell

  • N. Pas: Frani, un compositore veneziano a Hollywood . In: Leggo. May 5, 2012. p. 21
  • Francesco Verni: First Hollywood then Broadway : In: Corriere della Sera. February 16, 2007. p. 13.
  • Paolo Accattatis: Frani's Bravura . In: Il Gazzettino. July 20, 2002. p. 22.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Janie Caves McCauley: Pianist Frani maintains musical momentum. In: The Greenville News. March 20, 1994. p. 4B.
  2. ↑ Jeff Manookian: 10 Classic Concerts: "Porgy and Bess" to Perlman: In: Salt Lake City Tribune. December 26, 1999. p. D3.
personal data
SURNAME Frani, Massimiliano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian pianist, composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Venice , Italy