GRAZIELLA CONCAS, italian classical pianist. She studied piano under Franca Zinghinì-Spinnicchia, Sergio Perticaroli, Agatella Catania, Aldo Ciccolini, Vera Gornostaeva and Boris Petroushansky, and composition under Angela Giuffrida. She has given recitals in Italy and in Europe: Festival Gazzelloni, Festival Internazionale, Wiener Saal, Foerstr Hall -Prague, Lyceum Club, Amici della Musica, Amici della Musica, Amici della Musica, Orestiadi-Gibellina, etc. She has collaborated with musicians, ensembles and orchestras, as: Augusto Vismara, Franco Petracchi, l’Offerta Musicale Ensemble, West Chester University Orchestra, Ploesti Philharmonic, etc. She has given world premiere of compositions by Aldo Clementi, Giovanni Sollima, Marco Betta, Francesco Pennisi, Alexis Koustoulidis, Thomas Lawrenz-Toscano, Roberto Carnevale, Alessandro Solbiati, Sergio Pallante. She won several awards: first prize at the ‘Avagliano’ Piano Competition; first prize at the ‘Porrino’ Piano Competition in Cagliari; first prize at the ‘A.M.A. Calabria’ Piano Competition; first prize at the ‘Castello Normanno’ Piano Competition; first prize at the ‘Città di Barletta’ Piano Competition; finalist at the ‘Speranza’ and at the ‘Neglia’ international Piano Competition, etc. She recorded with CIMS, City Record, NEN-CD Classica, Suvini Zerboni. She is professor of Piano and Chamber Music at the Istituto Musicale ‘Vincenzo Bellini’ (Catania).