A l F o N S O
S O L D A N O
alsoldanopianist@gmail.com
Based in Trani - Italy
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"He doesn't sound like anyone else..."
Donald Vroon - American Record guide
"...Soldano is a pianist whose technical ability plays a sovereign role,
and the touching emotionality that permeats Soldano's interpretation is simply disarming..."
Grete Catus - The New Listener
"..Alfonso Soldano, a young italian pianist blessed with Mediterranean good looks and a phenomenal technique; if i could, i would buy every copy of his record and send it to every Fanfare subscriber."
Jerry Dubins - Fanfare
"-..That Alfonso Soldano can accommodate and keep control at all of Debussy's Nocturnes with ten fingers is no small feat.."
Jed Distler - Classics Today
"...The Italian pianist Alfonso Soldano, brilliant in every way, with a compelling technique..."
James Harrington - MusicWeb International
"He is inimitable...such an eloquent and anguished interpreter;
a pianist born for Rachmaninoff"
Bryce Morrison - International Piano Magazine
R E P U T A T I O N S
Alfonso Soldano is a great pianist promise, supported by outstanding instrumental skills, as well as a musical sensitivity out of ordinary. Alfonso Soldano comes from Apulia region (Italy), and therefore belongs to a land that is and has always been a nursery of first-class artists. Wish with all my heart!
Aldo Ciccolini
I had the chance to listen piano performance by Alfonso Soldano (Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 op.30), and I was very impressed by his great temperament and his executive incisiveness.
I wish him a prestigious career because his talent deserves!
Adam Harasiewicz
U P C O M I N G E V E N T S
*NEW*
- PUBLICATION :
Alfonso was invited to publish his version for 2 hands (with newly composed Cadenza) of Bortkiewicz's Piano Concerto n.2 op.28, by prestigious Boosey&Hawkes
CHECK PUBLICATIONS PAGE for Link to purchase Boosey Shop
- CD :
NEW CD ANNOUNCED - ENIGMA - Piano works by Skrjabin - > LINK
Alfonso 4th Album, announced by BBC Music Magazine, Metamorphoses, will be available in November, released by prestigious Divine Art Recordings Group.
Works by Rachmaninov & Debussy
Performed by Alfonso Soldano
Arrangements and Transcriptions by Alfonso Soldano
Sound Engineering by Alfonso Soldano -
CHECK DISCOGRAPHY PAGE for Link to purchase and find it on all online platforms! - Reviews and more.
R E V I E W S & P R E S S
“Alfonso Soldano is rewarded as a pianist of refined sensibility, has shown great interpretative art of the great composers of all time, joining his virtuoso exceptional artistic quality, capturing the wide acclaim from critics and audiences“
(Vittorio Barbagiovanni, Maison des Artistes of Rome, Best Artist 2013 Award Ceremony at University ”La Sapienza” - Rome)
“Talents from Bari model export : Alfonso Soldano, the pianist who captivates audiences all over the world“
(Carmela Formicola, La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, an italian major newspaper)
“..Countless wonders of romance and tenderness and sensivity exciting in Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto n. 3 in the monumental interpretation of the Italian pianist Alfonso Soldano, because of its size and its expressve power. The resources of the italian maestro have created charm with beautiful sound and musical elegance, which gave to the Rachmaninoff’s Concerto a particular scent. The audience was enthusiastic and
rightly standing..“
(Vasile Pruteanu, newspaper of Bacau, in the event of the George Enescu International Festival of Bucarest 2013)
CHECK REVIEWS PAGE for all reviews!
CD with solo piano works by SERGEJ RACHMANINOV for Divine Art Records (USA), partner Naxos of America received 5 stars from American Record Guide (Donald Vroon)
and
is recognized ALBUM OF THE MONTH November/December 2020 for prestigious International Piano Magazine (UK)
IS AVAILABLE the first world biography of the Ukrainian composer Sergej Bortkiewicz, by Alfonso Soldano, published by "Florestano Edizioni" - The book is available for purchase at
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