Marino Nicolini received is diploma in piano in 1986 under teacher Nando Salardi. The following year as a student of Ferruccio Sangiorgi he also received his diploma in violin. Other teacher include Renzo Bonizzato.

 

Although having specialized in chamber music repertoire, in recent years Marino Nicolini remains active as a soloist as well, including work with l'Opera de Monte-Carlo, l'Opera de Las Palmas ecc.

 

Among his notable chamber music collaborations are with such reknowned artists as: Giampaolo Pretto (flute), Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Froydis Ree Wekre (horn), Leo Nucci (baritone), Alberto Gazale (baritone), Kristyan Johannsson (tenor), Raffaella Angeletti (soprano), Norma Fantini (soprano), Gail Gilmore (soprano), ecc.

 

Prize-winner in many national and international competitions such as 1°prize at the International Piano Competition “Pietro Montani”, 2°prize at the International Piano Competition “Sergej Rachmaninov”, 1°prize at the International Piano Competition “Franz Liszt”, 2°prize at the International Competition for chamber music “Johannes Brahms”.

 

He has to his credit numerous recordings (including the complete Brahms sonatas for violin and piano, a selection of Rachmaninov preludes etc ...), as well as various piano recordings of works by Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Tchaikowsky, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Grieg, Moszkowski, Respighi, Bach-Godowsky etc., present on all major world digital platforms.

 

In 2018 he recorded a double cd for Warner Classic (Debussy) on a project by Giampaolo Pretto.

 

A native of Mantova (Italy), Marino Nicolini now teaches at the Conservatory “Arrigo Boito” of Parma.

 

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