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Costantino Catena

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The tempo is set to an optimum level that allows for clear and detailed expression, and the music is layered with Schumann's unique musical sway. Schumann's longing for Italy from the other side of the Alps was nurtured by performers on this side of the Alps and blossomed into a large flower. (Masayasu Komiya: from the "Commentary") A color Japanese leaflet of the Salerno St. Giorgio Church in Italy, known for its beautiful baroque church, where this recording was made, is included in the package. ＜Costantino Catena (piano) studied under Luigi d'Ascoli at the Giuseppe Martucci Conservatory in Salerno, Italy, and graduated with a perfect score and excellent grades. She studied with Costantin Bogino, Bruno Mezzena, and Boris Bekhterev. His encounters with Aldo Ciccolini and Joaquin Achuaro were also important turning points in his musical studies. He has won prizes in numerous national and international competitions.He has performed at the Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna, the Kennedy Center, Georgetown University, Amici del Teatro Regio di Torino, Amici della Musica di Trapani, the Dante Alighieri Society, the Ravello International Music Festival, the Alghero International Music Festival, the Bologna He has performed at major music and cultural organizations, institutions, and festivals, including the Liszt Society, the Tchaikovsky Memorial Moscow Conservatory, the Kusatsu Summer International Music Festival, and the Ohrid Summer Festival. In recent years (as of 2015), he has participated in performances of all piano works by the St. Cecilia Conservatory, the Chigiana Conservatory, and the Liszt Society at the Parco della Musica Hall (Rome) in 2011 to celebrate the bicentennial of Liszt's birth. In the field of chamber music, he has also performed with Alessandro Carbonare, Franco Maggio Olmeczowski, Gabriele Geminiani, Maja Bogdanovic, Michele Romuto, Sashiko Gavrilov, Sabrina-Vivian Hepker, Claudio Casady, Lynn Dawson, and Claudio Brizi, and the Savinio String Quartet, among other internationally acclaimed performers.He has taught at many conservatories and is a professor of piano at the "Domenico Cimarosa" Conservatory in Abbellino. In addition to his performing activities, he holds degrees in Philosophy and Psychology from the University of Salerno and the University of Naples, respectively. He is involved in psychodynamics in music performance. Camerata Tokyo