Accompanists
Silvia
Ciammaglichella
Silvia approached the study of Uthe piano at a very young age, continuing at the "Luisa d'Annunzio" Conservatory in Pescara where she graduated in 2009 and where in 2012 she obtained the Master in piano with the highest honors.
In 2015, she achieved the highest marks at the Fermo Conservatory for the two-year teaching program with a focus on instrumental studies. More recently, in 2021, she graduated with the highest marks and honours in Chamber Music from the "A. Casella" Conservatory in L'Aquila with a thesis focused on piano duo repertoire by Maurice Ravel.
She has perfected her skills with teachers such as Hubert, Pennella, Dimulescu, Widlund, and, in chamber music repertoire, with Masi. She is the winner of numerous national and international competitions, both as a soloist and chamber musician ("Rospigliosi", Seiler Roma Award, "Alberto Burri", Caserta International Competition, Piadena International Chamber Music Competition among others).
In 2009, she performed Mozart's Concerto K466 with the orchestra of the "Luisa D'Annunzio" Conservatory. She has performed as a chamber musician in important musical institutions such as A.Gi.Mus in Rome, the Peri Institute in Reggio Emilia, Villa Medici Giulini, the Alighieri Theater in Ravenna, the Nations' Festival in Città di Castello, at the Theresianum in Brunnen (Zurich), the Teatro Massimo in Pescara, the Pergolesi Conservatory in Fermo.
With violinist Marco Gialluca, winner of the 2014 Showcase dedicated to the best graduates in Italy, she has recorded music by Brahms and Wieniawski, published in February 2015 for the Suonare News magazine. For years, she has collaborated with clarinetist Mattia Aceto (with whom she has won numerous competitions), selected for the Geneva International Competition (2018 edition) and the ARD Competition in Munich (2019 edition).
In her activity as a chamber pianist and accompanist, she regularly collaborates with eminent first chairs, including Fabrizio Meloni, Fabien Thouand, Francesco Di Rosa, Andrea Oliva, Thomas Indermhule, Matteo Trentin, Domenico Orlando, Jean Louis Capezzali, Klaidi Sahtci, Matteo Evangelisti, Tom Owen, Marco Toro, Carlo Palazzoli, Ilie Ionescu, etc.
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Tiziana
Columbro
Tiziana Columbro is an Italian pianist who performs regularly as a soloist and chamber music player in Italy and abroad (Austria, France, Sweden, Spain). From a very young age, she stood up in various national and international piano competitions, winning first prizes, scholarships and prize concerts.
Her first experience as a soloist with the orchestra was at the age of 14 with Mozart, under the direction of Maestro Michele Marvulli.
She has performed in prestigious venues, including: Musikverein in Vienna, Gesellschaft für Musiktheater Wien, Katholische Hochschulgemeinde in Vienna, Ateneo Musical de Burgos, Ateneo Musical Mirandés in Miranda de Ebro, Sociedad Filarmonica Castellana de Aranda de Duero, Aurora Music Festival in Stockholm, Institut Culturel Italien in Paris, Festival International De Musique Universitaire in Belfort (France), Kulturhaus in Kurtasch, Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Ricercare Cultural Association in Milan, Unione Musicale in Turin, University of Padua and University of Turin, the Associazione Musicale Conoscere la Musica in Bologna, Accademia Filarmonica in Messina, Società Barattelli in L'Aquila, Emilia Romagna Festival, Associazione AMA Calabria, Camerata Musicale Salentina, Fondazione Franco Michele Napolitano in Naples, Festival Contemporanea Classica Caelium, Camerata Musicale Sulmonese, Associazione Chromatica and many more.
Tiziana has worked as accompanist pianist during the Masterclasses of renowned violinists, such as Pierre Amoyal, Boris Brovtsyn, Christophe Horak.
Since 2016 she has been playing Duo with violinist Nicola Marvulli, with whom she studied at the Academy of Music in Pinerolo, obtaining the Master Diploma under the guidance of E. Pace. In autumn 2018, during the International Competition ‘Coop Music Awards’ in Cremona, the Duo won a special prize for the best performance of a piece composed by M° C. Galante, who then composed a piece dedicated to them, ‘5 Stanze per Asterione’ (2019).
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Fabio
Fornaciari
Born in 2000, Fabio started his piano studies at the age of 8 in his hometown, Faenza. After graduating in 2021 with honours and special mention at the “L. Cherubini” Conservatory in Florence, under the guidance of M° Giampaolo Nuti, he then moved to Rome to develop his chamber music studies at the “Avos Project” international music school, where he currently holds the positions of accompanist and assistant teacher. This collaboration, along with many other music schools and courses, has led him to work as an accompanist for some of the most renowned artists in the world.
As a member of the Tharsos trio, Fabio has performed many concerts around Italy in these past three years of activity; additionally, his love for chamber music has led him to play in many other ensembles of varying nature.
His great curiosity for the many facets of the piano instrument drives him to engage with enthusiasm in each of them. In addition to being a concert pianist and accompanist, Fabio also works as répétiteur for opera and orchestral pianist, without excluding the divulgative spirit in the context of concert-lessons. His orchestral collaborations include Orchestra dell'Arena di Verona, Orchestra Filarmonica di Benevento, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana and Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; for the latter, Fabio often works as accompanist for the auditions. In 2025, he came second in the audition as pianist for the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI.
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Anna
Mirakyan
Anna Mirakyan is a distinguished pianist renowned for her artistry and dedication as an accompanist. She currently holds the esteemed position of accompanying pianist for the Violin Department at the prestigious Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid, where she collaborates with the celebrated violinist and professor Christoph Poppen.
Recognized internationally, Anna has earned acclaim as one of the finest accompanying pianists, with her exceptional talent shining in prominent global competitions.
Her career is marked by a deep commitment to excellence in performance and education. Since 2009, she has been a regular fixture in chamber music concerts at Madrid’s iconic Teatro Real, captivating audiences with her nuanced interpretations.
In 2012, she began her enduring association with Ana Chumachenco, serving as the official accompanist for her class at the Reina Sofía School of Music and the Musikakademie in Liechtenstein, further cementing her reputation in elite classical music circles.
Anna’s passion for collaboration extends to her partnership with her husband, the renowned violin pedagogue Professor Zohrab Tadevosyan. Together, they have brought their artistry to prestigious events such as the Sommerakademie in Nagold (Germany), the Swiss International Music Academy, and Salzburg’s Mozarteum University since 2016.
A career milestone came in 2017 when Anna performed the complete cycle of L.V. Beethoven’s ten sonatas for piano and violin, sharing the stage with Ana Chumachenco, Zohrab Tadevosyan, and their students—a testament to her extraordinary skill and dedication to her craft.
Anna Mirakyan continues to inspire audiences and musicians alike, blending technical brilliance with profound musicality in every performance.
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Massimiliano
Scatena
He received his education at the Conservatorio “Alfredo Casella” in L'Aquila, the Eesti Muusikaakadeemia in Tallinn and the “Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest. He studied with musicians such as Balazs Szokolay, François-Joel Thiollier, Aldo Ciccolini, Ferenc Rados, Angela Hewitt, to mention a few. Eclectic musician, he has always turned his attention to a vast repertoire ranging from the music of Scarlatti and Bach to modern and contemporary composers. Piano works have been dedicated to him and there are numerous first absolute performances by living composers. Parallel to his solo activity he carries out an intense chamber music activity; significant in this sense are the collaborations with musicians such as Alessandro Carbonare, Gabriele Geminiani, Matteo Liuzzi, Sidney Corbett, Theodora Geraets, Zvi Carmeli, Matias De Oliveira Pinto, Alessio Elia, Michael Riessler, Francesco Dillon, Liliana Bernardi, Aida Carmen Soanea, Romain Garioud, the Ensemble Modern in Frankfurt, the Dutch NSO orchestra, to name a few.
He dedicates himself with great passion to teaching; for several years he has been organizing and collaborating in courses of piano interpretation and chamber music. He is the founder and artistic director of the international summer academy "Ambientazioni Musicali" which for four years has been offering specialization summer courses with high-profile teachers in various locations of the central Italy.
He has been piano professor in pre-academic courses at the Conservatorio “santa Cecilia” in Roma. Actually Massimiliano is a free-lance piano teacher, performer and accompanist for singers and instrumentalists in various festivals and masterclasses.
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