Martina
Frezzotti

Italian concert pianist Martina Frezzotti is known for being one of Lazar Berman’s last pupils.

In 2007 she became a student of Elisso Virsaladze. Frezzotti is the first Italian pianist who obtained a PhD degree at the prestigious P.I.Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, where she graduated in 2012. In the same year Martina Frezzotti made her debut in Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall in New York, performing works by Liszt, Ravel and Prokofyev and obtaining great success of critic.

Throughout her career, Frezzotti has widely performed in Europe, US, Russia and Japan. She has given solo recitals and lecture concerts in the major cities of Italy, Germany, Austria, Spain, France, Slovenia, Croatia, Poland, Greece, Belgium, Malta, Russia, Ukraine, Japan, USA, in such halls as the Warsaw Philarmonic, Wiener Saal of Salzburg Festspiele, the Kiev National Philarmonia, Osaka Kawai Hall, Memorial House of Sviatoslav Richter; she has performed for the major Italian Institutes of Culture in Europe, as well in Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012 with the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic; also for such Music Associations as Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Societa’ dei Concerti of Milan, Palermo Classica, Ferrara Musica, Amici della Musica di Udine, Music Donors of Italy among many others.

In addition to performing and recording, Martina Frezzotti devotes herself with great commitment to teaching. She currently holds the position of Principal Piano Professor at the G.Tartini Music Conservatory in Trieste, Italy, having been a former Principal Piano Professor at the “N. Rota” Conservatory in Monopoli. She has been recently been invited to give masterclasses at the Hacettepe State University of Ankara and the Academy for Arts and Culture in Osijek, Croatia.

She has garnered international recognition having recorded for Brilliant Classics – Piano Classics label; the first two albums of her are a tribute to female composers Fanny Mendelssohn and Amy Beach. The third album for the same label will be dedicated to Clara Wieck Schumann.

Her CDs have been reviewed and awarded in prestigious magazines such as Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, International Piano, Pianist, Rondo Magazine, American Record Guide, Fanfare and many others; both Cds gained the 5 stars prize and “CD of the Month” on the Italian magazine “Musica” edited by Zecchini; her recordings have been featured on the Italian RAI broadcasting a dedicated interview on Radio 3 Suite, BBC Radio 3, RBB Berlin and SWR in Germany, SRF Radio 2 in Switzerland, ORF Radio Ö1 in Austria. Her first CD won enthusiastic praise from David Hurwitz on a video review for Classics Today, and from the Classical Network’s Artist-in-Residence Jed Distler on his program “Between the Keys” on the New York Radio WWFM.