Kawai in Ledro - second concert

Olaf Laneri, piano.

Olaf John Laneri was born in Sicily from Italian father and Swedish mother. After several first prizes in national competitions, in the summer of 1998 he wins the 50th edition of the competition “F.Busoni” of Bolzano (2nd prize “with particular distinction”; 1st prize has not been awarded). About his performance of Brahms’ Variations on a Theme of Paganini, A.Cohen writes on International Piano: “Certainly the best live performance I ever heard”. He has performed at the Festival of Brescia and Bergamo, the Ruhr Festival, Herkulessaal and Gasteig of Monaco, Salle Gaveau in Paris, Salle Molière in Lyon, Chopin Festival in Poland, Gijón Festival, Opéra di Montecarlo , At the Philharmonie in Berlin. His repertoire includes all the thirty-two Beethoven’s piano sonatas, which he presented in a cycle of eight concerts, after taking part in various Beethoven’s sonatas cycles, for Circolo della Musica of Bologna, in Modena, in Udine and in the Monferrato.

Source: www.ledroinmusica.it