When: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 From 8:00 pm To 9:30 pm - Where: The Italian Academy, Columbia Uni. 1161 Amsterdam - What: Andrea Lucchesini, one of the most outstanding Italian pianists of our time, in a recital to celebrate his latest CD Dialogues (Scarlatti & Berio / Schubert & Widmann) released, in September 2018, by the Audite label.

Trained under the guidance of Maria Tipo, Andrea Lucchesini garnered international recognition at a very young age when he won the "Dino Ciani" International Competition at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. Since then he has performed throughout the world with leading orchestras, working with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Semyon Bychkov, Roberto Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Dennis Russell Davies, Charles Dutoit, Daniele Gatti, Gabriele Ferro, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Daniel Harding, Vladimir Jurowski, Gianandrea Noseda and Giuseppe Sinopoli. In December 2015 he returned to Teatro La Scala with Beethoven's Choral Fantasy, under the baton of Franz Welser Moest.