Biograpy

Rodolfo Rubino is an Italian pianist. He studied piano at "San Pietro a Majella" Conservatory in Naples (Prize Paulella 1987-1988) and at "S. Cecilia" National Academy in Rome. His teachers were his father, P. A. Rubino, A. M. Pennella, B. Bekhterev and S. Perticaroli.

He won the first prize in several piano competitions (Trofeo Ernesto Coop - Messina, Pietro Napoli - Livorno, Ama Calabria - Lamezia Terme, Premio Europa - San Marco di Castellabate, Premio Sergei Rachmaninoff - Morcone, Coppa Pianisti d'Italia - Osimo, Ennio Porrino - Cagliari, FIDAPA - Catanzaro, etc.).

He has given recitals in the major Italian cities. He has also played in Portugal, Switzerland, Austria, France, Canada, Russia and Turkey. He has often interpreted all the Liszt’s 12 Transcendental Studies in a single recitals. He forms with the pianist Tatiana Malguina a piano duo very appreciated.

He recorded Chopin and Liszt' music for the Rai Radiotelevisione italiana.

He also recorded Cilèa's music for the CD Musicisti Calabresi, a cooperation between the Cosenza Conservatory and the newspaper "Il Quotidiano della Calabria".

He recorded for the Phoenix Classic too.

He taught Piano and Chamber Music at conservatories of Ponta Delgada, Figueira da Foz, Coimbra and Aveiro (Portugal).

Rodolfo gave world premiere performances of piano music by composers such as Sebastiano Guzzi, Roberto Maddalena, Vincenzo Palermo, Evgueni Zoudilkine, Francesco Perri.

Many his students won the first prizes in national and international piano competition and he is regularly invited to be part of the jury of many national and international competitions.

Now he is Professor of Piano at Cosenza Conservatory "Stanislao Giacomantonio" (Italy).