Success for HfMT pianists

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Antonio Di Dedda, concert exam graduate in Anna Vinnitskaya's piano class, won first prize at the International Robert Schumann VIDEO Competition for Piano and Voice in Zwickau, Germany

"A special competition at a special time: this is probably the best way to describe the International Robert Schumann VIDEO Competition. The initial idea of holding only the first round as a video round and starting the second with participants on site ultimately turned into a complete video competition in two rounds - without a participant visiting Zwickau, without a jury on site, without host parents cheering on their guests and without a glittering prizewinners' concert. But: the competition took place with no less effort and no fewer questions from the participants, no less commitment from the jury and no less excitement on the part of the participants; this year everything was just digital and a little different. What remains are the great contributions of the finalists on the YouTube channel "Schumann in Zwickau" and the experience that digital solutions also work in an emergency."
(Press release by the Zwickau Cultural Office)

Vita
Antonio Di Dedda was born in Milan in 1992 and began his musical training on the piano and organ as a child. In 2008 he graduated summa cum laude in piano with Rossella Di Chio and in 2012 in organ with Francesco Di Lernia at the Conservatorio Umberto Giordano di Foggia (Italy).
In 2015 he received his Master of Music in organ with Pieter Van Dijk and in piano with Evgeni Koroliov at the Hochschule für Musik und Drama in Hamburg. Antonio is winner and prizewinner of numerous national and international piano and organ competitions, including "Premio Venezia" 2009 and "Tariverdiev Competition for Organ" 2015. As a soloist Antonio gave concerts in Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, England, Russia, Lithuania, Poland, Israel and China and made recordings for Radio Vatican and NDR Kultur Hamburg.
In 2021, Antonio di Dedda successfully completed his concert exam in piano in the class of Anna Vinnitskaya and is currently completing his organ studies in the class of Pieter Van Dijk at the University of Music and Drama in Hamburg. Regular master classes with Elisso Virsaladze complement his studies.
Since 2016, Antonio has held a professorship in piano at the Conservatorio Umberto Giordano di Foggia (Italy) and is also a lecturer in minor piano at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama.