Vincenzo Maltempo - Topic

Vincenzo Maltempo is an Italian pianist. He was born in Benevento, Italy.
He began his musical studies with Salvatore Orlando, disciple of the pianist Sergio Fiorentino, with whom he graduated at S. Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, summa cum laude. From 2006 to 2009 he attended the courses held by Riccardo Risaliti at the International Piano Academy "Incontri col Maestro" in Imola.
In 2006 he won the XXIII Competition "Premio Venezia", in Teatro "La Fenice", and began a successful international career playing in the Theater "La Fenice" in Venice, "Teatro Lirico" in Cagliari, the "Liszt Festival" in Austria, and in concert halls in Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Mexico, USA and Japan.
His first recording was released in 2008 by Gramola and dedicated to Franz Liszt. Afterwards, from 2011, he began a series of recordings with Piano Classics dedicated to Charles-Valentin Alkan. Maltempo is considered nowadays one of the most important and devoted advocates of Alkan. His CDs have gained great approval by international critics, obtaining five-star review in papers like The Guardian and Diapason.