Epifanio Comis (born August 4, 1968 in Catania, Italy;) is an Italian concert pianist and conductor.

Epifanio Comis
Background information
Born (1968-08-04) August 4, 1968 (age 56)
Catania, Italy
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)Pianist, Conductor
InstrumentPiano
Websitewww.epifaniocomis.com

Biography

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Epifanio Comis is the winner more than 30 international and national music competitions. He studied at the “Vincenzo Bellini” music institute in Catania and he took the High specialization course diploma at the Euterpe Academy. His teachers were Agatella Catania, Boris Petrushansky and Piero Rattalino.

Pianist

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Epifanio Comis has toured as a soloist throughout Europe,[1] Asia, Russia,[2][3] and the United States.[4] He has performed with numerous world class orchestras including the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra of Bucharest, the Radio Orchestra of Bucharest, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Kiev, the Karlovy Vary Symfonic Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Szeged, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj, the Tulare County Symphony Orchestra of California, the Plainfield Symphony Orchestra, the OrquestraSinfonica UANL of Mexico, the Orchestra Sinfonicadel Teatro Bellini di Catania, the Orchestra SinfonicaSiciliana, The Orchestra Filarmonica del Teatro Bellini, the Osaka Symphoniker, the Kioto Symphony.

Conductor

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Conducting Rachmaninov

Midway through his pianistic career, Epifanio Comis branched into conducting.[5] In May 2013 E. Comis conducted Filharmony Symphony Orchestra in Donetsk on Rachmaninoff Festival all Piano concertos and the Symphonies[6][7]

Teaching

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He is on the teaching staff for the main piano course at the Vincenzo Bellini's conservatory in Catania and at Accademia Pianistica Siciliana. Students of Professor Comis have already a lot of International Prizes.[8][9][10] In 2013 his student Alessandro Mazzamuto won the International Classical Music Awards – ICMA as a ‘Young Artist of the Year’[11] In addition to his performing career, E. Comis has served as jury member for several international piano competitions, including International Piano Rachmaninov Competition in Moscow. Professor Comis is invited yearly to piano Master Classes[12] at the Hunter College in New York, at the North Carolina University, at the Duke University of Durham, at the Ecole Normale de Musique of Paris, at the Thessaloniki State Conservatory, at the Monterrey University in Mexico, at the Manhattan School of Music NY, at the West Chester University Philadelphia, Cienna Music Academy "Orpheus",[13] at the State Moscow Conservatoire by Tchaikovsky[14] and at Chopin Academy in Warsaw and Chopin college in Moscow where he also gives a Superior Music Course on the Concert for piano and orchestra.

Accademia

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In 2011 Maestro Comis created Accademia Pianistica Siciliana in Catania.[15] In 2014 Academy has collaboration with prestigious University of Catania

Epifanio Comis also artistic director of ConcertFest Accademia Pianistica Siciliana in Moscow.[16]

In 2014 Professor Comis organised the International Chamber Music Festival in Catania "Le Grandi Serate Musicali" with supporting of Accademia Pianistica Siciliana and “C&G Cioccolato e Gelato.[17][18]

Rachmaninov Award

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Rachmaninov Award

In 2013, Epifanio Comis received the First International Sergei Rachmaninov Award.[19][20][21][22]

References

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  1. ^ http://www.rijeckeljetnenoci.com/2013/ciani-e.htm= Concerts and Master class
  2. ^ http://www.afisha.ru/concert/photo/745327/422678/= Concert in Moscow
  3. ^ http://www.cbs-uz.ru/node/1114=[permanent dead link] Recital
  4. ^ http://cvnc.org/article.cfm?articleId=4632= Italian and Russian Fare
  5. ^ http://eventful.com/events/etnafest-2012-concerts-accademia-pi-/E0-001-049139767-3@2012081321= Conducting Festival
  6. ^ http://filarmonia.dn.ua/news/festival_im_s_v_rakhmaninova/2013-05-23-115 = Rachmaninov Festival.
  7. ^ http://alldonetsk.com/events/7810-mezhdunarodnyy-festival-fortepiannogo-iskusstva-piano-forum.html=[permanent dead link] Festival
  8. ^ http://edwardlein.instantencore.com/web/events.aspx?date=4%2F15%2F2012= Students
  9. ^ http://www.maltamedia.com/news/2005/oa/article_11043.shtml= Students
  10. ^ http://ijpaderewski.org/wpd/pommery-paderewski-november-2009/=[permanent dead link] Students
  11. ^ http://www.icma-info.com/alessandro-mazzamuto-without-emotion-music-ceases-to-exist/=[permanent dead link] ICMA Prize
  12. ^ http://www.dinociani.uniri.hr/faculty.html=[permanent dead link] Master class
  13. ^ http://www.academyorpheus.org/eng/idea.html=[permanent dead link] Vienna Academy
  14. ^ http://www.mosconsv.ru/ru/event_p.aspx?id=135072= Master class
  15. ^ http://www.icma-info.com/accademia-pianistica-siciliana-incubator-of-musical-excellency/=[permanent dead link] Accademia
  16. ^ http://pianoconcert.wix.com/academyconcert#!about= Archived 2015-04-03 at the Wayback Machine ConcertFest in Moscow
  17. ^ http://www.cataniareport.com/grandi-serate-musicali-ai-benedettini-ce-pure-il-pronipote-di-mendelssohn/= Festival
  18. ^ http://sicilian.net/wordpress/category/uncategorized/=[permanent dead link] Festival in Catania
  19. ^ http://www.icma-info.com/epifanio-comis-received-rachmaninov-award/=[permanent dead link] Rachmaninov Award
  20. ^ http://www.belcantofund.com/concert/322=[permanent dead link] Приз Сергея Рахманинова
  21. ^ http://www.muzcentrum.ru/atelier/gallery/gallery714.html= Orpheus
  22. ^ http://www.muzcentrum.ru/articles/?id=8480= Interview about Rachmaninov Award
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