PRINCIPALI CONCERTI TENUTI / MAIN CONCERTS


MILANO Sala Verdi (2004)
Recital, music by F. J. HAYDN, D. SCARLATTI, W. LUTOSLAWSKI, F. CHOPIN

TORINO Lingotto (2004)
Music by F. CHOPIN, F. SCHUBERT, W. LUTOSLAWSKI

SANREMO Teatro centrale (2004)
L. Van BEETHOVEN Concerto n.3 op.37 for piano and orchestra
Orchestra Filarmonica di Sanremo Conductor Lior Shambadal

ROMA Istituzione Universitaria dei Concerti (2005)
F. CHOPIN Concerto n.2 op.21
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra cONDUCTOR Gregorsz Nowak

ROMA Parco della Musica Sala Santa Cecilia (2005)
Music by J. S. BACH, D. SCARLATTI 
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ROMA Teatro Ghione (2005)
Recital, music by D. SCARLATTI, F. CHOPIN

GOZO (MALTA) Art and music festival (2005)
With the violinist Marcello Canci, music by J. S. BACH, F. SCHUBERT, C. SAINT-SAENS

GOZO (MALTA) Art and music festival (2005)
Recital, music by F. J. HAYDN, W. LUTOSLAWSKI, C. M. Von WEBER, J. VELLA, F. CHOPIN

ROMA Filarmonica Romana (2005)
Recital, music by J. S. BACH, G. BACEWICZ, D. SCARLATTI, F. SCHUBERT, F. CHOPIN, M. DE FALLA

LONDON Steinway Hall (2005)
Recital, music by W. A. MOZART, W. LUTOSLAWSKI, D. SCARLATTI, F. SCHUBERT, C. M. Von WEBER

ROMA Concerti del QUIRINALE (2005)
Recital, music by D. SCARLATTI, F. SCHUBERT, C. M. Von WEBER

ROMA Teatro Argentina
Music by F. CHOPIN, W. LUTOSLAWSKI

MILANO Auditorium (2006)
W. A. MOZART Concerto K238 for piano and orchestra
Concerto K415 for piano and orchestra
Orchestra Sinfonica G. Verdi, conductor and soloist Michelangelo Carbonara

ROMA Istituzione Universitaria dei Concerti (2006)
W. A. MOZART Concerto K415 for piano and orchestra
Orchestra di Roma e del Lazio, Conductor Lu Jia

L’AQUILA Teatro San Filippo (2006)
L. Van BEETHOVEN Concerto n.3 op.37
Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese, Conductor Fabrizio Ventura

HAMBURG Laieszhalle (2006)
Recital, music by M. CLEMENTI, D. SCARLATTI, W. LUTOSLAWSKI, C. M. Von WEBER

HAMBURG Steinway Konzertshalle (2006)
Recital, music by M. CLEMENTI, D. SCARLATTI, W. LUTOSLAWSKI, C. M. Von WEBER

NEW YORK Steinway Hall (2006)
Recital, music by M. CLEMENTI, D. SCARLATTI, W. LUTOSLAWSKI, C.M. Von WEBER 

BEIJING Forbidden City Hall (2006)
Recital, music by D. SCARLATTI, M. DE FALLA, R. SCHUMANN, G. ROSSINI

MALTA Manoel Theatre (2006)
Recital, music by D. SCARLATTI, M. DE FALLA, R. SCHUMANN, G. ROSSINI

BARCELONA Auditorium del Metge (2006)
Recital, music by D. SCARLATTI, M. DE FALLA, R. SCHUMANN

ZAGREB Central Theatre (2006)
Recital, music by M. CLEMENTI, L. BERIO, M. DE FALLA, ROSSINI

VERONA Accademia Filarmonica (2007)
Recital, music by G. B. PLATTI, C. M. Von WEBER, J. BRAHMS

MILANO Auditorium (2007)
W. A. MOZART Concerto K242 for 2 pianos and orchestra
Concerto K365 for 2 pianos and orchestra
Orchestra Sinfonica G. Verdi, conductors and soloists Michelangelo Carbonara and Cedric Pescia

NEW YORK Carnegie Hall (2007)
Recital, music by F. SCHUBERT, D. SCARLATTI, J. BRAHMS

ROMA Teatro Capranica (2007)
W. A. MOZART Symphony K338 in C major
L. Van BEETHOVEN Concerto n.3 op.37 for piano and orchestra
Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese, conductor and soloist Michelangelo Carbonara

FRANKFURT Bechstein Hall (2008)
Recital, music by F. SCHUBERT, F. CHOPIN, M. RAVEL, J. BRAHMS

TORONTO Faculty of music (2008)
Recital, music by D. SCARLATTI, M. CLEMENTI, L. BERIO, J. S. BACH, N. ROTA, G. ROSSINI

BOLOGNA Accademia Filarmonica (2008)
With the violinist Markus Placci, music by W. A. MOZART, S. PROKOFIEV, J. BRAHMS

MILANO Università Bocconi (2008)
Recital, music by D. SCARLATTI, M. RAVEL, J. BRAHMS

SEOUL Central Arts Center (2008)
With the violist Jung Won Choi, music by P. NARDINI, R. SCHUMANN, P. HINDEMITH

GOZO (MALTA) Art and Music Festival (2008)
Recital, music by G.B. PLATTI, C. M. Von WEBER, J. S. BACH, N. ROTA, G. ROSSINI

CORDOBA Teatro El Libertador (2008)
Fortuna Piano Trio, music by R. SCHUMANN, E. MORRICONE, J. BRAHMS

BUENOS AIRES Auditorium Amijai (2008)
Fortuna Piano Trio, music by W. A. MOZART R. SCHUMANN, F. SCHUBERT

ROMA Teatro Ghione (2009)
Recital, music by D. SCARLATTI, G. BACEWICZ, F. J. HAYDN, K. SZYMANOWSKI

MESSINA Filarmonica Laudamo (2009)
With the flutist Daria Grillo, music by WIDOR, MOUQUET, SANCAN, RAVEL, BORNE

TIMISOARA Central Auditorium (2009) J. BRAHMS Concerto n.2 op.83 for piano and orchestra
Timisoara Banatul Orchestra, Conductor Raymond Janssen

PRAGUE Prague Spring (2009)
SCARLATTI-HAENDEL Challenge, with Cedric Pescia 

ROMA Accademia Filarmonica Romana (2009)
Fortuna Piano Trio, music by F.J. HAYDN, F. MENDELSSOHN 

RIMINI RiminiMeeting (2009)
A piano diary, music by C. CARRARA

TORINO Auditorium del Politecnico (2009)
With the clarinetist Paolo Marchettini, music by F. POULENC, S. BECHET, I. STRAVINSKY, F. SAY, B. GOODMAN, L. BERNSTEIN




TRASMISSIONI TV E RADIO / TV AND RADIO BROADCASTS


RADIO 3 Mattino tre (2000)
Interview and performances with the cellist Adam Klocek
K. SZYMANOWSKI Theme varié op.3
J. BRAHMS Sonata op.38 for cello and piano

SAT 2000 Vivendo parlando (2001)
3 broadcasts with performances:
B. BARTOK Suite op.14
D. SCARLATTI Sonata in D major
J. S. BACH/F. LISZT Prelude and fugue in a minor

RADIO 3 Mattino tre (2001)
Interview and performances with the clarinetist Paolo Marchettini and the violinist David Simonacci
F. POULENC Sonata for clarinet and piano
I. STRAVINSKI Suite dall’ Histoire du Soldat

RADIO 3 Concerti del Quirinale (2005)
D. SCARLATTI 6 Sonatas
F. SCHUBERT 2 fragments of Sonata
C. M. Von WEBER Sonata op.39

TV CROATIA morning broadcast (2006)
Interview and performance
N. ROTA 2 Preludes

CLASSICAL RADIO TORONTO
Interview and performances
G. B. PLATTI Adagio from Sonata VIII
M. CLEMENTI Finale from Sonata op.40 n.2
D. SCARLATTI Sonata in G major

RADIO ONE TORONTO (2008)
Interview

SAT 2000 Alta fedeltà (2008)
Interview and performances of music by Maurice Ravel

TELERADIOSTEREO Chiave di basso (2008)
Interview about Maurice Ravel

RADIO 3 La stanza della musica (2008)
Interview and performances
D. SCARLATTI Sonata in G major
G. ROSSINI Memento Homo
Assez de Memento: dansons
M. RAVEL Jeux d’eau
Forlane e Rigaudon dal Tombeau de Couperin

RADIO CLASSICA Ultimo grido (2008)
Interview and performances
F. SCHUBERT Fragment of Sonata D625
C. M. Von WEBER Sonata op.70

RADIO POPOLARE Chassis (2009)
Interview about Nino Rota

RADIO CLASSICA Il pianista (2009)
Interview about Nino Rota

RADIO 3 Piazza Verdi (2009)
Interview and performances
M. RAVEL Prelude from Tombeau de Couperin
N. ROTA 4 Preludes
Ippolito gioca
Bagatella
Valzer

RADIO POPOLARE Rotoclassica (2009)
Interview about Nino Rota 




MASTERCLASS COME INSEGNANTE / MASTERCLASSES  

BEIJING
Central Conservatory (2006)

TORONTO
Faculty of music (2008)

TIMISOARA 
Conservatory (2009) 




RASSEGNA STAMPA / EXCERPT FROM THE PRESS

"Michelangelo has flying hands, an impeccable touch, a clear and bright sound, the ability to always hold the listener’s interest... we’ve rarely encountered such a great rapport between musician and public... a triumph"
Carla Moreni, II Sole 24 Ore

"A miracle pianist"
Bill Newman, Music & Vision Daily

"Michelangelo is a fearless performer. On a technical level there are no chinks in his armour. His playing has a noble and majestic quality….deep expression and a light, feathery touch…."
Cecilia Xuereb, The Sunday Times (Malta)

"He is the greatest Italian hope at the piano"
Andrea Cuomo, Il Giornale

"Velvet fingers and heart of passion…totally different amongst the new generation of pianists"
Elide Bergamaschi, La Voce di Mantova

"An incredible, deep sound, rich and refined….a blend of gentleness and greatness"
Serge Martin, Le Soir

"A star is born...an amazing performance...an extraordinary success...his playing is characterized by the beauty of his sound, the breadth and airiness of his phrasing, the precision and clarity of his rhythm, his admirable virtuosity, his deeply felt pathos, and the richness of his expression"
Alberto Cima, La Provincia


"An unforgettable Scarlatti."
The Sunday Times (England)

"A musician of other times…one of the most astonishing performers of the new generation…rare sensitiveness, crystalline tecnique, intimately poetic temperament…triumphal interpretation of Chopin’s Concerto op. 21, which has fully confirmed all his gifts to a large and enthousiastic public…a performance of high school…an extraordinary feeling with Nowak"
Carlo Guareschi, Il Corriere di Roma
"This was the best attended of the recitals of the festival...a dazzling conclusion...an almost phenomenal performer. Young and slight in appereance he is a bundle of energy, great musicality and lots of personality too"
Albert G. Storace, The Times

"His wonderful hands express the true voice of Schubert"
Paola Pariset, Il Tempo
"One of the best musicians of the new generation"
Paolo Boccacci, La Repubblica

"We will be grateful to Michelangelo Carbonara for his originality and his bravery….for having given us a big demonstration of differing musical climates"
Nicolas Blanmont, La Libre Belgique

"A rare musician amongst the new generation of international pianists...he presented an original and rich programme performed with masterly knowledge of the technique and exquisite delicacy of the intepretation"
Barbara Leone, L'Avanti

"From Michelangeli to Michelangelo….an exceptional pianist who is transformed, while playing, by the music inside him"
Annamaria Barbato Ricci, I-am.it

"A great, unexpected success"
Anna Jurasz, Muzyka

"A profound, inner-directed way of playing, very different from the gaudy virtuosity of the other younger pianists"
Silvia Consenzi, Suonare News

"He commands an awesome arsenal of pianistic technique, transporting perfectly-realized music to our ears. He is exciting in his conceptions, wonderful in his expression, audacious in his choices"
Hanni Neubeck, Begegnung mit dem Klavier 

"People who love Ravel, or just people who love music, the Ravel Complete Piano Music by Michelangelo Carbonara is a recording you absolutely can't miss!"
Elide Bergamaschi, il Cittadino di Lodi

"Brilliant releases a wonderful 2CD set...the pianist is perfect in returning the true Ravel's soul"
Luca Ciammarughi, Milano Finanza

"Carbonara filtered the Ravel sound like a severe, sensitive sage who, through a magic trick with no trick, offers a fantastic show enchanting the children and exciting the old."
Claudio Strinati, il Venerdì di Repubblica

"Besides the flawless piano playing, what we notice in his Rota recording is the ability to make the music breath and to recreate an emotional feeling similar to a live concert."
Luca Ciammarughi, CD Classico