Anna Lisa Bellini

"…she enchants the audience for her sound's quality and her personality" (Radio Rai Tre)

Anna Lisa BelliniAn active concert pianist, over the past thirty years  Anna Lisa Bellini has given concerts in Germany, Chile, Japan, France, Belgium, Switzerland and in the most important musical Italian cities such as Florence, Naples, Ferrara, Pistoia, Mantua (Palazzo Te), Genoa (Teatro Carlo Felice, Politeama), Rome (Oratorio del Gonfalone), Parma (Teatro Regio), Siena (Settimana Musicale Senese), Bergamo, Ferrara, Pistoia, Modena, Udine, Cremona, Rovigo, Syracuse, etc…

Born in Rome, she discovered her musical gifts at the age of seven and studied piano with Giuliana Bordoni Brengola at the Conservatory "Santa Cecilia" in Rome, graduating with highest honours and, standing out for her fascinating sensitivity and personality, receiving the Special Prize "E. Iacovelli-Marchi" for the best diploma. She continued her studies at the "Scuola di Musica di Fiesole" with the great Italian pianist Maria Tipo who wrote  about her: "Her fresh and spontaneous musicality is enchanting; her refined taste, her equilibrium, her brilliant intelligence make herself an exceptional pianist".

She was awarded the prestigious prize "Diploma d'Onore" given by the "Accademia Musicale Chigiana" in Siena and attracted further attention of the musical world by winning first prize at piano competitions including the "M. Clementi-Kawai" Competition in Florence (where she is awarded the Special Prize "Robert Schumann"), the European Competition of Contemporary Music "Bela Bartòk” and the “Martha Del Vecchio” Competition “…by virtue of her elegant phrasing, sensibility and vigour that made a strong impression on public and jury" (La stampa- Genoa).

She has played Beethoven's Concerto n°4 to celebrate Maria Tipo's 70th birthday in Florence, Hindemith's "Die Vier Temperamente" for piano and string orchestra at the International Festival-Hinterzarten in the Black Forest, Chopin's Grande Polonaise Brillante précédée d'un Andante Spianato Op.22 with orchestra at "Bach-Reger Tage "- Weimar and Beethoven's Triple Concerto for the inauguration of the Teatro Auditorium in Chieti. She was also invited to the "Okinawa Moon Beach Music Camp & Festival" (Japan) and played for the Japanese Emperor Akihito and his wife Michico on the occasion of their visit to Italy.

Radio Vaticana and Radio Rai Tre broadcasted her concerts like Mozart's Piano Concerto K467, Chopin's Sonata op.35, works of Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, Brahms, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Reinecke, Weber, Franck, Debussy. Also active in the promotion of contemporary and today’s music, she has been the protagonist of first performances such as the first performance of "Quattro Maschere di Dioniso" by Carlo Galante and Tansman's quintet, the first Italian performance of the Schönberg's Trio "Verklärte Nacht op.4 (translated by Eduard Steuermann) and first performance of  “Passeggiata in riva al mare”, dedicated to her by composer Mario Guido Scappucci.

Her CD Schubert-Liszt-Busoni "…..transforms the sound in a suggestive and introspective journey through the soul" (Amadeus). He has been invited as a member of the jury in piano competitions such as Concorso Pianistico Città di Albenga” and Concours International de piano de Saint Paul Trois Château.. Since 2002 she has been the artistic director of Beethoven Festival Sutri.

For her artistic carreer she received the prestigious price “Targa Speciale R.O.S.A from Canova Club of Rome and “Premio Efebo” by Vittorio Sgarbi, currently Undersecretary of State to the Ministry of Culture in Italy.  

Anna Lisa Bellini teaches at Liceo Musicale “S. Rosa da Viterbo” and at the International Musical Advanced Course in Chiusi della Verna (Italy).