Chopin / Vacatello - Facets Music CD

... and even when Ginastera gives you one piece with a close family likeness to another, you listen with a sense of renewal thnks to performances by Mariangela Vacatello of a super zest, brio and imaginative scope... she has technique in spades, making her a front-runner with Argerich's legendary live Three Argentinian Dances... no praise could be high enough for Vacatello's achievement. (Gramophone 2016) In the two decades since her professional debut, pianist Mariangela Vacatell has brought her virtuosity, passionate interpretations, and magnificent musicality to diverse global audiences. She is recognized worldwide as an exceptionally gifted artist, reflected in the numerous awards and effusive reviews she has received for both her live performances and recordings for Brilliant Classics. Her performances are regulary broadcasted by prestigious Radio Stations worldwide. The Second Prize at the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition in 1999 at the age of 17 catapulted her towards an international career as a soloist, performing at Wigmore Hall, Bridgewater Hall in Machester, Walt Disney Hall, Montpellier Festival, Carneige Weill Hall in NYC, Oriental Centre in Shanghaj, She has since appeared regularly with such prominent orchestras as the Teatro all Scala Philharmonic Orchestra, Accademia Nazonale Santa Cecilia in Rome, RAI Turin, Lithuanian Symphony, Stutgerter Philharmonics, Norwestdeutsche Orchestra, Johannesburg Philarmonic, "Hayd" in Trento and Bolzano, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Zagreb Philhamonia, Pannon Philharmonic, Moldavian Radio Television, RSI Orchestra, Belgrade Philarmonic Orchestra, Hartford Symphony, Colorado Spring Symphony Orchestra, Prague Chamber Orchestra.