ABOUT
Biography
Born in 1998, Filippo Tenisci began his musical studies at an early age in Albania and later in Italy with M^ Emira Dervinyte. He continued his piano training mainly under the guidance of Maestros Daniel Rivera, Massimo Spada, Roberto Galletto and Maurizio Baglini.
A versatile pianist, specialized in the Romantic repertoire; he recorded the complete Wagner/Liszt transcriptions for the well-known Da Vinci Publishing record label, this project gave him the prestigious 2023 Bayreuth Festspiele scholarship.
He recorded the 2nd Beethoven/Liszt Symphony for RAI 5 in 2021 for the documentary “UT Musica – Il Mascagni a Livorno.
He completed his studies in 2022 at the Pietro Mascagni Conservatory of Livorno graduating with 110, Honors and Honorable Mention and was elected as the Best Academic Graduate 2021/22 obtaining the Galletta Award.
In 2024 he made his solo debut in the united States of America at the invitation of the Art of the Piano Festival in San Francisco. In the same year he debuted and presented his recording project at the Museo Teatrale alla Scala in Milan at the invitation of Luca Ciammarughi in the “Dischi e tasti” and made his solo debut at the Teatro Verdi in Pisa.
On the occasion of the Italian Republic Day 2023, at the invitation of the Consul General, he made his debut at the City Hall in Hong Kong, gaining success and approval from the entire audience.
In 2022 he won first prize at the “Premio Crescendo” in Florence and 2nd prize at the historic “Marco Bramanti” competition in Forte dei Marmi (LU).
In 2021 he made his debut with the Roma Tre Orchestra performing the Concerto No.15 K.450 by W.A.Mozart, under the baton of M° Sieva Borzak. Also with Roma Tre Orchestra, as part of the Baglini Project, he played in the Concerto for 3 Pianos and Orchestra by W.A.Mozart, with pianists Giuseppe Rossi and M° Maurizio Baglini, who also conducted and concerted.
In 2020, he collaborated on the documentary “Richard Wagner, ovvero la musica dell’avvenire” by Valerio Vicari.
In October 2019, he won second prize and the “Scarlatti” prize at the Riga International Competition for Young Pianists.
In 2018: he was proclaimed the overall winner of the International Competition for Youth “Dinu Lipatti”; he won first prize in the Franz Liszt Competition at the Hungarian Academy in Rome; he ranked among the top 8 semifinalists in the prestigious Pianale Academy & Competition, also receiving a scholarship.
In 2016, he won third prize at the International Competition “Resonances” in Paris and the prize for the best performer of Ukrainian music.
He has attended several masterclasses and with renowned masters Beatrice Rana, Elisso Virsaladze, Boris Petrushansky, Andrea Lucchesini, Ewa Pobłocka, Jun Kanno, Boris Berman, Jean-Marc Luisada
He has performed in many prestigious halls in Italy such as the Auditorium Parco della musica, selected for the lecture/concert of pianist Lang Lang, on the occasion of the “Lang Lang Lang Fest” (2012), in the Giuseppe Verdi Theater in Pordenone, as part of the “TGVP on demand” Project with Maestro Maurizio Baglini (2021), in the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Humanities of Roma Tre (starting in 2018), in the National Museum of Arts in Bucharest (2022), Tostiano Institute in Ortona (2023), Theatre Rossini of Pesaro (2024) Theatre Ventidio Basso (2021 – 2024);
and in several international festivals such as the 36th Liszt Festival in Albano Laziale (2023), FestivaLiszt in Grottammare (2023), The Sound of Liszt at Villa D’Este (2023), Festival Pontino in Sermoneta (52nd, 55th, 56th and 60th), Festival Federico Cesi, XVI Rassegna Pietro Nardini (2022), Villa Pennisi in Musica, La Milanesiana (2021), “Villa Borghese Piano Day”, Fano Music Fest (4thand 5th), Livorno Music Festival, Scriabin Concert Series, Propatria Festival (2018 and 2022), Classic for Teens, Monferrato Classic Festival, Pontedera Music Festival (2022), Maggio della Musica (2024), Ponticello Cagliari (2024) and others.
Very active internationally, he has performed in: England (2023) at the Keyboard Charitable Trust, Spain (2022), at the Eutherpe Hall in León, Romania, Germany, at the prestigious concert halls Eichenzeller Schlosschen Kultursaal, Propstei Johannesberg and Alte Universitat in Fulda, Latvia, Bosnia (2019), France (2016) and Switzerland (2016); always enjoying great success among audiences and excellent reviews from critics and the press. He received the Propatria Festival Award in Bucharest (2022) for enhancing the event by promoting Romanian musical excellence in Italy and abroad.
Discography


TV

RAI - 2024
"Ut Musica: Mascagni in Livorno
A journey of musical learning and life through Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 Op. 36 in Liszt’s transcription for solo piano. The Mascagni Conservatory of Livorno in all its facets and its city, with Filippo Tenisci embodying Virgil! A Livorno with an international musical breath

Teatro Giuseppe Verdi of Pordenone - 2021
I quattro elementi in musica
With Maurizio Baglini

Roma Tre Orchestra - 2021
The Mozart Project
W.A.Mozart – Piano Concerto N.15 K.450
Dir. Sieva Borzak
Roma Tre Orchestra
Interview

Rai Radio 3
La Stanza della Musica
Live radio concert and interview with Stefano Valanzuolo
Rome, 2nd October 2024



Museum of Theatre "La Scala"
Dischi e Tasti
Concert debut and interview with Luca Ciammarughi.
Museum Theatre “La Scala”, Milan – 7/2/2024

“Tenisci never bores us and surprises despite his age, sensitivity and maturity at the piano. Certainly an introspective pianist whom we hope to hear again soon.”
Quinte Parallele
“Filippo Tenisci played with such clarity and sense of style each note like a jewel enveloped in the sensitive sounds that the orchestra under Sieva Borzak were providing.”
Christopher Axwhorthy
“Never repetitive, never predictable thanks to his prodigious technique and expressive power, which he pours amazingly on the keyboard”
Angela Simini
Filippo Tenisci es uno de los mejores pianistas de su país.
Diario de León