ABOUT US

Described by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram as an "aristocrat of the piano", Luigi Carroccia won prestigious prizes including the "Premio Abbado" announced by the MIUR in memory of Claudio Abbado and the "Virtuoso Prize" at the Vendome Piano Prize held at the 2019 Verbier Festival. He received a medal in Kjustendil for his performances of A. Scriabin and in recent years he achieved great success in the “Cliburn” Competition in Fort Worth, the “Busoni” Competition in Bolzano and “Fryderyk Chopin “Competition in Warsaw.

He regularly performs in Italy and abroad for festivals such as the Duszniki International Chopin Piano Festival, the Miami International Piano Festival, the Dresdner Musikfestspiele, and in halls such as the Ishibashi Memorial Hall of the University of Tokyo, Flagey in Brussels, the Symphony Hall and the Town Hall in Birmingham, the Sala Apollinee of the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, the Museo Teatrale alla Scala in Milan, the Teatro Casa d'Italia in Istanbul and the Salle Bourgie in Montreal.

Luigi undertook his musical studies under at the “C. Monteverdi” in Bolzano, where he obtained his degrees with top marks and honors. Between 2016 and 2018 he received a Junior Fellowship from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (UK) and from 2018 to 2022 he was Artist in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Waterloo, Belgium

Natalie’s background is rooted in classical music. She started playing piano at an early age and completed her studies at the “S. Cecilia” Conservatory in Rome and the Conservatory “C. Monteverdi” of Bolzano, where she obtained a Master’s Degree in Piano with full marks and honors. In 2016 she was admitted at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire with a full merit scholarship and attended a Post-graduate PSP in Piano Performance.

She subsequently obtained a Master’s Degree in Chamber Music at the Toscanini Conservatory with top marks and honors. Winner of prizes including the Peter Donohoe Prize and the Renna Kellaway Piano Prize, between 2012 and 2020 Natalie played as a soloist and in chamber music groups for festivals such as the Euro Music Festival at the Martin Luther University in Halle, the Lady Margareth Hall in Oxford, the Symphony Hall and the Town Hall in Birmingham, Palazzo Mercantile in Bolzano, St. John in the Village in New York and Palazzo Ricci in Montepulciano.

During her performance activity, Natalie soon developed a passion for artistic and cultural management, which represents now her full time activity. In terms of cultural management, she collaborated with a number of music academies and festivals over the years and obtained a Master's Degree in Cultural planning and Fundraising at the Treccani Academy in Rome in 2024. In 2024 she founded the Festival “Riviera di Ulisse” of which she is executive director.