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Pianist Emanuele Arciuli has earned an outstanding reputation as a champion of both Classicism and Twentieth-Century Music, particularly the Second Viennese School and American contemporary music. His collaborations with composers including George Crumb, Frederic Rzewski, John Adams, Aaron J. Kernis and Joel Hoffman have won him their enthusiastic response. He performs regularly for prestigious concert societies and with major orchestras in Italy and throughout Europe. He has been presented in recital by Teatro San Carlo (Naples), Teatro La Fenice (Venezia),Theatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro), Teatro Carlo Felice (Genova), Berliner Festwochen, Biennale di Venezia, Sagra Malatestiana di Rimini, Settembre Musica Torino, Arena di Verona etc.; he has performed as a soloist with orchestras including Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Orchestra Sinfonica "Verdi" di Milano, St.Petersburg Philarmonic, Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira, Hungarian Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana Lugano, Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano and many others. In June of 1998 he made his American debut at the Corbett Auditorium (University of Cincinnati) for the prestigious Festival "X" with great success. He was immediately re-invited for the following year's festival and for other recitals in the U.S. including Denver, Philadelphia, Boston, Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Milwaukee. He has recorded for the Stradivarius, VAI, Bridge and Chandos labels. His discography includes the complete piano works of Berg and Webern, the original version of the second book of Liszt's Ann�es de P�lerinage, the piano concerto of Bruno Maderna and an anthology of American piano music entitled "Americans!" Crumb's Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik has been nominated for Grammy Awards. The last cd (Adams - Rzewski piano music)was "best cd of the 2006" in Italy. Recipient of the "Patron of Exceptional Artist" award, he made his debut at The Miami Piano Festival in 2002. In November 2002 he premiered to great acclaim the "Round Midnight Variations" in New York (at Miller Theater of Columbia University), a collection of variations on the famous Thelonious Monk theme, composed for him by major American musicians (Babbit, Bolcom, Crumb, Daugherty, Harbison, Hoffman, Kernis, Torke, Rzewski ands more). Recent highlights include Michael Nyman's Piano Concerto n.2 world premiere (with Orchestra Sinf. Nazionale della RAI, Turin), expressly written for him, Beethoven Concertos Nos. 2 and 4 with Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira in Rio, the Schnittke Piano Concerto at Teatro Comunale di Modena, the Italian premi�re of John Adams Piano Concerto "Century Rolls" in Milan, Bart�k Piano Concerto No. 3 with Orchestra Toscanini, Bernstein's "Age of Anxiety" with the St.Petersburg Philarmonic, recitals in New York, Washington, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Cincinnati, Lecce, Ravello festival etc. Coming performances includes Bart�k Piano Concerto n.3 with Zoltan Pesko, recital for Milano Musica/Teatro alla Scala, Biennale di Venezia and the world premiere of Indiana Concerto by the distinguish native american composer Louis W Ballard (dedicated to Emanuele and completed by Brent Michael Davids) with Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by M.Venzago. He teaches at the Conservatory of Bari and is Guest Faculty at University of Cincinnati.