Roberto Zarpellon graduated in Organ and Organ Composition from the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome in 1985 before continuing his studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien), where he graduated with distinction in Organ Performance (Orgelkonzertfach) in 1988 under the guidance of Prof. A. Mitterhofer. Alongside his organ studies, he pursued Church Music, studying Choral Conducting with Erwin Ortner, and Orchestral Conducting with Otmar Suitner and Uroš Lajovic. He further perfected his musical education with Michael Radulescu and Nikolaus Harnoncourt in the field of historically informed performance, and with Sándor Végh in Salzburg. He made his conducting debut at the Wiener Festwochen in 1987, followed by engagements at the Mozarteum Salzburg and the Festival della Valle d'Itria in 1988.

Renowned for the breadth of his repertoire, Roberto Zarpellon has conducted music ranging from the Baroque to the contemporary era. He has collaborated extensively with leading specialists in historically informed performance—including many years alongside Fabio Biondi—and is widely regarded as one of the pioneers in applying Baroque performance practice to modern orchestras.

His conducting career has taken him to many of the world's leading concert halls and festivals, including the Musikverein (Golden Hall) and Konzerthaus in Vienna, Wiener Festwochen, OsterKlang Wien, the Mozarteum and Alte Universitätskirche in Salzburg, Kölner Philharmonie and WDR Cologne, Konzerthaus Berlin, Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt, KKL Luzern, Beethovenfest Bonn, Osaka Philharmonic Hall, Belgrade Philharmonic, Brucknerhaus Linz, as well as to major Italian institutions such as the Arena di Verona Foundation, the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago, the Rome Opera, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro Comunale "Claudio Abbado" of Ferrara, Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo, Teatro Grande in Brescia, Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Teatro Verdi in Pisa, Teatro Rendano in Cosenza, and to the Paul VI Audience Hall and the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. He has also appeared extensively in the United States, Brazil, and Japan.

His discography includes recordings for the Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation, Dabringhaus & Grimm (MDG), Fra Bernardo, WDR3, and Nuova Era. He has also recorded for many of Europe's leading radio and television broadcasters, including BBC, Deutschlandfunk, RAI, RAI International, ORF, WDR, NHK, KBS, and RTV Slovenija. His performances are widely available online, with his YouTube channel exceeding two million views.

Upcoming engagements include a return to the Tartini Festival and to Vienna's Musikverein, where he was warmly acclaimed last season for conducting Puccini's Requiem—presented in his own orchestration—alongside Verdi's Requiem.

Stefano is a pianist with complete technical facility and a beautiful tonal palette. He possesses a natural charisma and an unforced, sophisticated sense of style in a wide range of repertoire. His dynamic range is wide and he orchestrates beautifully on the piano, with a varied tone which sings at all dynamic levels. He has brilliance, delicacy, drive and sense of architecture, all revelead in a fine artistic manner.

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Since his early years of study Stefano Andreatta has received numerous prizes in national and international competitions for young pianists, later establishing himself in major piano competitions in Italy and abroad. In 2016 he was the winner of the Friuli Venezia Giulia International Piano Competition, receiving from the jury also the special prizes for the best performance of Beethoven's sonata and for the 20th-century piece (Rachmaninov's Sonata No. 2).

In 2017, he won third prize and a medal at the prestigious Montreal International Competition (WFIMC), in a final broadcasted on the medici.tv platform. His first recording project was released in 2018 for KNS Classical, dedicated to Sonatas by Scarlatti, Clementi, Beethoven and Rachmaninov.

He has performed as a soloist and in chamber ensembles in Italy, Germany, England, Spain, Denmark, Kazakhstan, Canada and the United States in prestigious halls such as: Sala dei Giganti (Padua), RDAM Concert Hall (Copenhagen), Tivoli Concert Hall (Copenhagen), Maison Symphonique (Montréal), Teatro Bon (Udine), Astana Opera Theatre (Astana), Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center (Salt Lake City), Hanns Eisler Concert Hall (Berlin), Fazioli Concert Hall (Sacile), Auditorium del Massimo (Rome), Auditorium Manuel de Falla (Madrid), Sony Auditorium (Madrid), Sala Ateneu (Bacau), Weinman Hall (Santa Barbara - California), Jack Singer Concert Hall (Calgary).

He was recently invited by La Società dei Concerti in Milan with music by Beethoven, Bartók, Bach and Rachmaninov, and he gave in Bologna the first Italian performance of J.D. Krynen's Sonata, entitled Cantar de mio Cid and inspired by the Spanish epic poem of the same name.

In 2023 he won the International Rovere d'Oro Prize. The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia awarded him the Giuseppe Sinopoli prize in the presence of the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella.

Stefano Andreatta graduated with top marks, praise and honourable mention at the Conservatorio A. Steffani in Castelfranco Veneto. He subsequently specialised with Massimiliano Ferrati and at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen with Niklas Sivelov. He finally graduated with top marks and honours under the guidance of Benedetto Lupo at the Courses of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.

He worked as Piano Professor at Conservatories in Latina, Frosinone, Castelfranco Veneto and Udine. Actually he has a chair at Conservatory of Music G. da Venosa in Potenza.

Dr. Yi-Yang Chen shot onto the international stage with back-to-back victories in the 2018 Sussex International Piano Competition, 2017 Washington International Competition, and the Warning International Piano Competition. The Worthing Herald music critic Richard Amey praised his recent performance "flair for the unusual and his technical and artistic capacity to deliver," as well as his "musical and emotional intelligence, dexterity and virtuosity," listening to Chen as soloist in Saint-Saëns' Piano Concerto No.5 "Egyptian" with the Worthing Symphony Orchestra. His vibrant playing at the Pacific International Piano Competition (Canada) was recognized by the judges, who selected him for the first prize ("…Yi-Yang showed an impressive breadth of emotional investment and natural affinity for the music he played. The informed individuality and command of his performance was immediately compelling to the judges. We feel this young man has a fine future as an artist. He seems to 'own' the piano as he plays, and this makes his performance extremely powerful" - Dr. Robin McCabe).

Yi-Yang Chen is an assistant professor of piano at the University of Kansas and the Artist Director of the Orbifold Music Festival in California. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Chen has been playing the piano since the age of 8. Yi-Yang completed his Doctor of Musical Arts And Bachelor's of Music at the Eastman School of Music with Douglas Humpherys, and his Master's degree at The Juilliard School with Robert McDonald and Jerome Lowenthal. He also has solo/chamber masterclasses with Itzhak Perlman, Emanuel Ax, Daniel Pollack, Joseph Kalichstein.

Yi-Yang Chen is a member of the Music Teachers National Association, College Music Society, and Mu Phi Epsilon. He enjoys swimming, biking, traveling, and composing. Yi-Yang is currently working on a recording project with Champs Hill label (UK); the release is scheduled for 2025. Before joining KU (University of Kansas), Yi-Yang served on the faculty at East Tennessee State University as a tenure-track professor.

Dr. Chen is a Steinway Artist.