Dino Ciani

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Dino Ciani (June 16, 1941, Fiume - March 28, 1974) was an Italian pianist.

Ciani was born in Fiume (now Rijeka in Croatia) and studied piano with Marta del Vecchio in Genoa. Following studies at the Conservatory in Rome, he attended the advanced courses of Alfred Cortot, who called him "miraculously gifted ... one of the most remarkable examples of the rarest talents one could hope to find". His concert career was launched when he won second prize at the Liszt-Bartók Competition in Budapest in 1961. His repertoire embraced the complete sonatas of Beethoven, and works by Weber, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin and Debussy. His recording for Deutsche Grammophon of the complete Debussy Preludes is particularly admired. He was killed in a road accident at the age of 33.

[edit] Discography (selection)

Dino Ciani: A Tribute. Haydn: Sonata No. 52 in E flat; Mozart: Fantasia and Sonata in C minor; Beethoven: "Eroica" Variations; Diabelli Variations; Weber: Sonatas Nos. 1-4; Chopin: Etudes (sel.); Schumann: Sonata no. 1; Fantasie; Balakirev: Islamey; Bartók: Sonata; Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs; Suite; Scriabin: Preludes (sel.); other works. Dynamic (6 CDs)
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas. Dynamic (9 CDs)
Brahms: Concerto No. 1; Liszt: Totentanz; Weber: Sonata No. 2; Debussy: Children's Corner; Bartók: Mikrokosmos VI; Hummel: Sonata Op. 13; Schumann: Kinderszenen; Noveletten; Chopin: Barcarolle. Capital Musica (3 CDs)
Debussy: Preludes (Books I & II). Deutsche Grammophon (2 CDs; additional works by Debussy played by Tamás Vásáry)
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3. Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI cond. Vittorio Gui. Doremi (CD)
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 4. Orchestra della Scala cond. Claudio Abbado. Myto (CD)
Mozart: Piano Concertos. Nos. 20 and 24 cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni. Dynamic (CD)

[edit] Digital Versatile Discography

Classic Archive: Wilhelm Kempff. Schumann: Novelette Op. 21 No. 1; Bartók: Out of Doors - Nos. 4 & 5. (rec. Paris, 1967) (additional works by Beethoven and Schumann played by Wilhelm Kempff). EMI Classic Archive