Viviana Lasaracina

Viviana Lasaracina became one of Italy's most-honored pianists during her years of training. As a recitalist, she has appeared in many of the world's most prestigious venues. Lasaracina was born on April 27, 1988, in Italy. She took up the piano at six, and after rapid progress, entered the Nino Rota Conservatory in the city of Monopoli, studying with Benedetto Lupo and graduating at 18 with full honors and special mention. In 2006, she made her debut in Milan at the Sala Verdi under the auspices of the Società dei Concerti. From the Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca and the Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe, Lasaracina earned fellowships supporting her travel to London, where she studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Christopher Elton. She rounded out her education at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, and she also took master classes with Lazar Berman, who hailed her talent and left an imprint on her highly virtuosic playing. Lasaracina won or placed highly in an unusually large number of competitions, including the Young Concert Artists Trust Auditions in London and the New York Concert Artists and Associates Auditions. The latter brought with it a debut at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York, and Lasaracina has gone on to play recitals at top-rank halls around Italy and abroad. These include the Palau de la Música in Barcelona, Wigmore Hall in London, and the Salle Cortot in Paris. She has performed concertos with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, and the Orquesta de Valencia, among other groups, and she is an enthusiastic chamber music player. Lasaracina was signed to the Dynamic label and released her debut album there, featuring the Goyescas, Op. 11, of Enrique Granados, in 2021.
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