Andrea Lucchesini

Bio

Andrea Lucchesini studied with Maria Tipo and won the Dino Ciani International Competition at the Teatro alla in 1983. He has since played all over the world with the most famous conductors, having always paid particular attention to chamber music as well, collaborating with illustrious partners.

Highlights of Lucchesini’s recordings include the complete live performance of Beethoven’s thirty-two piano sonatas, Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire, Berg’s Kammerkonzert with Giuseppe Sinopoli, and three Audite CDs dedicated to the last piano works of Schubert. An acclaimed interpreter of Berio’s music, Lucchesini premiered his Piano Sonata in 2001 and recorded all of Berio’s piano works for AVIE Records.

Lucchesini is a professor at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole and gives masterclasses internationally at renowned institutions. Since 2022 he is artistic director of the Amici della Musica in Florence.