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

Among his recordings stand out the complete live performance of Beethoven’s thirty-two piano sonatas, Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire and Berg’s Kammerkonzert both with Giuseppe Sinopoli, and three recent CDs for Audite dedicated to Schubert’s last piano works. A renowned interpreter of Luciano Berio’s music, he premiered the Sonata (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 at important international institutions. Since 2022 he has been the artistic director of the Amici della Musica in Florence.