Andrea Padova has been called "one of the most interesting figures of contemporary piano scene" by the magazine Insound that in 2008 awarded him as best Italian pianist for hsi capability to “to deal with a classical repertoire, as well as jazz”
He has concertized throughout the world, appearing in such major venues as Carnegie Hall in New York, Washington Performing Arts Society, Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, Gasteig in Munich, Granada Festival, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Accademia di S.Cecilia in Rome.
In the United States he also played in New York (Merkin Hall, U.N. Auditorium, Hunter College) San Francisco (at Yoshi’s) Los Angeles (Blue Whale) Washington (Phillips Collection, W. Performing Arts Society) Chicago, and many other cities and venues.
In addition he worked as an interpreter in the field of contemporary music collaborating with composers such as Pierre Boulez and Leonard Bernstein and he is himself a composer awarded in many international competitions (Wiener Wettbewerb für neue Musik, “A.Casella” of the Accademia Chigiana di Siena, Wiener Masters, “Malipiero”, “G.Contilli”, “MusMA, Music Masters on Air”).
With his first piano solo crossover cd “Landscape in Motion”, he received the prestigious Prize “Le Veneri” 2006 “for his capability to invent a language magically suspended between the power of classical music and the energy and freshness of Jazz”.
After his concert at Merkin Hall the New York Times enthusiastically reviewed his recent works: “…he writes in an accessible, freewheeling style. His Prelude combined allusions to Bach and a variant of John Coltrane’s Love Supreme before sailing off on its own. Across the Border Line begins with a bright, attractive melody over a quietly rumbling bass, and evolves into a thundering showpiece. And Highways has a sprightly character that suggests a car chase captured on film and played back at double speed”.
In 2010, alternating short pieces by Bach and his own original pieces, he conceived and performed the cycle "Preludes & Interludes", for which the Examiner wrote: "Padova's inventive voice is decidedly his own. Pleasantly intriguing. "
In 2016 and 2017 he will tour with his own music project “The Bridge”, together with the flutist Claudio Ferrarini, the bass player Marc Abrams and the trumpetist Dominick Farinacci.
He has concertized throughout the world, appearing in such major venues as Carnegie Hall in New York, Washington Performing Arts Society, Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, Gasteig in Munich, Granada Festival, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Accademia di S.Cecilia in Rome.
In the United States he also played in New York (Merkin Hall, U.N. Auditorium, Hunter College) San Francisco (at Yoshi’s) Los Angeles (Blue Whale) Washington (Phillips Collection, W. Performing Arts Society) Chicago, and many other cities and venues.
In addition he worked as an interpreter in the field of contemporary music collaborating with composers such as Pierre Boulez and Leonard Bernstein and he is himself a composer awarded in many international competitions (Wiener Wettbewerb für neue Musik, “A.Casella” of the Accademia Chigiana di Siena, Wiener Masters, “Malipiero”, “G.Contilli”, “MusMA, Music Masters on Air”).
With his first piano solo crossover cd “Landscape in Motion”, he received the prestigious Prize “Le Veneri” 2006 “for his capability to invent a language magically suspended between the power of classical music and the energy and freshness of Jazz”.
After his concert at Merkin Hall the New York Times enthusiastically reviewed his recent works: “…he writes in an accessible, freewheeling style. His Prelude combined allusions to Bach and a variant of John Coltrane’s Love Supreme before sailing off on its own. Across the Border Line begins with a bright, attractive melody over a quietly rumbling bass, and evolves into a thundering showpiece. And Highways has a sprightly character that suggests a car chase captured on film and played back at double speed”.
In 2010, alternating short pieces by Bach and his own original pieces, he conceived and performed the cycle "Preludes & Interludes", for which the Examiner wrote: "Padova's inventive voice is decidedly his own. Pleasantly intriguing. "
In 2016 and 2017 he will tour with his own music project “The Bridge”, together with the flutist Claudio Ferrarini, the bass player Marc Abrams and the trumpetist Dominick Farinacci.
