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Elisa Rumici is an Italian pianist and researcher.
Active in the field of music dissemination, Elisa brings classical music to the public through innovative concert formats, regularly performing in Europe in across Europe in prestigious venues, including the Milan Expo, the Fazioli Showroom in Milan, the Italian Institute of Culture in Stuttgart, the Circolo dei Lettori in Turin, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro Vittoria in Turin, Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine, and Gare du Nord in Basel. Selected performances have been recorded and broadcast by Antena 2 in Portugal, Lodi Crema TV, and Radio Antenna 5 in Italy.
As a soloist, she has performed Mozart’s Concerto K. 271 in Vicenza and Crema, Schumann’s Concerto Op. 54 at the FVG International Music Meeting, and Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with the Orchestra del Teatro Olimpico. Her collaborations include performances with the Ensemble Diagonal under the baton of Baldur Brönnimann and with the Schlagzeug-Ensemble of the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg under the direction of Håkon Stene. She is also a regular guest at the chamber music festival of the Orchestra del Teatro Olimpico.
Elisa has been awarded twenty-seven first prizes in national and international competitions and has received numerous scholarships. She is currently supported by the Cusanuswerk Stiftung. Her concert project Revealed Virtuosity was awarded the Walter und Corina Christen-Marchal-Stiftung Prize in 2024.
A dedicated advocate for contemporary music, Elisa premiered Luigi Donorà’s Concertino for Piano and Orchestra da Camera in collaboration with the composer and recorded Francesco Marino’s Oceano for the album Francesco Marino Piano Works (Diapason Records). Her discography further includes Gilda Ruta Piano Works (Da Vinci Publishing), A Musical Journey (Rhein Records), and a contribution to the soundtrack of the documentary Foibe, il dramma dei deportati e scomparsi, screened at the 71st Venice Film Festival.
Elisa received her first piano lessons from Maria Cristina Sgura and then studied with Maria Grazia Cabai, Roberto Plano, and Riccardo Zadra. She obtained her diploma in piano performance at the Music Conservatory J. Tomadini in Udine in 2013 at the age of 17, and in 2016, she received her diploma in piano performance at the Accademia Musicale Varesina and graduated magna cum laude at the Music Conservatory A. Pedrollo di Vicenza. After having studied at the Accademia Musicale in Pinerolo with Enrico Pace, she received a Master degree in Piano Performance and a Master degree in Piano Pedagogy under the guidance of Filippo Gamba at the Hochschule für Musik Basel.
An avid researcher, Elisa is currently pursuing a doctorate at the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg under the supervision of Prof. N. Loges and Prof. A. Gomez. She has been invited to present her research at major international conferences and academic events, including the RAPP Lab at HfMT Köln, the 23rd GMTH Congress in Freiburg, the 1st and 2nd ANDA Conferences in Modena and Naples, the 20th and 21st GATM Congresses in Salerno, the 13th Biennial International Conference on Music Since 1900 at KU Leuven, the Annual Conference of the Society for Music Research at HfMT Köln, the doctoral seminars at Hochschule für Musik Freiburg, the 48 colloquium at Hochschule für Musik Basel, and the Study Days on Artistic Research at Hochschule Luzern.
Dedicated to fostering gender inclusivity in classical music, she co-organizes the Feminale festival in Basel alongside Margalith Eugster and Sofia Will.