Marco Tezza , born in Vicenza/Italy in 1964.

He attended the Conservatory of Music in Vicenza, studying piano with Milde Molinari, Carlo Mazzoli and violin with Giovanni Guglielmo and Giuliana Padrin. He earned his diploma with distinction and honourable mention in piano in 1984. He further refined his knowledge in Italy (Imola Accademy) with Jorg Demus, Gyorgy Sandor and Bruno Canino, and in France with Aquiles Delle Vigne, attending the Ecole Normale “A. Cortot” of Paris , where he obtained the “Diplome Superieur d’Exècution”.

In addition, he has won several international competitions in piano: Citta di Treviso (First Prize); La Spezia (First Prize); RAI (First Prize); Moncalieri (European Prize for Chamber Music); Busoni Viotti and Pretoria (Graduate).

To these important prizes he adds a rich concert activity in prestigious concert-halls in Europe, North and South America, Africa and the Middle-East: La Fenice Theatre of Venezia , Auditorium RAI in Turin, Milan, Rome, Palermo, Cagliari, Tonhalle in Zurich, Geneva, Lugano, Salle Cortot in Paris, Bruxelles, Musikhalle in Hamburg, Kiel, Lubeck, Cologne, Culture Hall in Sofia, Plovdiv, Old Mutual Auditorium in Pretoria (South Africa), Tawes Theatre of Washington, New York, Dom Silvero Theatre in Belo Horizonte, Ouro Preto, Nova Lima, San Paolo (Brazil), Assembly Hall of Beirut, Tripoli and La Habana, Forbidden City Concerthall in Beijing, Manasterly Palace -Il Cairo, Gumi Music Festival (Korea), Australia and New Zealand, to mention the more important ones…