Martina Consonni

piano

2021–2024
Sir András Schiff Performance Programme for Young Pianists Studies with Sir András Schiff, funded by the Henle patronage of Stichting Horizon.
2021
Kronberg Festival, concert
2022
Chamber Music Connects the World, junior

Praised for her innate musicality and overwhelming sensitivity combined with a remarkable instrumental technique and brilliance of sound, Martina Consonni has established herself as one of the most promising young pianists of her generation.

She made her debut at the age of ten with the Bacau Philharmonic Orchestra, and has since then been in international demand as both soloist and chamber musician. She has performed in prestigious venues such as Konzerthaus and Philharmonie in Berlin, Wigmore Hall and Royal Albert Hall in London, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Teatro Cittadella in Lugano, Museo del Violino in Cremona, Debussy Museum in Paris, Sala Ateneu in Bacau, St. Stephen Church in New York, Parco della Musica in Rome, Auditorium Manzoni in Bologna, Forum Casals in Kronberg, Filharmonia Narodowa in Warsaw.

She is a regular guest at international festivals including Rheingau Musik Festival, Kronberg Academy Festival, Heidelberger Klavierwoche, Debussy Festival Paris, MiTo Settembre Musica, Bologna Festival, Amiata Piano Festival, Gravedona Chamber Music Festival, Lerici Music Festival, Chamber Music Connects the World, Trame Sonore, Perugia Musica Classica, Società dei Concerti Milan, Musica con Le Ali, Classic au Vert Paris.
Her love for chamber music, enriched by a strong natural aptitude, has led her to share the stage with great instrumentalists, including Steven Isserlis, Tabea Zimmermann, Enrico Dindo, Enrico Bronzi, Francesca Dego, Adrian Brendel, Francesco Dillon, Diyang Mei.
She has collaborated with conductors such as Balan, Gelmini, Kessick, Boni, Bellisario and Terreni and with institutions such as the Orchestra Sinfonica del Lario, the Orchestra Sinfonica di Alessandria, the Orchestra da Camera di Imola and the Orchestra Giovanile Pisana.

From early age, her extraordinary musical talent allowed her to win more than 55 grand-prizes in international competitions, including Muzio Clementi Competition, Grand Prize Virtuoso in London, Bruno Bettinelli Competition, Franz Terraneo Prize, Casella Prize at the prestigious Premio Venezia at the Teatro La Fenice. More recently, she was the winner of the Daniele Gay Prize as best young Italian talent and the prestigious Roscini-Padalino Prize by Perugia Musica Classica.

She is a laureate of the Fondation Gautier Capuçon, thanks to which she released her first CD for Warner Classic and she has also won scholarships from the De Sono Association in Turin and the Freunde Junger Musiker Berlin. She has made several recordings for Warner, Rai Radio Tre, Venice Classic Radio, 2R digital classics and for Bartok Studio's independent label Movimento Classical.

Born 1997 in Como, she graduated in piano with honors at the early age of fourteen, and then continued her studies with Enrico Pace at the International Academy 'Incontri col Maestro' in Imola. She obtained two soloist Master's Degree with the highest honors at the Pavia Conservatory and at the HMTM in Hannover with Professor Arie Vardi, a Master's Degree in Chamber Music with top marks at the National Academy "Santa Cecilia" in Rome and an Artist Diploma Degree at the Barenboim-Said Akademie in Berlin with Sir András Schiff. She has been selected to participate in numerous masterclasses, meeting musicians of international renown such as Daniel Barenboim, Kirill Gerstein, Steven Isserlis and Christoph Eschenbach.

She studied from 2021 to 2024 at Kronberg Academy's Sir András Schiff Performance Programme for Young Pianists, generously funded by the Henle patronage of Stichting Horizon.


Last updated: February 2024
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Chamber Music Festival - K1

UNGARN

Bouchkov, Consonni, Ferrandez, Hamos, Johanns, Lee, Lewis, Momen, Moreau, Roozeman

Participants

  • Geneva Lewis violin
  • Jonathan Roozeman Cello
  • Martina Consonni piano
  • Thorsten Johanns clarinet
  • Marc Bouchkov violin
  • Julia Hamos piano
  • Mishka Rushdie Momen piano
  • Christel Lee violin
  • Sara Ferrández viola
  • Jérémie Moreau piano

Programme

Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
• Piano Trio in G major, Hob. XV:25 (“Gypsy Rondo”) – approx. 12' 
I. Andante 
II. Poco adagio, cantabile 
III. Rondo all’Ongarese: Presto

Geneva Lewis, violin 
Jonathan Roozeman, cello 
Martina Consonni, piano

Béla Bartók (1881–1945) 
• Contrasts for clarinet, violin and piano, Sz. 111 (BB 116) – approx. 18' 
I. Verbunkos 
II. Pihenő 
III. Sebes 

Thorsten Johanns, clarinet 
Marc Bouchkov, violin 
Jeremie Moreau, piano

Franz Liszt (1811–1886) 
• Hungarian Rhapsody (for piano four hands) – approx. 10' 
Julia Hamos, piano 
Mishka Momen, piano

INTERVAL

György Kurtág (*1926) 
• Selections from “Játékok” for solo piano – approx. 3' 

Julia Hamos, piano

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
• Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 – approx. 40' 
I. Allegro 
II. Intermezzo: Allegro ma non troppo – Trio: Animato 
III. Andante con moto 
IV. Rondo alla Zingarese: Presto

Christel Lee, violin 
Sara Ferrandez, viola
Jonathan Roozeman, cello
Julia Hamos, piano

 

Program subject to change

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Chamber Music Festival - K6

POLEN

Abdelmoula, Consonni, Duval, Fritsch, Kim, Moreau, Moreau, Oe, Soulez-Lariviere, Xu

Participants

  • Cosima Soulez Larivière violin
  • Peijun Xu viola
  • Edgar Moreau harpsichord
  • Suyoen Kim violin
  • Irène Duval violin
  • Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula piano
  • Martina Consonni piano
  • Kaoru Oe violin
  • Sebastian Fritsch Cello

Programme

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
• Serenade in D major, Op. 8 for String Trio – approx. 27' 
I. Marcia: Allegro – Adagio 
II. Menuetto: Allegretto 
III. Adagio – Scherzo: Allegro molto – Adagio 
IV. Allegretto alla polacca 
V. Andante quasi allegretto – Variations – Allegro – Tempo I 
VI. Marcia: Allegro

Cosima Soulez-Larivière, violin 
Peijun Xu, viola 
Edgar Moreau, cello

Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925)
• Suite for Two Violins and Piano, Op. 71 – approx. 20' 
I. Allegro energico 
II. Allegro moderato 
III. Lento assai 
IV. Molto vivace

Suyoen Kim, violin 
Irène Duval, violin 
Jean-Selim Abdelmoula, piano

INTERVAL

Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994)
• Variations on a Theme by Paganini for Two Pianos – approx. 5'

Martina Consonni, piano 
Jeremie Moreau, piano

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
• Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 8 – approx. 30' 
I. Allegro con fuoco 
II. Scherzo: Vivace 
III. Adagio sostenuto 
IV. Finale: Allegretto

Kaoru Oe, violin 
Sebastian Fritsch, cello 
Martina Consonni, piano

 

Program subject to change