Mario Galeani

Born in Messina, Mario Galeani is considered among most important and active italian pianist and he
dues his musical formation to the well known pianist Aldo Ciccolini.
From very young age he dedicates himself to the concertism, giving tourneé which bring him to perform
as soloist in all Europe, in North and Central America, in Middle and Far East and in North Africa for
some of the most prestigious world musical centres such as the Zurich Tonhalle, Cadogan Hall of
London, Munich Gasteig, Taormina Greek Theatre, Athens Mitropoulos Hall, Catania Bellini Theatre,
Edmonton Winspear Concert Hall, Metz Arsenal, Santander Palacio de Festivales, Cairo Opera Theatre,
Basel Martinskirche, Milano Verdi concert hall of Conservatorio, Vilnius Opera Theater, Erfurt Mozart
Kuppel theatre, Northampton Royal and Derngate Theatre, Torino Verdi concert hall of Conservatorio
and for important international Festivals such as Alghero, Baden Baden, Catania, Dubrovnik, Emilia
Romagna, Erfurt, Estoril, Gressoney, Huy, Ljubljana, Nafplio, Salonicco, Santander, Taormina and
Wien.
He collaborates with such famous artists as Yuri Bashmet, Peter Lukas Graf, Vincenzo Mariozzi, Vadim
Brodsky, Franco Maggio Ormezowsky, Boguslaw Dawidow, Alan Buribayev, Christian Funke, Saulius
Sondeckis, Anton Nanut, Grzegorz Nowak, Enrique Batiz, Christopher Warren Green, Marzio Conti,
Michael Sanderling, Kyong soo Won, Laurent Wagner, Vladimir Valek, Robert Hart Baker, Walter
Gugerbauer, Amoury du Closel, Avner Biron, Giuseppe Lanzetta, Alberto Veronesi and with important
orchestras such as the Royal Philarmonic Orchestra, London Chamber Orchestra, Soloists of Leipzig
Gewandhaus, Catania Bellini Theatre Orchestra, Kaiserslautern Sud West Rundfunk Orchester, Moscow
Soloists, Virtuosi of Prague, Poznan Philarmonic Orchestra, Robert Schumann Philarmonie, Cappella
Istropolitana of Bratislava, Athens Camerata, Symphonie Orchester Zurich, Philarmonie de Lorraine,
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico, Erfurt Philarmonisches
Orchester, Baltic Kremerata, Lithuanian National Orchestra, Cairo State Symphony Orchestra, Dvorak
Symphony Orchestra Prague, Neues Orchester Basel, Italian Symphony Orchestra, Torino Philharmonic
Orchestra, Sanremo Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra da camera fiorentina, Orchestra Sinfonica
Siciliana, Sinfonietta of the Bulgarian Radio-Television, Romanian Radio-Television Orchestra,
Vermont Philharmonic, Asheville Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia of Greensboro among others...
On 1997 he is invited in Japan by the “Franz Liszt Society” for a tourneé of concerts in Osaka, Ashiya
and Nagoya, with a great success of critic and pubblic.
On October 2004 he performs in Mexico with a fantastic success of critics and public at the 32°
International Cervantino Music Festival, representing Italy together such important artists as Uto Ughi,
Claudio Scimone - Solisti Veneti and Amati quartett.
On August 2004, he makes his debut in the wonderful Taormina Greek theatre playing Schumann
Concerto op.54 with the Royal Philarmonic Orchestra and with the same orchestra Mario Galeani debuts
in England on November 2004.
On August 2005 he is invited at 54° Santander International Music Festival to perform with Yuri
Bashmet and Moscow Soloists.
On 1988 he creates and is appointed as artistic director of “Naxos Musica” International Music Festival
in Sicily since 1994, when the Festival has his last season.
On 2004 he is appointed as Music Adviser of “Taormina Arte” Festival.
He records for the Italian label PHOENIX CLASSICS, for which he recorded on 2005 a cd with
Chopin 4 ballads, op.22 and op.61 with a great success of critics in the most important music
magazines.

On April 2008 it is published a cd by RPO Records of London in which he plays Beethoven 4th and 5th
Piano concerto with Royal Philarmonic Orchestra conducted by Grzegorz Nowak and it is presented in
England in a public concert at Cadogan Hall of London.
The cd with Beethoven 4th and 5th concertos was reviewed by “Classical net review” as one of the best
interpretations of last decades and compared to the recordings of Kempf and Baremboim of the late
1960’s and early 1970’s with Bohm and Klemperer respectively.
On November 2010 it is released the second cd with Beethoven 1st and 2 nd concert and it has been
presented in March 2011 in a public concert at London Cadogan Hall.
On April 2012, Mario Galeani finishes the Beethoven integral piano concertos with RPO, recording
concerto n 3 in C minor and well known Sonata op 27 n 2 “Moonlight sonata”.
On May 2013 the CD is released and it is presented in England during a public concert on November
7th 2013 at Cadogan Hall in London. The recording is already appeared and reviewed on Radio
Classica “Top Ten” and got great review as well on “Suono” magazine.
He is the only one among italian living pianists who have realized the complete Beethoven piano
concertos recording with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
On August 2013 he returns with a great success of public and critic to the magnificent Taormina Greek
Theatre for Taormina Arte Festival.
On 2017 he is invited by Taormina Arte Festival in a tournée of three concerts in the beautiful
greek/roman theatres of Catania, Tindari and Morgantina.
On March 2026 he returns to play with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Grzegorz Nowak,
at London Cadogan Hall, playing Beethoven piano concerto n.4.
On July 2026 he signes a contract with HALIDON MUSIC label, which will distribute his recordings
of Piazzolla and Gershwin worldwide.
Mario Galeani is a “Steinway Artist” since 2006.
His concerts are recorded by international broadcasting companies such as RAI (Italy), RTVE (Spain),
France 3TV, RTP(Portugal), SWR(Germany), NBC(United States), CBC(Canada), EURORADIO,
RADIO CLASSICA, RTV(Bulgarian and Romanian), HRT(Croatia), ETV(Egypt) and RTM(Mexico).
He is actually Piano practice Professor at “V. Bellini” Music Conservatory of Caltanissetta.