Aldo Ragone
Italian academician and Pianist. Pupil of Aldo Ciccolini.
Graduate of the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome under the guidance of Giuseppe Scotese, continued his studies at the Cini Foundation in Venice with Italian master Eugenio Bagnoli.
Earned the Performance Diploma at the Ecole Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot in Paris (2000), the doctoral degree in Piano Performance (2007) with Russian pianist Larissa Dedova, a pupil of Lev Oborin, at the University of Maryland, with the Ten Piano Sonatas and the 24 Preludes, Opus 11, by Alexander Scriabin and the Artist Diploma in Piano Performance at the University of Denver (2008).
As a result of his commitment to Scriabin's music, Raisa Scriabine, grandniece of the great Russian composer, invited him to perform at the Russian Embassy in Washington DC for the Scriabin Memorial Day, on April 27, 2006.
Students of Aldo Ragone are prize winners, laureates and finalists of reputed national and international piano competitions.