
Davide Ranaldi, Italy

Defined as a stunning musician with a sincere and engaging personality, Davide Ranaldi began his professional piano education at age 4.
Highlights of his current season include performing Mozart’s Concerto No. 20 in d minor, K. 466, at Teatro La Fenice di Venezia under Frédéric Chaslin, and Beethoven’s Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15, at Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova with Maestro Donato Renzetti. At the end of 2021, Davide was invited to play Beethoven’s Concerto No. 2 to inaugurate the cultural project Nell’Olimpo di Beethoven in Cortina d’Ampezzo, host of the 2026 Winter Olympics. That same year, he won First Prize at the prestigious Premio Venezia XXXVII, among Italy’s top conservatory graduates.
Davide earned his Bachelor of Music with honors from the Conservatory Giuseppe Verdi in Milan, receiving special mention for his “outstanding technical and musical skills.” He has performed at Italy’s most prestigious concert series and festivals, including Società del Quartetto (Milan), Bologna Festival, and Amici della Musica series in Florence, Padova, and Mestre (with Trio Boccherini), as well as chamber music in Trieste. His performances have also graced world-renowned venues such as Teatro Olimpico (Vicenza), Teatro Carlo Felice (Genoa), Teatro La Fenice (Venice), and Teatro Massimo (Palermo).
Davide is currently studying under Professor Alexander Romanovsky at the Conservatory of Pavia and Professor Leonid Margarius at the International Academy “Incontri col Maestro” in Imola. He began 2025 by winning Second Prize at the International Maestro Piano Competition in Taiwan.
First Round
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in c-sharp minor, No. 4, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 849
- Joseph Haydn: Sonata No. 62 in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:52
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Finale: Presto
- Frédéric Chopin: Étude in g-sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 6, “Double Thirds”
- Franz Liszt: Transcendental Étude No. 4, “Mazeppa,” S. 139
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in D Major, Op. 23, No. 4
Quarterfinal Round
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 “Waldstein”
- Allegro con brio
- Introduzione: Adagio molto
- Rondo: Allegretto moderato—Prestissimo
- Olga Kern: Status Animae (State of Soul)—Two Pieces for Solo Piano
- Meditation
- Rhythm Obsession
- Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35, Books I & II
Semifinal Round—Chamber Music
- Antonín Dvořák: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81, B. 155
- Allegro ma non tanto
- Dumka: Andante con moto
- Scherzo (Furiant): Molto vivace
- Finale: Allegro
Final Round
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in d minor, Op. 30
- Allegro ma non tanto
- Intermezzo: Adagio
- Finale: Alla breve
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