Antonio Morabito at The Italian Institute
The return of a warrior with virtuosity and poetic sensibility in his fingers
A wonderfully uplifting evening in the Italian Institute with a young Italian pianist coming to London to perfect his studies at the Royal College of Music but arriving in a London struck down by the pandemic .
Now graduated and a fully fledged professional he was able to treat us to a Chopin recital in this beautiful hall overlooking Belgrave Square. A dream come true indeed.
I well remember this beautiful institute when I too as an aspiring student auditioned to have an Italian Government Scholarship to study with Guido Agosti in Rome. How could I forget the fearsome Signora Barzetti, the great critic Andrew Porter or the terrifying Ilona Kabos putting me through my hoops. Little did I imagine that I would loose my heart to and in Rome and end up spending more than half of my life running a theatre and concert hall in the Eternal City.
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