Born in 1998 in Tirana, Filippo Tenisci began his musical studies at an early age in Albania and later in Italy with M^ Emira Dervinyte. He continued his piano training mainly under the guidance of Maestros Daniel Rivera, Massimo Spada, Roberto Galletto and Maurizio Baglini.
He completed his studies in 2022 at the Pietro Mascagni Conservatory of Livorno graduating with 110, Praise and Honorable Mention and was elected as the Best Academic Graduate 2021/22 earning the Galletta Award.
He is currently engaged in the full recording of Wagner/Liszt transcriptions, a project that will result in a double disc by 2024. This project gave him the opportunity to obtain the prestigious Bayreuth Festspiele 2023 scholarship.
On the occasion of the Italian Republic Day 2023, at the invitation of the Consul General, he made its debut at the City Hall in Hong Kong, gaining success and approval from the whole audience.
In 2022 he won first prize at the “Premio Crescendo” in Florence and 2nd prize at the historic “Marco Bramanti” competition in Forte dei Marmi (LU).
In 2021 he made his debut with the Roma Tre Orchestra performing the Concerto No.15 K.450 by W.A.Mozart, under the direction of Maestro Sieva Borzak.
In October 2019, he won second prize and the “Scarlatti” prize at the Riga International Competition for Young Pianists.
In 2018: he was proclaimed the overall winner of the International Competition for Youth “Dinu Lipatti”; he won first prize in the Franz Liszt Competition at the Hungarian Academy in Rome; he ranked among the top 8 semifinalists in the prestigious Pianale Academy & Competition, also receiving a scholarship.
Very active internationally, he has performed in: Spain (2022), at the Sala Eutherpe in León, Romania (2020 and 2022), Germany (2018 and 2021), in the prestigious concert halls Eichenzeller Schlosschen Kultursaal, Propstei Johannesberg and Alte Universitat Fulda, Latvia, Bosnia (2019), France (2016) and Switzerland (2016); always enjoying great success among audiences and excellent reviews from critics and the press.
