Emanuele Pino

Emanuele Pino (born Catania, Italy) studies piano at the Vincenzo Bellini Conservatory in Catania, under Professor Graziella Concas. He has attended several masterclasses with Benedetto Lupo, Alexander Romanovsky, Boris Petrushansky, Cyprien Katsaris, Siavush Gadjiev, Peter Donohoe, Maria Grazia Bellocchio, Emanuele Torquati, Roberto Prosseda and Maria Murawska. He attended the "Call For Young Performers, International Divertimento Ensemble Academy”, where he studied contemporary repertoire with Professor Maria Grazia Bellocchio in Milan. 

Since a young age, he has devoted himself to contemporary music. His repertoire includes the art of 20th- and 21st-century composers such as Salvatore Sciarrino and Mark Andre, and he performed the "Vier Stücke für Klavier" Italian premiere. He has collaborated with renowned composer Alessandro Solbiati playing "Sonata Seconda" and others pieces. Additionally, he works with Sicilian composers who dedicate new works to him. 

In 2025, he won with top marks the "Città di Treviso" Contemporary Music Competition. That same year, he also won the second prize at the "Giulio Rospigliosi" Contemporary Music Performance Competition. He participated in the "100 anni di Aldo" conference at the University of Catania, organised to mark the centenary of Aldo Clementi's birth. In 2026, he performed at the concert in honour of the centenary of György Kurtág's birth, organised by Divertimento Ensemble as part of the "Rondò" season in Milan. In 2023, he was awarded the "Young Excellence Award" during the IBLA CLASSICA concert season. He has won numerous first prizes in national and international competitions, including the "Città di San Donà di Piave", "Città di Albenga" and "Amigdala" competitions. In 2026, he played in Vienna at the “Halle E+G” of the Museums Quartier as a member of the Catania Conservatory Symphony Orchestra conducted by Epifanio Comis. He regularly gives Solo Recital and Chamber Music Concerts for associations such as the "Associazione Siracusana Amici della Musica" at the Teatro Massimo Città di Siracusa, Rondò (Divertimento Ensemble), InterSezioni Contemporary Music Festival, Associazione Concerti Città di Noto, Curva Minore, Bellini International Context at the Teatro Sangiorgi, Associazione Floridiana Amici della Musica, Luogocomune, and others.