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Degrees & Studies:<\/strong> Biographical Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n Nicolas Giacalone started his musical career under the direction of Ana Maria Trenchi Bottazzi and Bruno Bottazzi in Manhasset, New York. With the Bottazzis he debuted as a performer in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. He showed promise as a musician when he gave his first solo recital at the age of 10. Nicolas continued his studies at the Aaron Copland School of Music under professor Jeffrey Biegel and professor Nina Lelchuk, where he completed his undergraduate degree in piano performance. Following this he studied in Italy with Massimiliano Ferrati.<\/p>\n He won the Aaron Copland School of Music Concerto Competition and performed Rachmaninoff\u2019s Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini<\/em> with the ACSM Orchestra the following year. He also performed Rhapsody in Blue with the ACSM Wind Ensemble and later with the Conservatorio di Musica Agostino Stefani Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Ernest Hoetzl and Maestro Roberto Zarpellon in Castelfranco Veneto and Treviso. He has also performed various Mozart, Beethoven, and Rachmaninoff concerti with the Circle Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n Nico has performed many times in different halls in New York City, New England, and abroad. He has performed at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Cami Hall, Steinway Hall, the Goethe Institute, St. Peter\u2019s Church, the National Arts Club, Flushing Town Hall, and the House of the Redeemer in New York City; in Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts; in Padua, Cittadella, Castelfranco, Treviso and Villa Contarini in Italy; in K\u00f6tschach-Mauthen, Austria; and Taipei, Taiwan.<\/p>\n From 2014-2019 and 2023, Nico studied at the International Keyboard Institute and Festival. He was awarded a scholarship and studied under pianists Jerome Rose, Jeffrey Swann, Ilya Yakushev, and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.<\/p>\n Nico has been recording music for the past four years. His most notable releases include the Bach C minor Toccata, the minor Mozart Sonatas, Beethoven\u2019s Sonata Op. 109, Beethoven\u2019s Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor with violinist Cameron Zandieh, Liszt\u2019s Fun\u00e9railles<\/em>, the Four Ballades of Chopin, and his own original composition entitled \u2018Floating Thoughts.\u2019 His recordings can be found on Spotify and YouTube.<\/p>\n Nico Giacalone recently won second prize in the International Mozart Competition in Vienna. He also graduated with a master\u2019s degree from the Mannes Conservatory and was awarded the Steinway Award for outstanding work as a performer and supportive classmate. This past year, he performed Totentanz, one of Franz Liszt\u2019s most virtuosic pieces, with the Broadway Bach Ensemble under the baton of Maestro Michael Tietz.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/music\/faculty” button_text=”Back to Faculty Listings” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”16px” button_text_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”240.8px” custom_padding=”0px||13px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Open Sans||||||||” text_font_size=”15px” header_4_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_4_text_color=”#000000″ header_4_font_size=”25px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Music Building [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Donate” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”||divi||400″ icon_color=”#e71939″ icon_placement=”left” image_icon_width=”50px” icon_placement_last_edited=”off|desktop” module_class=”donate” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|600|||||||” body_font_size=”15px” image_icon_custom_margin=”|||40px|false|false” module_alignment=”left” custom_margin=”|||-60px||” custom_padding=”|48px||126px||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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Queens, NY 11367
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