With these words, Nicolas Giacomelli, Italian pianist and composer born in 1998, has been described. Praised for his “audacity and perfect mastery of the form” (Pianiste, S.Friédérich), through his interpretations he reveals “exceptional intellectual and emotional qualities, along with complete mastery of the keyboard […], all with a certain underlying sobriety” (L.Ciammarughi).

In 2016, he was awarded the title of Italian musical excellence by the then President of the Chamber of the Deputies. Nicolas has been prizewinner in more than 40 competitions, including the Premio Venezia, the Concours International Piano Campus (France), the NTD Competition (USA) and the Friuli Venezia Giulia IPC (Italy). Moreover, his recent 1st prize at the prestigious Shigeru Kawai International Piano Competition (Tokyo, 2023) will lead to a collaboration with KAWAI for a concert tour in the 2024 season.

Nicolas has been a pupil of Leonid Margarius for more than 10 years at the International Academy of Imola, where he graduated in 2022. Simultaneously, Nicolas obtained, at the Conservatory G.B.Martini of Bologna, a Master in Piano (2016) with laude and honorable mention, a Master in Composition (2021) and one in Instrumentation for Wind Band (2019). Moreover, in 2023, he completed the Artist Diploma at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with Michel Dalberto and Frank Braley, and he is currently a student of Benedetto Lupo at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.