Roberto Giordano is revealed to the attention of international critics and major concert halls in the world at the age of 22, when in 2003 he is laureate prizewinner at the Queen Elisabeth International Competition in Brussels. "Poet of the Piano", "Excellent pianist, with a great class and elegance", "Incomparable virtuoso", "A refined and sensual musician", are some of the expressions used by an unanimous press to describe him.
Born in 1981, Roberto Giordano graduated in 1999 at the Ecole Normale de Musique “A. Cortot” in Paris, with unanimity and the special commendation of the jury and, in the same year, at the Conservatory "G. Rossini "of Pesaro with the highest rating and the honorable mention. Later he graduated in the International Piano Academy in Imola, where he received his diploma with the honorary title of MASTER. Here he studied with Piero Rattalino and later with Leonid Margarius (pupil of Regina Horowitz), whom Roberto considers to be the most influential figure in his musical formation. In Imola he also met Vladimir Ashkenazy, who was “impressed with his virtuoso ability”.
From 2015 to 2022 Roberto Giordano has been professor and vice-director at the Imola Piano Academy. He is a regular guest of some of the most important stages and festivals in the world, such Teatro alla Scala in Milano, Palais Des Beaux Arts in Brussels, the Hermitage Theatre in St. Petersburg, Konzerthaus in Berlin, Mozarteum in Salzburg, Great National Theater and the Forbidden City Concerthall in Beijing, Xi’an Concerthall, Stadt Opern in Frankfurt, Teatro dal Verme and Teatro Manzoni in Milan, Minato Mirai Hall in Yokohama, Seoul Arts Center in South Korea, Theater an der Wien in Vienna, Palau de la Musica in Barcelona, Theater Politeama in Palermo, Filarmonica Romana, Istanbul Music Festival, Festival MiTo, Ravello Festival, Asia Performing Arts Festival in South Korea, Stresa Festival, and many others.
He has also been soloist with major orchestras, including the Orchestre National de Belgique, Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Camerata of St Petersburg, Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestra dei Pomeriggi Musicali in Milan, Orchestra di Padova e Veneto, Orchestra del Teatro “Carlo Felice” of Genova, Gwangjiu Symphony Orchestra (Korea), Sinfonieorchester Aachen, collaborating with conductors such, Vasily Petrenko, Rumon Gamba, Paul Mann, Georges Octors, Gilbert Varga, Pavel Kogan, Anton Nanut, Markus Bosch, Domonkos Héja, Hansjöerg Schellenberger, Marco Guidarini, Patrick Davin, Ronald Zollman. He has also built an important experience in chamber music, through regular partnership with Josè Van Dam, wich who he worked for more than ten years, Feng Ning, in addition to the contacts with Danilo Rossi, Lorenzo Gatto, Yossif Ivanov, Marie Hallynck.
Giordano’s discography includes 13 CDs, exclusively released by the label La Bottega Discantica and awarded with the highest rates of the international critics. His performances are regularly recorded and broadcasted by RTBF and VRT, Belgian Radio, RAI, Radiouno, Radiotre, Mediaset, ABC (Australia), FRANCE 3, ChinaTV (China), Vatican Radio, Radio Clásica-Radio Nacional de España, Bel-RTL and the Luxembourg Radio. His videography includes numerous videos directed by Pietro Tagliaferri and Gerard Corbiau and broadcasted in more than 30 countries.
Appreciated teacher, he holds masterclasses in Europe, China, Japan, Mexico and is regularly invited to take part in the juries of international competitions. Since 2015, he is appointed Yamaha Artist by the Yamaha Music Europe.
Roberto Giordano is also a graduate in Modern Literature at the University of Bologna.