Colburn @Soka with Pianist Rodolfo Leone

Rodolfo Leone is the first prize winner at the 15th International Beethoven Piano Competition Vienna 2017. A top-prize winner at several major piano competitions, Leone was also awarded second prize at the 2013 Busoni International Piano Competition (first prize was not awarded).

Leone has performed extensively throughout Europe, North America, and China in venues such as the Great Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, Steinway Hall in London, the Music Hall of the NCPA in Beijing, and Koerner Hall in Toronto. In April 2016, Leone made his Los Angeles debut at Walt Disney Concert Hall with the Colburn Orchestra conducted by Stéphane Denève. He is currently earning his Artist Diploma from the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, in the studio of Fabio Bidini.

Program:
Beethoven – Sonata No. 29 Hammerklavier
Rachmaninoff – Two Preludes
Rachmaninoff –Sonata No. 2, Op. 36