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An advocate of Italian music, pianist Alessandro Marangoni has recorded more than 20 CDs with works by Rossini, Clementi, and others. His international career took off when he won the prestigious “Amici di Milano” International Prize for Music in 2007, and that same year, he performed at the Teatro all Scala in Milan as a soloist in tribute to to the great conductor Victor de Sabata. In commemoration of the maestro’s death, Mr. Marangoni recorded an album on the La Bottega Discantica label dedicated to him. Soon after, he was signed as a recording artist with the NAXOS label. Mr. Alessandro has recently appeared as both a soloist and chamber musician in Rome, Milan, Venice, Florence, at the Festival MITO, Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Sagra Musicale Umbra as well as in venues across Europe, Canada and the United States. He has collaborated with with the Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra, the Granada Philharmonic, the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and il Quartetto di Fiesole di Fiesole e il Nuovo Quartetto Italiano. He is also the pianist for the critically acclaimed Trio Albatros Ensemble. Alessandro Marangoni is the artistic director of Forte? Fortissimo! TV, a new Music Web Channel created with Stefano Sgarella. Today on the Pianoforte Salon Series, he performs works by Rossini and Chopin. Dave Schwan hosts, and Mary Mazurek is the technical Producer. Music: Rossini: Prelude inoffensive Rossini: Petite Polka Chinoise Chopin: Nocturne op. posthumous Rossini: Barcarole Chopin: Scherzo No.2 Op. 31 Rossini: Une caresse à ma femme