“A pianist rare in his generation, shining above all in the art of singing on the keyboard with an inventiveness of phrasing that demonstrates his exquisite musical intelligence”. —Carlo Vitali, Amadeus. Costantino Catena has performed in Europe, Australia, U.S.A., Russia and Japan at the invitation of important musical and cultural associations and institutes, including the St. Petersburg Philharmonia, the Accademia Filarmonica of Bologna, the Kennedy Center and Georgetown University of Washington, Amici del Teatro Regio of Torino, Associazione Scarlatti of Napoli, Amici della Musica of Trapani, the Yasar Concert Hall of Izmir, the Winchester University, the Auditorium Parco della Musica of Rome, the Gasteig of Munich, the Dante Alighieri Society, the Teatro Goldoni of Livorno, the Liszt Memorial Museum of Budapest, the Ravello International Festival, the Alghero International Festival, the Filarmonica De Stat Transilvania of Cluj-Napoca, the Liszt Institute of Bologna, the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, the Kusatsu International Festival, the Ohrid Summer Festival. His extensive recording activity is mainly focused on the great romantic repertoire, but it ranges from the 1700s to the 1900s. It rediscovers some rarities and first performances of the Italian piano and chambers repertoire, which also contributed to promote less known artists. He began collaborating with the Japanese label Camerata Tokyo in 2010, recording the complete Liszt work for violin and piano and, later, several solo CDs. He is currently recording the whole Schumann’s piano repertoire. For Brilliant Classics he recorded the piano music of the Italian-German composer Ermanno Wolf Ferrari, most of which in world premiere, and the Sonatas for violin and piano by the same author (with violinist Davide Alogna), already CD cover of the month for the Suonare News magazine in August 2020. Much more on website