Stefano Giavazzi is an Italian pianist. He completed his musical studies at the Conservatory of Mantua, where he graduated with top marks cum laude. Afterwards he continued his studies under maestro Rinaldo Rossi. Besides his solo repertoire he immediately showed interest in instrumental and vocal chamber music. He went on to perfect his studies under Jean Micault, György Sándor, Joaquín Achúcarro, B. Bloch, M. Damerini, S. Perticaroli, and with Norbert Brainin and the Trio di Trieste in chamber music. He has been awarded numerous piano prizes, including 1st prize at the Porrino di Cagliari Competition, 1st prize at the Dasinamov International Competition, 2nd prize at the Rendano Competition in Rome, 3rd prize at the AMA Calabria International Competition and 3rd prize at the Martha del Vecchio Competition in Genoa. He has performed for numerous musical associations in Italy and abroad. In 2000 he was invited to perform at the only Europiano Congress staged in Italy. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)