My biography...

MASSIMILIANO GRECO

PIANIST AND COMPOSER

PURE MUSIC

AND

MUSIC FOR

CLASSICAL BALLET AND CONTEMPORARY DANCE

Massimiliano Greco, composer and pianist, he accomplished his musical studies and graduated with the highest mark at the Conservatory of Music “N.Piccinni” of Bari, studying with Maestro Hector Pell.

He studied musical composition with Maestro Ottavio De Lillo, in Bari.

He won several piano competitions such as:

- National Piano Competition “Città di Valentino” (I prize);

- National Piano Competition “Città di Sorrento” (I prize);

- XV International Piano Competition FRANZ LISZT in Lucca (I prize);

- European Piano Competition in Ostuni-Italy (I prize).

He specialised in piano with Tito Aprea, Alexander Lonquich, Maria Golia, Carla Giudici and with Michele Campanella and Alexis Weissemberg at the “ACCADEMIA CHIGIANA” of Siena.

He attended the following courses:

- Composition with Professor Teresa Procaccini;

- Conduction with Professor Nicola Samale;

- Computer music for the study of new sounds, with professors of the C.R.M., Centre of Music Research of Rome.

He wrote many compositions, including:

-“DIVERTISSEMENTS – 5 DANCES FOR PIANO”, performed at the International Festival of Bardolino;

-“SUITE PER PIANOFORTE “ for the drama “Le Cascate” of Margherita Sergardi, poetess and dramatist from Siena;

-“PRECES – 3 PRAYES FOR MIXED CHOIR AND STRING ORCHESTRA”, first performed at Saint Nicholas Church in Bari.

He recorded a series of broadcasts for the Italian RADIO RAI and RADIO VATICANA, on F. Liszt and his unknown compositions.

In May 1990 he was awarded the DIPLOMA OF ARTISTIC MERIT of the International Centre C.I.A.S. – CLUB UNESCO, at the Headquarters of the Italian Ministry of Environment and Fine Arts.

SPECIALIZATION: BALLET AND CONTEMPORARY DANCE PIANIST AND COMPOSER

Since many years he specialized as pianist and composer for ballet and contemporary dance. He composes music for ballet class and for choreographies.

He worked with many world-renowned teachers, choreographers and Maîtres de Ballet, thus approaching different classical and contemporary techniques.

CLASSICAL BALLET (alphabetical order):

PATRICK ARMAND – Director of San Francisco Ballet School

PHILIP BEAMISH –Alessandra Ferri’s personal coach, ètoile of Teatro alla Scala, Milan

AURORA BOSCH – Balletmistress at National Ballet of Cuba

JEAN PAUL COMELIN – International Balletmaster and choreographer

LILIANA COSI –international ètoile

YURI FATEYEV - Director of Mariinsky Ballet Company, Saint Petersburg

MICHEL GASCARD – Director Roudra Bejart Ballet Losanne

NANETTE GLUSHACK – Formerly Artistic Director of Ballet du Capitole – Toulouse (France)

MAXIMILIANO GUERRA –international ètoile

IRINA KOLPAKOVA – Dinternational Etoile and Balletmistress

JAY JOLLEY – Deputy Director Royal Ballet School, London,

JULIE KENT – Principal at American Ballet Theatre

CYNTHIA HARVEY – International Balletmistress

RINAT ISMAEV – Balletmaster at American Ballet Theatre

CARLOS ITURRIOZ, assistant Nacho Duato, director of Compania Nazional de Danca de Espana, Madrid

EGON MADSEN – formerly Director of Nederlands Dance Theatre 3

VLADIMIR MALAKHOV - Artistic Director Berlin Staatsballet

GILBERT MAYER – Formerly Balletmaster at Opera de Paris, Paris

MIKKO NISSINEN – Artistic Director Boston Ballet, Boston USA

MIHN PHAM – Balletmaster at Ballet du Capitole - Toulouse

WILFRIDE PIOLLET – Formerly Etoile Opera de Paris

CHRISTOPHER POWLEY – Director of Royal Ballet School, London

MICHEL RAHN – Assistant Director Ballet du Capitole – Toulouse

XIOMARA REYES – Principal at American Ballet Theatre

ANNA RAZZI – Director of San Carlo Theatre Ballet School, Naples

ELISABETTA TERABUST – Formerly Director of Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company, Milan

MARGARET TRACEY – Artistic Director Boston Ballet School

GARRY TRINDER – Director of New Zealand National Ballet School

AURELIEN SCANNELLA – Director of West Australian Ballet, Perth

CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS – Balletmaster at Royal Ballet, London

VLADILEN SEMIONOV – International Balletmaster

MARTINE VAN HAMEL – American Ballet Theatre

VLADIMIR VASILIEV –international ètoile

Mary Moe Adams –International Balletmistress

Cristina Amodio – formerly Assistant at San Carlo Theatre, Naples

Barbara Baer – Main Teacher  at Balletto di Toscana, Florence

Sylviane Bayard – International Balletmistress

Yannick Boquin – International Balletmaster

Maurizio Bellezza – Balletmaster at Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company, Milan

Salvatore Capozzi –Opera Theatre Ballet Company, Rome

Arcadio Carbonel - International Balletmaster

Deanna Carter –International Balletmistress

Ivan Cavallari – Artistic Director Ballet du Rhin, Moulouse

Bronwen Curry – Formerly Balletmistress at Aterballetto Company, Reggio Emilia

Angela de Mello – Formerly Royal Ballet Company

Franco De Vita – Director of American Ballet School

Giampiero Galeotti – Balletmaster at Maggio Danza Ballet Company, Florence

Stefania Di Cosmo – International Balletmistress

Hélène Diolot – Formerly main ballet teacher at Balletto di Roma, Rome

Anthony Dowson – Balletmaster at English National Ballet

Olga Evreineff - International Balletmaster

Roberto Fascilla – Formerly Director of Teatro San Carlo Ballet Company, Naples

Olivier Foures – Formerly dancer at Compania Nacional de Espana, Madrid

Simonetta Giannasi – Ballet teacher at Balletto di Toscana, Florence

Vlastimil Harapes – Formerly Director of Slovak National Ballet Company

Gregor Hatala – Formerly Soloist at Staatsoper Vienna

Elisabetta Hertel – Director of Accademia Internazionale Coreutica, Florence

Josephine Holling – Formerly Ballet teacher English National Ballet

Patsy Kupe-Matt – International Balletmistress

François Klaus – International Balletmaster

Robyn Klaus – International Balletmistress

Ioko Ichino – International Balletmistress

Peter Lewton- Formerly dancer at Ballet de Montecarlo

Victor Livtinov - International Balletmaster

Olivier Lucea – Ballet teacher at Académie de Danse Princesse Grace, Montecarlo

Raymond Lukens – American Ballet Theatre- New York

Jacqueline Macie –Royal Ballet School, London

Christiane Marchand – Balletmaster at Royal Ballet of Flanders

Luca Masala – Director of Academie de Danse Princesse Grace – Montecarlo

Gioia Masala – Ballet teacher at Académie de Danse Princesse Grace, Montecarlo

Eliane Mazzotti – Academie de Danse Princesse Grace, Monaco

Alessandro Molin –International Etoile

Herida May –International Balletmaster

Livio Panieri – Formerly dancer at Compagnia Nazional de Danca de Espana (Director Nacho Duato), Madrid

Carole Pastorel – Ballet teacher at Académie de Danse Princesse Grace, Montecarlo

Marco Pierin –International Etoile

Michele Politi – International Balletmaster

Zarko Prebil –International Balletmaster – National Academy of Dance, Rome

Elaine Rea –International Balletmaster

Matrc Ribaud – International Balletmaster

Patricia Salgado – Formerly Principal at Stuttgart Ballet Company

Iride Sauri – Formerly Main Teacher at Teatro San Carlo Ballet School, Naples

Larissa Saveliev – Director of Y.A.G.P. Ballet Competition, New York

Eugenio Scigliano – Ballet teacher at Balletto di Toscana, Florence

Thierry Sette – Académie de Danse Princesse Grace, Monaco

Mark Silver – Formerly Royal Ballet, London

Alessio Silvestrin – Ballet Master and choreographer

Robert Strajner –International Balletmaster

Sara Taylor –International Balletmistress

Tom Van Cauwenbergh – International Balletmaster and choregrapher

Martin Vedel – International Ballet Master

Trinidad Vives – International Balletmistress

Roland Vogel – Academie de Danse Princess Grace, Monaco

Anthony Wright – Formerly Royal Ballet

Chris Wright – Ballet teacher at Rambert Ballet and Contemporary Dance School

David Yow – Formerly Birmingham Royal Ballet

CONTEMPORARY DANCE:

SAMUEL WUERSTEN – Director of Rotterdamse Dance Academy, Rotterdam

JEAN GUISERIX –formerly Etoile at Opera de Paris, formerly Director of Ballet du Nord, France

SUSAN SENDTLER – Formerly Artistic direction team of LABAN INSTITUTE , London

Malou Airaudo – formerly soloist at Pina Bausch's Wuppertal Dance Theatre

Banu Ogan – Mercie Cunningham Company, New York

Kaber Belarbi – Artistic Director Ballet du Capitole, Toulouse

Susanna Beltrami – Choreographer, formerly Director of M.A.S. – Music Art and Show, Milan

Eugenio Buratti – Choreographer, former dancer at Aterballetto Company, Reggio Emilia

Orazio Caiti – Choreographer, formerly dancer at Aterballetto Company, Reggio Emilia

Deanna Carter –International Choreographer

Sandra Fucciarelli – Choreographer, Choreographic Composition Teacher at National Academy of Dance, Rome

Fabrizio Monteverde –International Choreographer

Michele Pogliani – Rotterdamse Dance Academy, Rotterdam

Mami Raoumeria –International Choreographer

Floriana Rocchi - Choreographer

Fernando Suels –Pina Baush Company

Christopher Tudor – Formerly London Contemporary Dance Theatre

Dino Verga –International Choreographer

Milena Zullo – Choreographer

Susanne Whitworth –Free lance Contemporary dance teacher

He has been invited as piano accompanist by the “HUBBARD STREET” DANCE COMPANY of Chicago during the Spoleto Festival.

In September 2001 he was chosen as italian pianist for the Master-Classes of Vladimir Vassiliev during the International Dance competition of Caltanissetta, in 2002 he accompanied Elisabetta Terabust and in 2003 Alessandro Molin’s Master Classes.

He recorded a collection of CDs for classical ballet classes, for children’s classes and for contemporary dance.

He planned a course of specialisation as “ballet pianist”, submitted to all Italian Conservatories.

He planned also a course of theory and music style for dance teachers, and he teaches music for dancers all over Italy.

He is often invited to dance competitions as a jury’s member.

He composed the complete set music for the Character syllabus (polish, Hungarian and Russian styles) for D.A.I.- DANCE ARTS INTERNATIONAL, London.

In 1998 he became President of the ASSOCIAZIONE REGIONALE PUGLIA DANZA, a Board for dance development and one of the best Italian organisations of dance events.

In September 2002 he became ballet pianist and Responsible of Music Department at “Accademia Internazionale Coreutica” (International Ballet Academy), in Florence.

In april 2007 he was invited in Palermo to play for Royal Ballet School's Outreach Programm and for Teatro San Carlo School of Ballet.

In july 2007 he was invited in Bolzano (Italy) by the National Foundation “Teatro Comunale” as main teacher of a Course for “Ballet Pianists “ sponsored and organized by the European Community.

From November 2007 he worked as ballet pianist at Teatro San carlo Ballet School, Naples

From august 2009 he was Ballet Pianist and Musical Assistant at Ballet du Capitole, Toulouse (France).

From september 2010 he is Principal Pianist and Head of Music Department of Académie Princesse Grace at Les Ballets de Montecarlo, Monaco

From 2013 he is also in charge of artistic relations between Academie Princesse Grace and Orchestre Philarmonique de Montecarlo

In august 2014 he has been invited for the first time by Architanz, Tokyo, to teach at the “WORKSHOP FOR BALLET PIANISTS”. Then, he's been invited many other times.

He realized a collection of 23 cds with pure music, music for ballet class and for choreographies.

September 2023, he received the 'Music and Dance Award' at Foligno Danza Festival for his career in playing and teaching, and for his music composed for the ballet world."