MASSIMILIANO IEZZI
Pianist - Conductor
He is an extraordinarily talented young musician: deep musicality, excellent hearing, very extensive musical education in style and analysis, a fine musical taste and above all the ability to transfer his musical ideas with the help of his inspiring conducting to the orchestra.
Christian Ehwald
He has an incredibly stable, yet versatile conducting and pianistic technique as a basis, which he uses to promote his strong, personal artistic presence, great knowledge of form and style, excellent hearing and analytical skills. This coupled with an absolutely reliable memory and lots of charisma makes for a well-rounded musician.
Alexander Vitlin
Massimiliano Iezzi, south-italian Pianist and Conductor, is renowned within the international classical music scene as a multifaceted and passionate musician.
Massimiliano has established himself as a soloist, conductor and chamber musician in well-known stages, music festivals and concert halls throughout Europe and Russia. To name only but a few, this list includes the Teatro la Fenice Venice, Konzerthaus Berlin, Staatsoper Berlin, Tonhalle Zürich, Philharmonie Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Philharmonie Luxembourg, Teatro dei Rinnovati Siena, BBC Radio London.
Regularly working with world renowned musicians such as Daniel Barenboim, Helmut Lachenmann, Alexander Gadjiev, Ben Goldscheider, Filippo Gorini and Serena Saenz, Massimiliano is also very active as a collaborative pianist. He is prizewinner of the International Respighi Competition 2021 together with the tenor Lawrence Halksworth as a Lied-Duo. 2022-2023 he was Repetitor and Conductor at the Staatstheater Cottbus. From 2023 he is Repetitor and Musical Assistant at the Bayreuther Festspiele.
Massimiliano is an official collaborative pianist for international competitions such as the XVI Tchaikovsky International Competition and was Assistant Conductor to Jörg-Peter Weigle.
Winner of many scholarships and prizes, Massimiliano started playing piano at the age of 13 and studied with internationally acclaimed artists, including Riccardo Muti, Markus Stenz, Christian Ehwald, Alexander Vitlin, Fabio Bidini, Lilya Zilberstein. He works as a Guest Repetitor for renowned Opera Theaters and in Hamburg as Assistant Conductor of Kent Nagano.
08.05.2024
Concert as a Conductor with Konzerthausorchester and Peter Fleckenstein, Percussion - Konzerthaus Berlin
16.04.2024
Concert with Annika Starc - Violine
Montecarlo
28.02-20.03.2024
Musical Director of the Singspiel "Die Verschworenen" of Schubert - Teatro dei Rozzi Siena
31.01-03.02.2024
Assistant Conductor for Markus Stenz - Gewandhaus Leipzig and MDR Orchester
01.12.2023
Concert with Annika Starc - Violine
Tonhalle Zürich
18. - 29.11.2023
Masterclass on Bellini's Norma with Riccardo Muti - Fondazione Prada, Milano
06. - 11.11.2023
Coach and Pianist for Italian Opera
Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf
29.10.2023
Literaturkonzert, Rachmaninov's Lieder and Preludes for Piano - Staatstheater Cottbus
22.08 - 14.10.2023
Musical assistant and Repetitor for Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier - Staatstheater Cottbus
19.06. - 25.07.2023
Korrepetitor and musical Assistant for the Bayreuther Festspiele - Bayreuth