Claudio Crismani is an amazing, daring and magnetic artist.
American critic John Maxim concluded his review on Music Life about Claudio Crismani’s concert dedicated to Skrjabin’s music with the previous words.
About Claudio Crismani, Russian philologist and art critic Natasha Tolstoj wrote “when playing the extraordinary sensitivity of his soul is immediately recognizable together with the almost metaphysical vision of his artistic thought. As a result at Odessa Opera Theatre Skrjabin’s music was shaped into a sound spell,” Indeed the Russian composer’s musical world has always the focus the pianist’s artistic interests.
Crismani was born in Trieste and he began studying piano under the guide of Alessandro Costantinidesas and composition with Mario Bugamelli, graduating with full marks at Bolzano Conservatory. He later perfected his technique with Marguerite Kazuro in Warsaw where he studied for five years.
His international career began in Paris in 1979 with a recital at the “Salle Pleyel” and a series of radio and tv recordings for “France Musique”.
Since then he has performed all over Europe, Russia, Israel, USA, Japan and Australia and in the most distinguished concert halls. He has worked with directors like James Lawrence Levine, Cristoph von Dohnányi and Thomas Sanderling and performed with internationally prominent orchestras, among which: The London Philharmonic Orchestra, The European Community Chamber Orchestra, Les Solistes de Moscou, The Osaka Philarmonic Orchestra and the Israel Philarmonic Orchestra.
In 1986 Claudio Crismani was invited to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of Liszt’s death performing for twelve concerts in England and playing the complete “Années de Pèlerinage” and transcripts from Wagner’s operas. In 1987, UNESCO proclaimed him “European Artist” and called him to perform at the “International Music Soiree” at the Palais des Congrès in Paris.
Since the same year he has been “Guest Artist” of the Van Leer Foundation in Jerusalem under the auspices of which he was co-founder of the Horowitz Festival.
In the Nineties, he staged a three-evening performance of the complete Poems and Sonatas for piano by Skrjabin, a performance that was repeated several times in different countries. For twelve years he exclusively recorded for RS, winning two Discographic Awards.
This period was marked by an important collaboration and friendship with the great Russian pianist Lazar Berman.
His recording of Scriabin’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra with The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Sanderling and recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall in London, was a true publishing success.
After a concert tour in 2002/2003 on the occasion of his thirtieth year of artistic activity (he was said to be one of the major artists of his generation), Claudio Crismani decided to retire from the concert scene and devote himself exclusively to a long period of study.
Since 2009 he has started a new series of concerts and recordings for the Murdock Music Group.
In 2015, together with his friends Edward Lucie-Smith, Fabio Fonda and Sergei Reviakin he founded the Prometheus Project.
Since 2016 in London, at the exclusive headquarters of St Stephen Wallbrook, which contain the Henry Moore altar, he has been holding a series of concerts for the Prometheus Project with important exhibitions (Joe Machine, Francis Bacon, Oleg Kudryashow).
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