BEATRICE LUPI
FRANCESCO PAGANINI
Beatrice Lupi studied piano with F. Gianella, C. Balzaretti, M.R. Diaferia, C. Bernava, and M. Harsch. She graduated in piano from the G. Verdi Conservatory of Como and obtained two master's degrees from the Conservatory of Italian Switzerland: one in Music Pedagogy and another in Chamber Music.
Francesco Paganini holds a degree in Physics from the University of Milan. He studied piano with M. de Cesare, M.R. Diaferia, and M. Harsch. He graduated in piano from the G. Verdi Conservatory of Milan and obtained two master's degrees from the Conservatory of Italian Switzerland: one in Music Pedagogy and another in Performance.
Beatrice and Francesco share their professional activities and life.
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They are honing their skills in piano duo under the guidance of Maestro Bruno Canino at the Fiesole School of Music and they are attending a Master in Piano Duo at Conservatorio B. Marcello of Venice.
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They have performed concert programs featuring piano four-hands, two pianos, chamber music, piano/ensemble, and solo piano in numerous concert halls in Argentina, Bolivia, Italy, and Switzerland.
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They have worked in the field of opera (Teatro Sociale di Como, Circuito Lirico Lombardo, Festival Opera Tigre in Buenos Aires) in various roles, including pianists, collaborative coaches, choir directors, lighting directors, stage directors, surtitle operators, and tour managers.
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Between 2015 and 2020, they lived and worked first in Argentina and later in Bolivia, promoting musical projects with a positive social impact on their respective communities. These projects include "Crecer en Música" (Cochabamba, group dynamics education through music at orphanages), "Proyecto MIZAR" (Mar del Plata, classical music cultural center, artistic and educational initiatives, local community development), and "Muyu Sucre" (Sucre, social inclusion project for the entire city through singing and percussion).
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In 2018, in Bolivia, they founded the "Conservatorio de Música di Sucre" project, which they continue to work on in a semi-presential mode.
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Since 2020, they have returned to Europe and have been dedicated to music education projects and the promotion of classical music to a wider audience, including sensitive contexts.
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Venues and festivals where they have performed:
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ITALY
Teatro Sociale di Como, Conservatorio G. Verdi di Como, Salotto in Prova Milano, Piano City Napoli, PianoLab Martina Franca, Associazione Musicale Hesperia, Auditorium Il Pentagramma di San Gimignano, Concerti del Tempietto Roma, Coro di Santa Pelagia di Torino, Monferrato Classic Festival.
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SWITZERLAND
Sobrio Festival, Auditorium RSI Stelio Molo, Musica nel Mendrisiotto, Pro Grigioni Italiano Bregaglia, Casa Houck, Domus Poetica, Galleria Matasci, Associazione Cultura Popolare di Balerna, Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana, Grand Hotel Giessbach.
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LATIN AMERICA
Argentina: Centro Cultural N. Kirchner (Buenos Aires), Usina del Arte (Buenos Aires), Scala de San Telmo (Buenos Aires), Camping Musical (Bariloche), Festival Opera Tigre (Buenos Aires), ECEM (Mar del Plata), Teatro de la Torre (Pinamar), Escuela de música de Miramar, Espacio multicultural La Esquina (Miramar), Teatro municipal de Necochea, Teatro municipal de Balcarce,
Bolivia: Centro Simon y Patiño (Cochabamba), Teatro Mariscal (Sucre), Teatro 3 de Febrero (Sucre), Conservatorio plurinacional de Musica (La Paz), Instituto Cultural Boliviano Alemán (Sucre), Museo Colonial (Sucre), Club de la Unión (Sucre), Teatro de la Carrera de Comunicación (Sucre), Festival Barocco di La Plata, Festival Sucre Clásico,
Cuba: Fabrica del Arte de La Habana,
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among others.