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.

As a piano duo, they studied between 2022 and 2025 with Maestro Bruno Canino in the Advanced Piano Duo Program at the Fiesole School of Music, completing the course with highest marks and honors.

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They are currently enrolled in the Master’s Program in Piano Duo Performance at the B. Marcello Conservatory in Venice, studying with Maestri Muriel Chemin, Anna D’Errico, Mattia Ometto, Olaf Laneri, and Gianluigi Polli.

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They have attended masterclasses and lessons as a piano duo with M. Baron, C. Balzaretti, M. Harsch, N. Doallo, M. Jones, M. Baggio, J. Michiels, M. Szlezer, Manuela and Dragos Mihailescu, and Clara Wurtz.

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Beatrice and Francesco share both their artistic and personal lives.

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From 2012 to 2016, they worked in the field of opera as pianists and vocal coaches at institutions such as Teatro Sociale di Como, Circuito Lirico Lombardo, and Festival Opera Tigre (Buenos Aires).​

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They have collaborated on music and social projects across South America, including:

• Crecer en Música (Cochabamba, Bolivia): music education for children in orphanages focused on group dynamics;

• Proyecto MIZAR (Mar del Plata, Argentina): classical music cultural center offering concerts, workshops, and community engagement;

• Muyu Sucre (Sucre, Bolivia): citywide inclusion through singing and percussion.

From 2015 to 2017, they lived in Argentina, performing concerts, leading masterclasses, and promoting classical music in diverse social contexts.

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From 2017 to 2020, they resided in Bolivia, where they founded the Conservatorio de Música Project in Sucre. They served as academic and administrative directors and taught piano, music theory, harmony, and music history. They also organized national-level artistic events in collaboration with both local and international institutions.

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Since 2011, they have simultaneously maintained an ongoing concert activity as a piano duo in both Latin America and Europe, performing numerous recital programs.

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In 2020, they returned to Europe and are now based in Tuscany, Italy, where they continue their concert activity for four hands and two pianos, as well as working as piano and music educators and performing as soloists and in chamber ensembles.

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In 2025, they won the audition and performed as soloists with the Orchestra of Teatro La Fenice at Teatro Malibran in Venice, playing Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra K. 365.

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Since 2023, they have organized annual duo tours in Argentina and Bolivia, where they give concerts and masterclasses.

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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, Teatro Malibran Venezia.

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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, Studio 2 RSI.

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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.