Daniela Bracchi
Daniela Bracchi began playing the piano for her own amusement
at the age of five. At the age of eight she began to study seriously with
the world famous pianist Dr. Ana Maria Trenchi de Bottazzi at the Pinault School
of Music in New York.
Daniela has a long list of accomplishments to her credit which
include: First place winner in the Italian American Competition (1992), first
place winner in the Queens Symphony Orchestra's "Young Soloist
Competition"(1992), and six time winner of the Leschetizky Association's
"Young Gifted Peoples Competition" with recitals at Steinway Hall, the
Donnell Library, and Cami Hall in New York City. She was the youngest to
receive the honor of playing at the Soviet-American "Youth Festival of
Music" in 1991. Later that year she performed at the Queens Museum of
Art, the Music Marathon in Hoboken, the Stony Brook School, and at the Weill
Recital Hall. The year ended with Daniela being videotaped on the main
stage of Carnegie Hall along with Dr. Bottazzi. This recording was
broadcast in thirty-eight countries throughout the world.
On January 10, 1993, at the age of ten, Daniela presented her
solo debut recital at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, which ended with a
capacity audience delivering a standing ovation. In June, she went on to
win second place in her division at the "Stravinsky International Piano
Competition" in Champaign, Illinois with a television appearance and a
personal meeting with Saulima Stravinsky. That same month, she won third
place in the "Junior Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition" in
Salt Lake City.
The year 1995 was another active year for Daniela with three
first prizes in major competitions: The Piano Teachers Congress of New York's
"Young Pianists Competition," the "APPTA International
Competition," and the "Bartok-Kabalevsky International
Competition" in Radford Virginia. In addition, at the
"Bartok-Kabalevsky Competition, she received the Marion Gray Award for best
performance.
On February 27, 1996, The Long Island Philharmonic chose Miss
Bracchi as the first place winner of their "Young Artist Competition."
As an outcome, she performed the Mozart Concerto in D minor, K. 466 with
the Long Island Philharmonic on April 20.
March 30th
was the date of Daniela's second solo recital at the Weill Recital Hall at
Carnegie Hall, which was received again with a standing ovation.
In 1997 Ms. Bracchi participated in four master classes and
won first place in two more competitions. On April 11, she participated in
a master class with Gyorgy Sandor, a Bartok protégé. The following day
she won first place in her category for the second time at the Bartok-Kabalevsky
International Piano Competition. On June 15th she participated
in a competition sponsored by the Stryjniak Polish Cultural Foundation in Clark,
New Jersey and again finished in first place. The three remaining master
classes the she participated in during this year were with Eteri Andjaparidze,
Menahem Pressler, and Santiago Rodriguez.
This young pianist started out in 1998 by winning the
"Rising Stars Competition" sponsored by Naomi Music Productions.
The competition was open to pianists through the age of thirty. She
received the honor of performing at their winner’s recital at Cami Hall.
On April 18th Daniela gave her third solo recital at Weill Recital
Hall at Carnegie Hall. The following day she performed Chopin's Sonata in
B-b minor at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland, sponsored by the
Chopin Foundation Council of Greater New York. On April 24, 1998, the
Missouri Southern International Piano Competition selected Daniela as first
place winner of the Junior Division from a group of entrants representing
twenty-nine countries throughout the world.
On February 19th, 2000, Daniela gave her fourth solo recital
at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. She received an extensive standing
ovation from a capacity audience on her all Chopin program.
In 2000 Ms. Bracchi became part of the studio of Boris Slutsky at the
Peabody Conservatory at the Johns Hopkins University. During her time
there she was an active performer of classical repertoire, chamber music, and
new music around the Baltimore-Washington area. Daniela attended The New
Millennium Piano Festival in Spain where she had the opportunity to study with
Julian Martin, Blanca Uribe, Yveda Kaplinsky, Marc Durand, and Dominique
Weber. Upon her return Daniela performed Beethoven Sonata Op. 110 in a
master-class with Leon Fleisher. Currently
Ms. Bracchi is on a Masters degree in piano performance from the Manhattan
school of music under the direction of the renowned Solomon Mikowsky.
Daniela has performed in over thirty concerts at Weill Recital
Hall at Carnegie Hall. She continues to perform at Weill Recital Hall,
Steinway Hall, Cami Hall, Caramoor, and throughout the tri-state area.
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