Oscar Macchioni
Oscar Macchioni
was born in Tucumán, Argentina. Upon his graduation from the National
University of Tucumán, he received a scholarship from the Polish Government to
study piano, for two years, at the AKademia Mzyczna w KraKowie in Krakow,
Poland, with the distinguished pianist Ewa Bukojemska. He received his Doctor of
Musical Arts degree in piano performance with a minor in ethnomusicology form
the University of Arizona in Tucson, his Master in Music from Louisiana State
University. His former teachers include Prof. Tannis Gibson, Dr. Nohema
Fernández, Dr. Ana María Trenchi de Bottazzi, Phyllis East, and Lic. Celina
List among others.
He won several competitions
in Argentina and the USA, such as Green Valley Piano competition in Arizona,
Promociones Musicales de Buenos Aires and Tucumán National University
(composition), and was a finalist in the International Audio-Tape Piano
Competition organized by the Germaine Pinault International Music Society in New
York. Oscar Macchioni has performed extensively in his native Argentina, Poland,
and in the USA, which has included such notable locations as Weill Recital Hall
at Carnegie Hall, Columbia University, Steinway Hall, and the Donnell Library in
New York. He also enjoys research activities and recently presented research
papers and lecture recitals at national (Piano Pedagogy Forum, College Music
Society, Society for Ethnomusicology) and international (International Council
for Traditional Music) conferences.
In 2004, he was featured in
the Piano issue of La
Lettre du Musicien of
France, among Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim, as one the excelling
Argentinean pianist leaving abroad. Oscar Macchioni has been recognized by many
prestigious national and international organizations. He was named Fellow
Graduate Student by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. where he was
in residence in the summer of 2000. Oscar also received scholarships from the
Polish Government, and Organization of American States (OAS). Most recently, he
received the Music Teachers National Association "Student Achievement
Award" and was named "Distinguished Graduate Student" by the
University of Arizona Music Advisory Board.
Although he is a passionate
performer of Latin American music, Oscar's repertoire includes a diversity of
musical styles and composers from all periods. Recent performances include works
by Soler, Beethoven, Liszt, Brahms, Chopin, Szymanowski, Barber, Bolcom,
Villa-Lobos, Piazzolla, Ginastera, and Guastavino
In 2003, Dr. Macchioni
joined the faculty at the University of Texas at El Paso. Currently he is an
Assistant Professor of Piano Pedagogy. His thesis and research on the tango in
art music is a novelty in the subject. Future engagements include
his appearance in the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series in Chicago, on March 16
2005; a concert in the Centro Municipal de las Artes in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico,
and a concert tour for five cities in Mexico for the Fall of 2005.