CHRISTIAN PASTORINO
Born in Genoa in 1996, Christian Pastorino began studying piano at the age of six. In 2010 he was admitted to the “N. Paganini” Conservatory of Genoa, where he studied with Massimo Paderni and later with Cesare Castagnoli; he also deepened his chamber music training under Massimiliano Damerini. At the same institution he obtained both his First and Second Level Academic Diplomas with highest honors and distinction. He has attended masterclasses and advanced courses with Andrea Lucchesini, Riccardo Risaliti, Benedetto Lupo and Roberto Plano, with whom he completed a two-year program at the Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo.
He is the First Prize winner of the 25th edition of the “Franz Schubert” Competition – City of Ovada (2025), which includes a series of debut concerts in the United States, and Second Prize winner at the “Paul Badura-Skoda” Competition in Vienna (2024). He has also received awards in competitions such as the “Loredana Laudisi Ponte” Competition in Genoa, the “City of Albenga” Competition, and the “Rospigliosi” Competition. His education has been supported by scholarships from Opera Pia Conservatorio Fieschi, the Giuseppe Ponta Foundation and Rotary Club.
His concert activity includes numerous appearances at significant events. In 2012 he took part in the celebrations for the centenary of the GOG (Giovine Orchestra Genovese). In 2016 he performed at the commemorative event Un concerto per ricordare, organized by the Italian National Association of Magistrates, appearing both as a soloist and in chamber formation. In June 2017 he performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466, with the Orchestra of the Genoa Conservatory conducted by Antonio Tappero Merlo, in prestigious venues such as the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, the Teatro Sociale in Camogli and the Cathedral of Tortona. In September of the same year, at the Teatro di Camogli, he took part in a project dedicated to the complete performance of Beethoven’s five piano concertos in the arrangement for piano and string quintet by Vinzenz Lachner, performing the Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37.
Christian Pastorino has been invited to perform in numerous festivals and concert series, including the Paganini Festival in Carro, the Genoa International Music Youth Festival, the “Musica d’Estate” Festival in Bardonecchia, the Alessandria Music Youth Festival, the Ravenna Festival, the Santa Festival, the Voxonus Festival in Savona, “I notturni en plein air” (organized by GOG and Palazzo Ducale in Genoa), and the Festival del Compositore, devoted to contemporary music and held at the Teatro Carlo Felice. He has performed in several Italian cities, including Genoa, Rome (with a recital at the Vatican Museums), Milan, Ravenna, Alessandria, La Spezia, Savona, Acqui Terme, Sanremo, Livorno and Imperia, both in solo recitals and in chamber ensembles.
He has also recorded music for the soundtracks of several short films by Federico Mottica at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome.