Nicolò Giuliano Tuccia is considered by Leslie Howard to be one of the most sensitive and interesting musicians of his generation.
Born in 1999, he began studying the piano at a very young age under the guidance of Maestro Giancarlo Peroni. He graduated with distinction from the “B. Maderna” Conservatory of Cesena in 2022, winning a scholarship awarded by the Rotary Club. He is currently studying at the “Incontri col Maestro” Piano Academy in Imola with André Gallo, Alessandro Taverna, and Igor Roma, and is also enrolled in a second-level Master’s program at the “Francesco Venezze” Conservatory of Rovigo with Federico Nicoletta and Roberto Prosseda.
He has further refined his musical education through summer festivals, masterclasses, seminars, and conferences with internationally renowned musicians such as Edith Fischer, Avedis Kouyoumdjian, Riccardo Risaliti, and Sergio Tiempo.
Nicolò Giuliano Tuccia has won over 50 prizes in major national and international piano competitions, including the “Sergio Fiorentino International Piano Competition” (Honorable Mention), the “Elevato Piano Competition” (Honorable Mention), the “Vigo International Piano Competition” (Semifinalist), the MAP International Music Competition in Los Angeles (First Prize), the “Kings Peak International Music Competition” (Second Prize and Special Prize), the London International Music Competition (Special Mention), the Nota Music Competition (chamber duo finalist prize), among many others.
He has performed in prestigious venues throughout Italy and Europe. Among the most important are the Teatro Galli in Rimini, Teatro Alighieri in Ravenna, Teatro degli Atti in Rimini, the Respighi Foyer of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, the Corelli Hall of Teatro Alighieri in Ravenna, Oratorio San Rocco in Bologna, Teatro Masini in Faenza, the Prefecture Hall of Forlì, Teatro Talia in Gualdo Tadino, Cinema Teatro Don Bosco in Perugia, Circolo Ufficiali in Bologna, Palazzo Raffaello in Urbino, Villa Carcano in Lecco, Convitto Vittorio Locchi in Rome, the Main Concert Hall of the Porto Conservatory of Music, the “Martín Códax” Auditorium in Vigo, the Salon Bank in Vienna, the Remonstrantse Kerk in Alkmaar, St. Mary Perivale Church in London, the Main Concert Hall of the University of Musical Semiotics in Helsinki, the Main Concert Hall of the M. K. Čiurlionis Art Gallery in Kaunas, the Concert Hall of the Telki Auditorium, the Eutherpe Hall in León, the Cathedral of St. Agatha of the Badia in Catania, the Auditorium of Villa Rina in Padua, Steinway Hall in London, the Casa della Musica in Trieste, the Casa Martelli Museum in Florence, Teatro Fabbrica delle Candele in Forlì, Casa Menotti in Spoleto, the Beethoven Chamber Music Hall in Bonn, the Großer Saal Schloss in Bergisch Gladbach (Cologne), the Gartensaal Schloss in Wolfsburg, the Concert Hall of the Italian Cultural Institute in Berlin, the Stanza della Musica in Rome for RAI Radio 3, and the National Gallery at Palazzo Spinola in Genoa.
He has taken part in numerous festivals, including the “Conoscere la Musica” Festival in Bologna, the Misano Piano Festival in Misano Adriatico, the Ravenna Festival, the ERConcerti Festival “Le Soirées Musicales” in Emilia-Romagna, the “Le Note tra i Calanchi” Festival in Bagnoregio, the “Clivis Umbria” Festival, the Kaunas Piano Festival in Lithuania, the Altalena Music Fest in Hungary, the Festival of the Musical Society in Helsinki, the HIMF Festival in the Netherlands, the Roma Tre Orchestra Festival, the Autumn Festival of St. Mary Perivale Church for the Keyboard Trust in London, the Salon de la Musique Festival, the Bellini Festival in Catania, the Larius International Piano Fest in Lecco, the Elevato Piano Competition Festival in Bonn, Vienna, and Porto, the “Amici della Musica di Casa Martelli” Festival for the Suono Giovane Association in Florence, the Mozart Italia Association Festivals in Trieste and Lecce, the “Scriabin Concert Series” in Grosseto, and events organized by the Friends of the Teatro Carlo Felice and the Niccolò Paganini Conservatory in Genoa.
Nicolò Giuliano has performed with the Chamber Orchestra of the Bruno Maderna Conservatory of Cesena, the Circle Symphony Orchestra of Padua, the Rimini Classica Symphony Orchestra, the Musici Malatestiani Ensemble, the Marco Allegri Symphony Orchestra, the Fontana Mix Ensemble, the Antiqva Metropoli Orchestra, and the Bergisch Gladbach Symphony Orchestra.
He has collaborated with conductors Jacopo Rivani, Parvi Shejazi, Antonio Raspanti, Stefano Pecci, Bernardo Lo Sterzo, and Roman Salyutov.
He has recorded for the labels Doppio Movimento, Movimento Classical, IMD Music & Web, and Halidon.
In 2024 he will be engaged in a tour of Poland (Gdańsk, Warsaw, and Kraków) with the “Bellini Project” in duo with Clara La Licata, and will release recordings with the prestigious Naxos label featuring music by Franz Liszt and Julius Benedict.
His recitals and recordings have been reviewed by Piano News (Germany), the critic Christopher Axworthy, Eero Tarasti in Ampfion, Luca Ciammarughi in Amadeus Magazine, Gisela Schwarz in the Kölner Stadtanzeiger, and Robert Matthew Walker in Musical Opinion.
He is currently President of the Forlì Cultura Association and Artistic Director of the Guido Agosti Concert Series in Forlì, where each year he invites distinguished pianists from around the