Hubert Stuppner, received the performer’s diploma in piano at the conservatoire in Bolzano,  and made a doctorate in musicology at Padua University on the song works by Johannes Brahms. He visited the Darmstädter Ferienkurse, working amongst others with Karlheinz Stockhausen, Mauricio Kagel, György Ligeti, lannis Xenakis. He received several prizes: at the International Composers Competition “Gaudeamus” in  Bilthoven, at the International Composers Competition for the Schnitger‑organ in Zwolle (Netherland), the First Prize for chamber opera at the Filarmonica Umbra Competition in Terni, the Culture Prize of the city of Innsbruck for the TV film ‘Die Stimmen der Sylphiden” (ZDF), the 3rd Prize at the ‘Concours Ernest Ansermet” in Genf for the ballett «Pierrot und Pierrette”. He received numerous commissions for any kind of music: 2 piano concertos, one violin-concerto, orchestral works, theatre plays, chamber operas, oratorios, piano music, 6 quartets, chamber music, chamber opera, new works for Kronos-Quartett, orchestra transcriptions for Milva, Oratorio “Passion” for the Pope. His compositions are published by Ricordi&Co. He has been for 15 years artistic director and jury-president of the International Piano-Compteition “Ferruccio Busoni” of Bolzano. He has been in the juri of  many composition and piano competitions (Vienna-Alban Berg, Cleveland-Casadesus, Moscow-Tschaikovsky, Leningrad- Schostakovitch, Budapest-Liszt, Pretoria-Unisa, Paris-Conservatoire Superiore, Bucharesti-Enescu, Valencia-Iturbi, Seoul, Kiev-Horowitz, Varallo, Cantù). 

He has written works commisioned by the Donaueschinger Musiktage, the Austrian Broadcasting, the Salzburger Festspiele, the Biennale of Venice, the Staatstheater Stuttgart, the Südwestfunk Baden‑Baden, the Maggio Musicale di Firenze, Biennale Musica di Venezia, Teatro Colon, Orchestra of Radio France, Bayerischerr Rundfunk Monaco, and many international orchestras.

Michele Antonio Salvemini started studying piano at “T. Schipa” Conservatoire of music in Lecce, under the guidance of S. Libardo. As a young boy, he started soon to give piano recitals in Italy and abroad as soloist. Until 1988 he won the first absolute prize in ten piano competitions, while attending master classes with M. Marvulli, R. Caporali, A. Delle Vigne, A. Lonquich, O. Yablonskaya, P. Badura-Skoda, F.-J. Thiollier. During these years he also studied music composition with R. Gervasio. In 1989 he got his piano diploma with special distinction, then he attended the international piano perfectionnement courses in “S. Cecilia” Academy in Rome, where he graduated in 1992 under the guidance of S. Perticaroli. Since 1995 he teaches piano in conservatoire and in private institutions, he gives masterclasses and is often member of jury in international piano competitions. In 2006 he graduated in Psychology cum laude from Rome University “La Sapienza” and has learnt and pratciced Music Therapy. In 2011 has studied music teaching for children following the Music learning theory of E. E. Gordon. He is currently piano professor in L’Aquila’s State Conservatoire.

Yuri Bogdanov is one of the most gifted pianists of our time. He received wide international recognition, primarily as a performer of music of Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Schubert and Alexander Scriabin. In 1996, His recording of sonatas and pieces of F.Schubert was recognized by the Viennese F.Schubert institute like the best Schubert’s records in the world, season 1995/1996.

He finished the Moscow State conservatory P.Tchaikovsky. His teachers were A.Artobolevskaya, prof. A.Mndoyants, prof.A.Nasedkin, prof. T.Nikolaeva and prof. M.Voskresensky. Yury Bogdanov was awarded several prizes and ranks of the winner at the international competitions: J.S.Bach in Leipzig 1992 (III Prize), F.Schubert in Dortmund 1993 (II Prize), F.Mendelssohn in Hamburg 1994 (III Prize), F.Schubert in Vienna 1995 (Grand Prix), E. Honens in Calgary (IV Prize), S.Seiler in Kitzingen, 2001 (IV Prize). Y.Bogdanov is the winner of the festival «April spring» in Pyongyang in 2004 and the owner of a special prize at the international competition of pianists in Sydney in 1996. In 1992 the pianist was awarded the 1-st grant A.Scriabin. In Scriabin house-museum in Moscow Yuri Bogdanov in 1989 played his first solo recital. Since then the pianist made concert activity, played more than in 120 cities of Russia and abroad. He had been on concert tours in Albania, Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, North Korea, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, Uruguay, USA and many other countries. Yuri Bogdanov is the soloist of the Moscow State Academic Philharmonic society. The repertoire of the pianist includes solo, chamber m and concerts for piano with orchestra. He had recorded 10 CDs.

Yuri Bogdanov is a professor of Gnessin Russian music academy. His students won a lot of prizes of many international piano competitions. Yuri Bogdanov participated like the member of jury of many international competitions of pianists. The pianist got the honorary title «The honoured artist of Russia». «Steinway & Sons» company chose Yuri Bogdanov as the artist of «Steinway». He headed the international organisation «Ecology of culture» and international piano festival «Evenings of Art around Moscow» and international festival «Musical Krasnogorsk».

Silvana Libardo was born in Molfetta (BA) and studied at “N. Piccinni” State Conservatory of Bari, with M.° Michele Marvulli (piano) and with Marco De Natale (composition). She then specialized with M.° Rodolfo Caporali (piano).

She has been active both as soloist, with orchestra and in chamber music with renowed artists as M. Larrieu, R. Fabbriciani, O. Yablonskaya, M.K. Ykonomi, quatuor “Cassoviae” and others.

The didactic work she accomplished in University masterclasses and in Music High schools is outstanding and many of her former students are awarded in prestigious piano competitions.

She is often member of jury for national and international competitions; she founded the “Associazione Artistico Musicale Nino Rota”, the International Competition of Musical performances in Ostuni, and she is the artistic director of “G. Piliego” International Piano Competition in Brindisi.

She has been professor at “T. Schipa” State Conservatory in Lecce, at Music academy “Pierluigi da Palestrina” and “Arts Academy in Rome.