Alberto Nones

Alberto Nones teaches History and Aesthetics of Music at the G.Puccini Conservatory of Music of Gallarate, Italy. He is the author of four books on topics as diverse as Verdi, twentieth-century Italian opera composer Riccardo Zandonai, baroque composer Francesco Antonio Bonporti, and the Doors, and has published two edited volumes and many articles in academic journals. An accomplished concert pianist, he performs throughout Europe and has recorded various CDs, among which: Complete Mazurkas by...See more

Alberto Nones teaches History and Aesthetics of Music at the G.Puccini Conservatory of Music of Gallarate, Italy. He is the author of four books on topics as diverse as Verdi, twentieth-century Italian opera composer Riccardo Zandonai, baroque composer Francesco Antonio Bonporti, and the Doors, and has published two edited volumes and many articles in academic journals. An accomplished concert pianist, he performs throughout Europe and has recorded various CDs, among which: Complete Mazurkas by Chopin (Continuo Records, 2016), which has been acclaimed by some of Italy's most respected critics; Brahms's Sonatas for Piano and Violin (Luna Rossa Records, 2017, with violinist Franco Mezzena); and most recently Pietro Cimara L'Infinito - Arts Songs for Soprano and Piano (Da Vinci Classics, 2019, with soprano Nunzia Santodirocco). Since 2011, Nones has worked as author and broadcaster of radio programs for RAI, the Italian national broadcast company. He is the founder and president of the Associazione Europea di Musica e Comunicazione (AEMC), which organizes, among other things, an academic conference on "Music, Communication and Performance" that has caught the attention of scholars and musicians from all corners of the world. See less