Guest artist and pianist Giuliano Graniti joins the UA School of Music for a concert on Saturday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m. in Guzzetta Recital Hall, free and open to the public.

Giuliano Graniti regularly performs in Europe, Asia, and the United States as both soloist and chamber musician, giving recitals in international concert halls, such as: Teatro Comunale in Firenze, Teatro La Fenice in Venezia, Ehrbar Saal in Vienna, Vahdat Hall in Tehran, Stelio Molo Auditorium in Lugano, and Corbett Auditiorium in Cincinnati.
He is also interested in the potential of the internet technology for helping college level piano education. Using advanced and preferably non-mainstream technology applied to the class piano instruction is one of his primary research areas, with the goal of contributing to create a system with improved access, content, and durability, and aiming for student inclusiveness and technological sustainability. He is the inventor of the patent-pending Piano OpenLab, a Linux virtual piano lab infrastructure for improved, innovative, and sustainable group piano instruction.
He has earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, and Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Piano Performance and Piano Pedagogy in Italy and Switzerland. Among his teachers and mentors there are Michael Chertock, Nora Doallo, Andrea Lucchesini, and Aldo Ciccolini.
Giuliano Graniti is Assistant Professor of Music at Middle Georgia State University. He has previously served as Visiting Professor in Piano at the Townsend School of Music at Mercer University in Macon, GA, and as Adjunct Professor of Music at Wilmington College, OH.