Fabio Parrini

Fabio Parrini's diverse musical experience includes recordings, radio and TV broadcasts (with solo programs for the Italian National Radio in Rome and the German Swiss Radio in Zurich), solo recitals, concerto performances (most recently featuring works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, and Gershwin), chamber music, and collaborative work across Italy and the US. His CD releases feature solo repertoire and collaborations with violinist Eun-Sun Lee, in recent years a frequent recital partner along with cellist Alberto Parrini, soprano Lisa Sain Odom, and the Keowee Chamber Music players (now renamed Pan Harmonia). A Steinway Artist, Fabio was repeatedly selected for programs sponsored by South Arts and the South Carolina Arts Commission. His accolades include first prizes at the Italian national competitions of Galatina, Osimo, and Cagliari, the Richmond Competition at Boston University, a Fulbright Grant, a Kahn Career Entry Award, and recording grants from the Metropolitan Arts Council of Greenville and North Greenville University. He is Professor of Music and Piano Coordinator at NGU, is an active adjudicator, and has given master classes for the NGU Piano Seminar, the Greenville MTA, the SC Governor's School, Clemson University, the Longy School of Music, Emporia State University, Point Loma Nazarene University, and the University of Southern Mississippi. In 2011 he performed and coached chamber music for the Philadelphia International Music Festival at Bryn Mawr College. He holds degrees from the Conservatory of Padua and Boston University and has studied with Anthony di Bonaventura, Micaela Mingardo, Gyorgy Sandor, Bruno Mezzena, and Adriana Rognoni.

Fabio, his wife Sherry, and their kids Maria and Sam live in sunny and musical Greenville, South Carolina.