About me

Italian pianist and scholar Filippo Di Bari is a graduate of Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, Royal Holloway University of London, and the State Conservatory of Ferrara (Italy), and is currently based in London. He regularly appears in piano recitals and chamber music concerts across Europe. He performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto K414 accompanied by the Ensemble Bisentium, and was among the founders of the Ensemble Nuovamusica, with whom he gave première performances of works by living Italian composers under the baton of M° Mauro Bonifacio. As part of Debussy’s 150th celebration, Filippo performed the First Book of Etudes for the Intersezioni Music Festival. Recent highlights include the performance of R. Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor with the Royal Holloway Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rebecca Miller for the Royal Holloway International Concert Series.

Born in Florence, Italy, Filippo studied in Italy, the USA, and the UK, and in 2012 he spent five months as a visiting musician at the Hochschule für Musik in Basel, Switzerland. He is a pupil of Sergio De Simone, Fabrizio Lanzoni, and Gabriele Baldocci for piano, and Ilaria Maurri for chamber music, and took part in several masterclasses and workshops with various renowned artists, such as Martino Tirimo, Benedetto Lupo, Ilana Vered, Claudio Martinez-Mehner, Ronald Brautigam, Julian White among others. During his studies Filippo has been awarded several scholarships from European and American institutions, and he was a prize winner in many piano competitions. His career has also been generously supported by Help Musicians UK.

In order to deepen his communication and performance skills, Filippo began exploring the craft of acting, and completed a Degree in Drama at CityLit College, in London. An eclectic and inquisitive mind, in 2022 he received a Masters in Musicology from Royal Holloway, University of London, where he worked with Prof. Julian Johnson on the late music of Franz Schubert. Whilst at Royal Holloway, he was awarded the Corky McGuinness Award.

Filippo is also very involved in education and strongly believes in music as a meaningful and enriching form of expression. He is a dedicated piano tutor, runs his own private music studio in Southeast London, and collaborates with several music schools and academies. Filippo teaches piano at Eltham College, Blackheath High School, and Trinity Laban, in London.