MICHELE ALLEGRO

POI INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION COMPETITION

“October LighT” WINNER 2025

Pianist-composer (Sciacca – AG) born in 1990, he is a piano teacher at the I.C. "Rita Levi Montalcini" by Partanna. He obtained a II level degree in piano with full marks and honours, at the “A.Boito” Conservatory in Parma, under the guidance of Maestros Roberto Cappello and Gianpaolo Nuti. In 2016 he obtained a II level degree in Chamber Music with top marks, under the guidance of

Maestro Pierpaolo Maurizzi, at the “A.Boito” Conservatory in Parma. He studied composition with Luigi Abbate and piano accompaniment for the operatic repertoire with Carmen Santoro at the “A.Boito” Conservatory in Parma. From 2020 to 2023 he was a piano accompaniment teacher at the A.Toscanini conservatory in Ribera.

He carries out an intense activity in the compositional field, his compositions are regularly performed in Italy and abroad. Winner of numerous composition awards including the "Musica nel silenzio" award with the piano composition "Pagine d’isolamento" performed in Milan at the international festival "Armonie della sera", published by Edizoni Curci, winner of the 2nd prize at the "Amadeus Composition Award ” in Vienna with the piece “Mechanical Sample” for soprano saxophone and piano, special mention at the "Composition Competition of the Academy of Classical Music in Vienna" with the composition "New York Tales", winner of the “NU Quintet call for score” in New York with the piece “Across the line” for wind quintet, performed at Cary Hall in New York. He edited the reduction for Harp and Piano of Wagensail's "Concerto for Harp and String Orchestra", published by the publishing house "Stella Mattutina". In 2022 he released his first album of piano compositions entitled "Reminiscenze". In 2024 he won the 2nd prize at the "Sax and Willas Composers Composition Competition" in Stettin in Poland, with the composition "New York Tales" for Soprano Sax, Baritone and Piano performed at the "Villa Lentza" in Settino, again in 2024 selected as the only winner of the “Art Ventus Quintet - Call for score” of Aveiro - Portugal, for the creation of a new composition for wind quintet to be performed at “Reencontros Contemporary Music Festival”. In the same year he established himself at the "Dante Moro International Composition Competition", winning the III Prize (1st and 2nd prize not awarded) with the piece "Giochi" for piano and string orchestra, performed in Falcade by Silvia Tessari on piano and by “Dolomiti Symphony Orchestra”. As a pianist he carries out an intense solo and chamber music activity, he performed the Concerto for piano and orchestra n. 3 op 37 by L. Beethoven with the "Orchestra Mediterranea" at the Teatro Antico di Segesta within the "Le Dionisiache" festival, he performed for associations, festivals and theaters at a national and international level: "L.Pavarotti" Theater in Modena, "ANTICONTEMPORANEO" review, "Roman Theater of Fiesole", "Words to listen to", "Ritratti

Music Festival", "Music Hour" in Reggio Emilia, "Bologna Festival", "Fondazione Emilio Vedova", "Dino Ciani Concert Festival", "AMA Calabria". He has collaborated with artists, composers, chamber groups and conductors of national and international level including "Next Time Ensemble", "L'Homme Armè", "Tempo Reale", Danilo Grassi, "OMC" (Orchestra di Musica Contemporanea), Cristina Zavalloni, Luca Mosca, "Huber Brecht Ensemble", with the latter he recorded at the "Filippo Neri" auditorium inside the Bologna Festival, “American Songs”, concert broadcast on the radioprogram RADIO TRE SUITE.