Maximiliano Amici – Piano Works (2017–2024)
Performed by Igor Cognolato, piano
This recording offers an illuminating overview of Maximiliano Amici’s piano output composed between 2017 and 2024, brought to life by pianist Igor Cognolato. A composer of refined sensibility and structural clarity, Amici studied under Luciano Pelosi and Stephen Jaffe. He earned his master’s degree in composition at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome and his doctorate in music composition at Duke University.
Amici's connection to the piano is both profound and personal. The son of a concert pianist who regularly taught lessons at home, his earliest musical impressions were shaped by the piano repertoire that drifted through the walls during his formative years. These indirect yet persistent sonic exposures instilled a deep affinity with the instrument that would later blossom into compositional expression.
The works included in this album are emblematic of Amici’s pianistic language, which privileges clarity, formal coherence, and expressive restraint. Structurally, many of the compositions adopt a modular approach, unfolding through sequences of short movements or character pieces—an aesthetic strategy that evokes the legacy of Robert Schumann, one of the composer’s most enduring influences. From Schumann, Amici draws not only inspiration for form but also a shared pursuit of poetic directness and concision.
At the heart of Amici’s artistic research lies a desire to articulate musical thought in a way that transcends traditional tonal frameworks while preserving communicative immediacy. His music does not seek complexity for its own sake, but rather embraces a refined, essentialist vocabulary in which every note serves the structural and expressive integrity of the whole.
Interpreted with sensitivity and precision by Igor Cognolato, this album invites listeners into a sound world that is at once introspective and transparent, modern yet steeped in an ideal of musicality rooted in tradition. It is a compelling portrait of a composer for whom the piano remains not just a medium of expression, but a space of memory, form, and inner truth.
Da Vinci
Performed by Igor Cognolato, piano
This recording offers an illuminating overview of Maximiliano Amici’s piano output composed between 2017 and 2024, brought to life by pianist Igor Cognolato. A composer of refined sensibility and structural clarity, Amici studied under Luciano Pelosi and Stephen Jaffe. He earned his master’s degree in composition at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome and his doctorate in music composition at Duke University.
Amici's connection to the piano is both profound and personal. The son of a concert pianist who regularly taught lessons at home, his earliest musical impressions were shaped by the piano repertoire that drifted through the walls during his formative years. These indirect yet persistent sonic exposures instilled a deep affinity with the instrument that would later blossom into compositional expression.
The works included in this album are emblematic of Amici’s pianistic language, which privileges clarity, formal coherence, and expressive restraint. Structurally, many of the compositions adopt a modular approach, unfolding through sequences of short movements or character pieces—an aesthetic strategy that evokes the legacy of Robert Schumann, one of the composer’s most enduring influences. From Schumann, Amici draws not only inspiration for form but also a shared pursuit of poetic directness and concision.
At the heart of Amici’s artistic research lies a desire to articulate musical thought in a way that transcends traditional tonal frameworks while preserving communicative immediacy. His music does not seek complexity for its own sake, but rather embraces a refined, essentialist vocabulary in which every note serves the structural and expressive integrity of the whole.
Interpreted with sensitivity and precision by Igor Cognolato, this album invites listeners into a sound world that is at once introspective and transparent, modern yet steeped in an ideal of musicality rooted in tradition. It is a compelling portrait of a composer for whom the piano remains not just a medium of expression, but a space of memory, form, and inner truth.
Da Vinci
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