Considered one of the most talented and exiting italian pianists of his generation, CRISTIANO BURATO was born in 1968 and achieved a first-class honours diploma at the Mantua Conservatoire with Rinaldo Rossi. He continued his artistic perfectioning along with Sergio Perticaroli at the "S.Cecilia" Academy in Rome graduating with first-class honours.
He is prize-winner in several national and international piano competitions, among which the "Porrino" of Cagliari, the "Jaen Prize" of Jaen (Spain), the "Sydney International Piano Competition", the "Tomassoni Int. Piano Comp." of Cologne, the "World Piano Competition of London" and the "Leeds Int. Piano Comp." In 1996 he won the Grand Prix on the prestigious "Dino Ciani International Piano Competition" at the "La Scala Theatre" in Milan, getting the unanimous vote of the international Jury headed by Riccardo Muti, definitively establishing himself on the international scene. He played with prestigious orchestras among which the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, the Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI, the Sydney Philarmonic Orchestra, the London Philarmonia Orchestra, the Wiener Kammerorchester, and so on. His solo recitals have been acclaimed at the "La Scala Theatre" in Milan, at the Stresa's "Settimane Musicali", for the "Società del Quartetto" and the "Società dei Concerti" of Milan, at the "Accademia Chigiana" of Siena, at the "Accademia Filarmonica" of Bologna, and at the major italian concerts societies and theatres. He has been also invited to the "Festival Internazionale di Brescia e Bergamo", at the "Accademia di S.Cecilia" and the "Accademia Filarmonica Romana" of Rome.
He collaborated with important conductors such as Simon Rattle, Allun Francis, Frank Shipway, Cristian Maendel, Leonard Griffith, Marcello Viotti, Donato Renzetti, Mario Bellugi and Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli.
Since he was 14 he gave many concerts and went on tours abroad to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, England, Spain, Greece, Rumania, Poland, United States, Canada and Australia, performing at the "Sydney Opera House", at the "Tonhalle" in Zurich, at the "Wigmore Hall" and the "Royal Festival Hall" in London, at the "Konzertsaal" in Vienna, for "Radio France" and the UNESCO Auditorium in Paris, at the "Los Angeles County Museum of Art" and at the Auditorium of the United Nations in New York, at the "Queen's Hall" in Edimbourg and so on. His interpration of Chopin excited very great acclaim everywhere. After the awards from International Juries in Sydney, Cologne and London he was invited to give lots of Chopin's recitals: at the Chopin Festival in Duszniki (Poland), at the Townhall of Paris for the 150th death anniversary, for the Chopin Society of London, and so on.
He gave a lecture on "The Rubato Style in the Piano Music of Chopin" for the "California Association of Professional Music Teachers" in San Diego and several Master Classes in Italy and abroad.
He recorded for Phoenix Classic, recently the Chopin's Concerts with the Transilvanian State Orchestra.
For artistic merits he has been awarded the Medal of the President of the Italian Republic.

Up-to-date 06/30/2002.