Born in Milan, Italy.
Resides and works in Milan, Italy.
Biography:
Born in Milan, Amalia Castoldi began studying piano at the relatively late age of 17 or 18. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Piano from the Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado in Milan in 2023, followed by a master’s degree from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Como in 2024.
She is currently attending two advanced piano programs at the Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo: one in classical piano with Giovanni Doria Miglietta and another focused on contemporary piano with Emanuele Arciuli.
Amalia has always had a strong interest in twentieth-century and contemporary music. Since 2023, she has been specializing in this field under the guidance of Maestro Arciuli. She took part in a seminar led by Professor Giuseppe Leanza at the Milan Conservatory on Boulez’s Third Piano Sonata and attended contemporary piano masterclasses with Francesco Prode. In both 2023 and 2024, she performed as pianist for the “Laboratorio ‘900” ensemble at the Conservatory of Como. In 2025, she joined the masterclasses and concert program of the “Time of Music” festival in Finland, collaborating with pianist Mark Knoop and composer Matthew Shlomowitz.
She has participated in numerous piano masterclasses with internationally renowned pianists, including Clive Britton, Roberto Prosseda, Carlo Balzaretti, Roberto Plano, Paolo Gilardi, Giovanni Bellucci, Maria Grazia Bellocchio, Joonas Ahonen, Francesco Prode, and Andrea Lucchesini. She has also studied chamber music with the Trio Kanon, Tommaso Lonquich, and Marion Reinhard. In the 2019/2020 academic year, she attended Clive Britton’s “Arrau Piano Surgery” masterclass.
Amalia has received awards in several national and international competitions. In 2024, she won first prize (99/100) in the Chamber Music category and second prize (96/100) in the Piano category at the 8th International Competition “Città di Alessandria.” The following year, she was awarded first prize (96/100) in the Piano Category F at the 13th National Competition “Città di Bardolino.” In 2025, she placed third in the final round of the 23rd International Piano Competition “Maria Giubilei” in the contemporary music section.
She has performed as a soloist in numerous festivals across Italy, including Piano City Milano, Piano City Trieste, “Flying Notes” organized by Fazioli, Piano Days in Trieste, “Giovani Talenti” at the Teatro del Mutuo Soccorso in Imperia, the “Summer Music Festival” by Suoni D’Autore, “Musica d’Estate” by the Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo, “Piano Estense” in Ferrara, “Tucogiò Piano Festival” in Treviso, “Piano Lab” in Puglia, “diCHIARAzione” in Milan, and Piano City Lecce.
She has also given solo recitals at Casa Boschi di Stefano and Casa della Memoria in Milan, at the Auditorium of the Museo Revoltella in Trieste, and at the regional RAI headquarters in Friuli Venezia Giulia. She was selected by the Piano Link association to perform in a recital dedicated to Béla Bartók as part of the Anniver...Series concert season.
In 2022, Amalia recorded a commercial for DHL and FIAT, performing the first movement of Mozart’s Sonata K331. In 2024, she was interviewed by RDE Radio in Trieste.
Education/training:
BACHELOR DEGREE: 28/10/2022, Civica Scuola Di Musica Claudio Abbado (Milan, Italy)
MASTER DEGREE: 4/3/2025, Conservatory Of Como (Como, Italy)
ADVANCED PIANO COURSE: (2020 - in progress) with Giovanni Doria Miglietta (Accademy of Pinerolo, Italy)
ADVANCED CONTEMPORARY PIANO COURSE: (2023 - in progress) with Emanuele Arciuli (Accademy of Pinerolo, Italy)
Selected exhibitions:
2021 Radici (group exhibition), San Giuliano Milanese Cultural Centre, San Giuliano Milanese, Italy
2022 Croma (group exhibition), Centro Polivalente San Giovanni Incarico, Rome, Italy
2022 London Calling (group exhibition), Badiani Art Space, London, United Kingdom
2022 Arte e moda (group exhibition), Arcadia Art Gallery, Milan, Italy
2023 “Resonant Paintings” solo performance for piano and paintings, Giovani Talenti Festival, Teatro del mutuo soccorso, Imperia, Italy
2024 O. S. D. I, Milan, Italy
2024 In Conversation With.. (group online exhibition), The Gallery by Mui, Washington DC, USA
2024 OPEN ABOUT IDENTITY (group exhibition), East Quai, Watchet, UK
2024 International Art and Design Exhibition, (group exhibition), V-Art Union, Belgium (online)
2024 Resonant paintings, solo performance for paintings piano and lights at RAI Sede Regionale Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trieste Italy (link)
Selected press & interviews:
March Edition, Creo Literary Journal by Creo Arts, 2024
May Edition (Issue:39), Art Magazineium, 2024
Issue Twenty - May, Grim & Gilded, 2024
Summer Issue 2024, Cool Beans Lit, 2024
Volum V Issue 3, Passengers Journal, 2024 (link)
Featured on website, LMNL SPCS, 2024 (link)
Interviewed on RDE Radio TV, October 2024 (link)