Gabriele Denaro Composer, pianist, international concertist and teacher. His music, that has been defined by critics as “Music for the soul”, sinks his roots in a solid classical formation on which appear elements derived from romanticism, contemporary classicism and post modern.

His melodies, always deeply moving, make him one of the artists more appreciated from international public and reviewer.

As a composer and pianist he performed, at the invitation of important musical institutions, in Italy, France, Spain, Russia, Belgium, Luxembourg, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Germany, Switzerland and Egypt.

He was born in Catania and brilliantly took a diploma as pianist at the Conservatoire of Vibo Valentia under the guidance of  M° Eugenio Fels, with whom later he improved his abilities.

Since 1979, still very young, he composes pieces for piano and orchestra revealing an unrestrainedly, creative vein (nowadays his compositions are about 400) and, at  the end of the ’90, starts a period of sperimentation and research, during which he collaborates with theatre, cinema and dance performances, offering his music to short films presented with increasing success in international competitions.

In the year 2000, he records his first CD , music composed for piano and orchestra, entitled “Immagini sonore” suddenly provoking the interest of critics and public. Since this moment starts a series of lucky touring that bring him to the greater European capitals, where he achieves enthusiastic appreciations for his performances. He is even accompanied by great philharmonic orchestras of Romania, Bulgaria, Russia, Spain, France, Poland and Ukraine. During these enthusiastic contests, from 2001 to 2004, three CD “live” will be recorded and enthusiastically approved by musical critics.

In 2003 he released a CD recorded during a live piano concert in Riposto (Catania) in 1992. In the same year he received the "Award sicilianità" because "... the original sounds of her music can convey emotion and unique suggestions. "

In 2004 he published the album “Music for images” in which “….the name of the compositions fly light like the notes, evoking images of life, tragedies like 11 september and the war of Belgrade and Kosovo or moments of intense emotions.” Always in 2004, he gets the prize “Akkuaria Web alla Cultura” and, in 2005 arrives first, finalist in the international competition “ Musica alle immagini”.

In 2009, he gets the prize “Confcommercio Riposto” with the following motivation: “Prize notes in art for musical creativity”. In the same year is recorded his fifth CD which includes a collections of pieces of refined complexity that confirm once again, the artistic value of his music and his extraordinary talent. Between 2010 and 2011 he always goes on tour in Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Egypt.

IN 2011 he is interviewed by Radio Vaticana and composes the sound track for the short feature “Il mondo di tutti”. In Toscana, Lazio, Umbria e  Sicilia,  he performs piano concerts with his trio, earning everywhere a large consent by critic and public.

The exhibition for trio at the Bellini’s Theatre in Catania, provokes  particularly enthusiasm and admiration. In the same year, several towns of Sicily, confer him prestigious prizes and  admissions for his rare qualities as pianist and composer.

But it will be with the 15 compositions  in the CD  “L’attesa” that the unique style of  Gabriele Denaro will be revealed to the great public, placing him among the most interesting personality of contemporary music. In fact, every single piece denotes a very high level of artistic quality and an unusual capacity of symphonic orchestration: since first chords we immediately understand that “ the syntactical structures of his musical language, in their logical form, present a resemble with our emotive life and reflect the main dynamic models of our interior experience.

On September 2012, he is guest at the Cultura’s Palace in Catania (Sicily) at the IV Exhibition “ Corti in cortile” dedicated to short films  in which is showed the splendid video clip on the notes of “L’attesa”  directed by G. Scirè at Slaves’ Castle in Fiumefreddo (Catania- Sicily).