Biography

Antonella Di Giulio is a pianist, a music theorist, a pedagogue, author, and a speaker.

In addition to her doctoral studies in Music Theory and Musicology at the University at Buffalo, Antonella Di Giulio holds a Master’s Degree in piano performance from the same University, post-diploma certifications in piano performance, a diploma in piano from the Conservatory Santa Cecilia in Rome (Italy). As a researcher, her interests are in music cognition, theory of images in music, music as a language, harmonic language in contemporary music, Italian composers in the XX century, set theory, and Mathematics.

She studied piano with Luigi Mostacci and Carla Giudici, thank a European Union’s fellowship, and then in Germany with Sontraud Speidel and Michael Rische. While living in Europe, she had the possibility to take lessons from some of the best pianist and pedagogues, like Oxana Yablonskaya, Paul Badura Skoda, L. Hoffmann, Marcello Abbado, Aquiles Delle Vigne, Silvana Libardo, Roberto Cappello, Takashi Yamazaki, Elza Kolodin, Sergio Fiorentino, Klaus Kauffmann, Walter Blankenheim, and Eugene Mougilevsky; she studied under the tutelage of Professor Lola Tavor in Milan and Geneve; she was also awarded in many national and international competitions. The German Newspaper Rheinische Post describes her performances as impressing “… Mit ihrer kompetente Virtuosität, ihrer breit gespannten Expressivität wie ihrer enormen Klangsensibilität…“ (with her competent virtuosity, broad expressivity as well as her huge sound sensibility).

Her additional studies included pedagogy, teaching certifications, courses for music management, and workshops for group lessons at the piano. Antonella was a music teacher trainer for the “Bertelmann’s Foundation” for the Project “Kita macht Musik,” has trained extensively in the Suzuki Method and Children Music Lab, she has authored a music workbook for preschool children, a music theory workbook, and “Sequenze libere”; she is the editor for different professional and academic magazines and journals.

She regularly performs for a number of associations and festivals as a soloist and in different chamber music ensemble with a particular interest in Italian composers.(e.g. RAI – Italian television- International Festival Anzio – Petrassi, Messiaen- Kawai Europa – Krefeld, RWN – Krefeld, A.Gi.Mus., Roma, “Circolo sottoufficiali” Bologna, Marigliano, Klavierwochen Waldkraiburg, Ass. “Il Coretto” Bari, Monopoli, Festival Ostra, Weyden, Bayreuth, Plauen, Geldern, Mitrovica, Dortmund, Sonsbeck, Windhagen, Kalkar, Bremen, Firenze, Lipsia etc….)

Antonella has been acclaimed for her exciting and sovran pianism and her attention to sound quality and has received particular praise for her outstanding pedagogical engagement. She teaches piano, early childhood music education, and general music education and holds Artistic Director of numerous workshops and Festivals. She served as the President of the Chromatic Club of Buffalo, the oldest association for classical musicians in Western New York, where she served on the board of directors for several years. She is very involved in the community.

She was faculty at the Accademia Pucciniana in Isernia, Kreismusikschule Kleve e.V., Buffalo Suzuki Strings and Buffalo State College. She is often invited as a guest teacher and pianist for lectures, summer camps, and seminars. She is the founder and artistic director of Woom Management Inc and the Woom Talent Center.

Antonella regularly collaborates with the platform for classical musicians, Tonebase, where she offers community workshops and lectures. She is founder and content creator for the YouTube channel Webpiano Academy. She founded the music platform Musica IQ, a blog and magazine for music professionals.

Drawn from her rich tapestry of life experiences, Antonella has delved into the profound complexities of human suffering. Her research and personal encounters have illuminated not only society’s inadequacies in confronting such existential issues, but also the transformative potential of compassion. Influenced by the tenets of Buddhism, she authored “From a Bonsai to a Pine Tree,” a work that offers reflections on how human suffering can be healed and metamorphosed into something as grand and beautiful as a tree, once we acknowledge and tend to our wounds. This publication stands as a special accomplishment in her oeuvre, embodying her deep commitment to self-growth and empathy.

These activities and explorations are aside from her professional endeavors and form an integral part of her commitment to personal development and the betterment of the human condition. Antonella is the author of other works including “30 Days Time-Out: Journal of a Paused Friendship,” a collection of poems titled “Enchanted Love,” and several instructional workbooks for music students. Collaborating with Anthony Augustine, she has also illustrated a children’s book, “B-Bear Travels to Kidsland,” inspired by Robert Schumann’s Kinderszenen.