Simona Simonini

Italian woman composer, pianist, philosopher, musicologist, Simona Simonini was born in Bologna, Italia. She started very young her musical training ; after she has graduated in Piano by Conservatory in Bologna and in Parma and Composition in Conservatory G. Verdi in Milano. She graduated also in Music analysis. In University of Bologna she graduated with full marks and honours in Pedagogy and also in Music-Art and Spectacle. She benefited from scholarships awarded by the Council of Europe in stages in Belgium. The Accademia dei Lincei has given a special mention for her research on Art -Music - Language in the philosophy of F. Nietzsche. From the Chamber of Deputies she has awarded for special merits cultural and artistic in the spread of contemporary music. She is director of the Superior International Academy of University- Studies for the Philosophy and the Sciences of Music, with which she organized Masters for piano also with the Lazar Berman. Her compositions have been performed in Italy, Europe, Russia and the United States of America. She founded also Curtain women composers.