Italian pianist Giuseppe Guarrera is the 2024 winner of the prestigious Beethoven Prize at the Cleveland International Piano Competition. Praised for his exceptional expressiveness and technical brilliance by Scherzo, Guarrera has performed both as a soloist and chamber musician at some of Europe’s most renowned venues, including Wigmore Hall in London, Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin, and the Scherzo Foundation in Madrid. His engagements also extend to distinguished festivals and halls such as the Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival, Klavierfestival Ruhr, Musikverein Vienna, Philharmonie Luxembourg, and Concertgebouw Amsterdam, alongside a major concert tour in China.
Guarrera’s notable accolades include the Tabor Award Piano at the Verbier Festival Academy in 2018 and the title of Rising Star at the Klavierfestival Ruhr in 2019. He honed his craft at the Barenboim-Said Akademie under Nelson Goerner, following earlier studies in Italy with Siavush Gadjiev and Giuseppe Cultrera, and later in Berlin with Eldar Nebolsin.