Giuseppe Albanese, born on May 11, 1979, in Reggio Calabria, Italy, is a pianist. He studied at Imola International Piano Academy and Messina University, earning a Magna cum laude Doctorate in Philosophy with a thesis on Liszt's Années de pèlerinage. Albanese notably won the Premio Venezia, Italy's most important piano competition in 1997 and First Prize at the Vendome International Piano Competition in London in 2003, chaired by Sir Jeffrey Tate. In 2018, Universal released his recording of Liszt's Piano Concertos 1 & 2 and Malédiction titled Piano Concertos 1 & 2/Malédiction/Mephisto Waltz 1.
