Marcantonio Barone

Piano

Marcantonio Barone has given solo recitals in major concert halls in the United States and Europe.  He has given the world premieres of works for piano by Ingrid Arauco, Richard Brodhead, David Finko, Ulysses Kay, Gerald Levinson, Philip Maneval, George Rochberg, Andrew Rudin, and Melinda Wagner.  As a member of Orchestra 2001, he was the pianist for the first performances and recordings of the seven volumes of George Crumb’s American Songbook.  

Mr. Barone performs annually with the Lenape Chamber Ensemble, 1807 and Friends, and the Craftsbury Chamber Players. He is head of the piano department and assistant director at the Bryn Mawr Conservatory of Music and an Associate in Performance at Swarthmore College. He studied with Eleanor Sokoloff at The Curtis Institute of Music and with Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Conservatory of Music.  His other teachers included Susan Starr and Leonard Shure.

Mr. Barone is a Steinway artist.  His recordings are available on the Albany, Bridge, Capstone, and Centaur labels. The piano he will be performing on in Presser Hall is one of the finest in the Philadelphia area, a Steinway concert grand.