Paul Verona, piano

Pianist Paul Verona has performed extensively throughout the United States and Europe to wide critical acclaim. He has appeared as soloist with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Manhattan Contemporary Ensemble, the Brooklyn Heights Orchestra, the Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra and the Catholic Symphony Orchestra of Wisconsin. He has appeared in recital in Italy, Austria, Holland and Germany and in New York, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Steinway Hall, the Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center, St. Paul’s Chapel/Trinity Church and at Town Hall. Mr. Verona has been heard on radio and television stations in Washington DC, Chicago, Milwaukee, Salt Lake City, New York/WQXR, VARA radio station in Amsterdam and RAI Italian television and radio. He has received awards from the Viotti-Valsesia International Piano Competition in Varallo, Italy, the National Society of Arts and Letters Piano Career Award and has twice been awarded first prize in the International Piano Recording Competition. Mr. Verona studied formally with pianists John Browning, Nadia Boulanger, Sergio Perticaroli, Josef Raieff, Naomi Zaslav and chamber music with the Fine Arts Quartet. He holds the “Diploma di Perfezionamento” from the Conservatorio G.B. Martini in Bologna, Italy, a Masters Degree from the Juilliard School of Music, and a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the Manhattan School of Music. Mr. Verona was featured as soloist in the Special Presentation Distinguished Artist Recital sponsored by Mu Phi Epsilon in 2003 and has performed each year in Mu Phi Epsilon’s annual All Beethoven concert since 2005. He has served on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music, the Brooklyn College Preparatory Center for the Performing Arts and the Bloomingdale School of Music and now maintains a private teaching studio in New York City.