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Pianist, teacher, performer and conductor, Fabio Afrune has been with the workshop since it’s inception. He’s the winner of important international competitions and prestigious prizes including Premio Roscini, Prix Gerofi-Baschwitz, UNESCO Special Prize. Afrune shares his knowledge through his teaching activity and the organization of numerous concerts, in which he participates as both performer and speaker. His repertoire ranges from early music to the great romantic works by Schumann, Beethoven, Brahms etc.  Afrune is also extremely active in the field of contemporary music having premiered major works some of which were written by the composers for him.  He has won competitions in this area as well. He has performed in Italy, Belgium, Austria, Germany, USA and Thailand with great appreciation from audiences and critics.  In 2019, he performed Chopin's Variations on “Là ci darem la mano”, op.2 for piano and orchestra under the baton of Carlo Palleschi. He graduated cum laude with special mention at the Conservatory of Perugia (IT) where he carried out an internship as assistant professor, teaching classical and contemporary styles and went on to receive 2 masters degrees in performance including in Brussels under the famed Belgian pianist Johan Schmidt.  Fabio is Johan Schmidt’s Assistant Professor at his Italian masterclasses and he himself is regularly invited to give Masterclasses and courses in several regions of Italy.  He is also in demand as a choral conductor.  He has been clearly recognized unanimously by past workshop participants as a genius.