Andrea Bonatta

In this period he studied with Nikita Magaloff, Stefan Askenase and Wilhelm Kempff, but especially with Paul Badura-Skoda, becoming one of his favorite pupils and, later, his close friend.

In 1986 he recorded his first Liszt CD for Astrée Auvidis in Paris, which was awarded with a "CHOC" by Le Monde de la musique.

He also recorded for Auvidis the complete piano work by Brahms in 5 CDs, getting top critical awards like "ffff"/Telèrama and "Best CD of the Year"/ Neue Musikzeitung.

Bonatta has been a member of the jury in the most important competitions worldwide, including Busoni-Bolzano, Liszt-Weimar, Viotti-Vercelli, Liszt-Utrecht, Schubert-Dortmund, Casagrande-Terni, UNISA-Pretoria, Young Pianists-Ettlingen, Scriabin-Moscow, CSIPC-Shanghai, CSIPCC-Shenzhen, Bechstein-Essen, CIPC-Xiamen, SIMC-Seoul, Chopin-Taipei, Hilton Head, Paderewski-Bydgoszcz, Cleveland, Beethoven-Bonn, Géza Anda-Zurich, PTNA-Tokyo, Xing-Hai-Beijing, Van Cliburn-Fort Worth, Rubinstein-Tel Aviv.

He has given masterclasses in Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing, London, Prag, Utrecht, Melbourne, Montepulciano, Seoul, Fort Worth, Hannover, Cologne, Moscow and in many others venues.