Albanese studied at Imola International Piano Academy and at Messina University, where he was awarded a Magna cum laude Doctorate in Philosophy, writing his thesis on the aesthetics of Liszt in his Années de pèlerinage.

At age of 25, Giuseppe became a full professor, teaching Methodology of Musical Communication at the University of Messina.

He launched his career winning First Prize at the Vendome International Piano Competition[1] in London, with a distinguished jury chaired by Sir Jeffrey Tate, Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Elisabeth Söderstrom, Christa Ludwig, defined by Le Figaro as “the piano world’s most prestigious award".

Albanese was awarded First Prize at Premio Venezia,[2] the most important Italian piano competition.

[3] In 2020 Albanese released his third DG album “Invitation to the dance”, featuring works by Weber, Delibes, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Debussy and Ravel.