Immanuel Bah

Immanuel Bah is a twenty-one years-old Italian pianist of Jewish roots. He began studying piano as a self-taught at the age of 3 years old. At the age of 7 he gave his concert-debut performing a recital at the Petruzzelli Theatre in Bari, Italy. At the age of 12 he was admitted to the Conservatory "F. Cilea" in the class of the famous teacher Cinzia Dato and later studied in the prestigious Academy "Incontri col Maestro" in Imola with Riccardo Risaliti. He attended master classes with international masters such as Aldo Ciccolini, Jerome Rose, Francois Joel Thiollier, Leslie Howard, Benedetto Lupo, Bruno Canino. Immanuel has been awarded in countless international competitions such as Nuova Coppa Pianisti in Osimo, Ibla Grand Prize in New York, Lions Club Foundation Competition, Prize Antonio Trombone in Palermo, Prize Renato Sellani in Milan etc. In 2016, at the age of seventeen, he debuted at the Municipal Theatre of Bologna within program 24 Etudes by Chopin. Later, he performed the Piano Concerto n 2 op. 83 by Johannes Brahms with the Philharmonic Orchestra "Mihail Jorah" of Bacau conducted by Ovidiu Balan and won the Best Italian Pianist Award in the Piano & Orchestra Competition "City of Cantù". In 2018, at the age of 19, he was invited by Miguel Proença, renowned Brazilian pianist, to get a challenge consisting of learning for 5 months the complete piano works by Johannes Brahms. He got it in September 2018 playing all repertoire in 5 subsequent recitals in the prestigious Cecilia Meireles Hall in Rio de Janeiro. Recently, he recorded his CD/DVD Debut with the emergent record label "Le Salon de la Musique", publishing a worldwide premiére: Complete Piano Works by Johannes Brahms in Video. Among the important halls where he held concerts, stand out Amazonas Theatre of Manaus, Cavagnis' Hall in Venice, Villa Pignatelli in Naples, Dal Verme Theatre of Milan, Municipal Theatre in Bologna, Skrjabin Museum in Moscow, Metropolitan Theatre "Astra" in San Donà di Piave, Salle Cortot in Paris, Eutherpe Hall in Leòn, Municipal Theatre in Palermo, Bolshoi Theatre in Joinville.