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 Julio Mazziotti   Argentinian pianist and composer

Biography
Julio Mazziotti is an Argentinian musician, pianist and songwriter. He was born in the city of Mendoza on December 8, 1960. Son of Vicente Mazziotti and Mirta Greco. He is the second of four children. From a very young age he developed a great interest in music, so much so that with only 4 years of age he built his first musical instrument, with glasses, bottles and wood, with which he spent long moments imitating and creating melodies and different rhythms. This caught the attention of his parents since no one in the family was dedicated to music. Thus began his passion for musical composition.

At the age of 10 he took his first lessons in music theory, solfeggio and classical guitar with the renowned teacher Tito Francia. At the age of 15 he entered the "Escuela Superior de Música" of the UNC (National University of Cuyo) where he began his piano studies.

There he studied for several years the Piano Degree but his main interest was always focused on the creation of his own music. During those years there was no career in composition at the UNC, and since he did not have the possibility of studying in another city, his training in that field was totally self-taught. At 20 years of age he formed several bands of progressive music or progressive rock. The most outstanding of these bands was the quintet  La Veta , whose characteristic was to merge elements of jazz with classical music.

In the year 1990 he formed the duo "Dos de la Medianoche", together with the saxophonist Javier Casetti, with whom he recorded his first album titled "Como la Buena Gente" using his own compositions.

In 1992, the duo received the "Los Andes" Prize for their artistic work and their performance at the Centro de Divulgación Musical, dependent on the San Martín Theater in Buenos Aires (Argentina). In 1994 he formed the "Julio Mazziotti Trio", with Tuti Vega on drums and Ariel Fernández on bass. With this group he accentuated his particular style of writing while developing his work as a soloist, and in 1997 he released his first album, called "Un nuevo día".

In the year 2000 he started with his piano solo concerts. He was the creator of the cycle "Julio Mazziotti plays the Piano" at the Museum of Modern Art of Mendoza, Argentina (MMAMM - https://www.facebook.com/mmammza/). The cycle lasted for seven consecutive years and had a concurrence of thousands of spectators who attended every Saturday to listen. It was a place where the musician was constantly and permanently commissioned to disseminate his own compositions as well as their particular versions of popular Argentine music and movies. For this cycle he won the «Scenario Award» 2005 edition of the Multimedio UNO in the Solo Instrumental category.

In 2001 he released his second album titled "The Last Hero", and in 2005 he released his third album "Antología de un Guerrero". In the year 2009 he edited, independently, his 4th CD "La Llave de la Próxima Puerta", a work he presented in his native city of Mendoza at the Teatro Independencia.

In 2010, he was summoned by the Directorate of Culture and Tourism of the City of Capdepera on the island of Mallorca (Spain) as the only representative of Argentina to participate in the "First International Meeting of Pianists of the World", together with the American composers and pianists Suzanne Ciani, Lisa Downing and Rebecca Oswald and the Spanish Mario López Santos. During the month of October 2010, he gave his first concert in Italy, at the Auditorium of Liceo Musicale Orfeo Stillo in the city of Crotone (Calabria) with excellent reviews.

In November of the same year, he was selected to participate in the cycle "La música que viene", a concert held at the House of Culture of the National Endowment of the Arts, under the Ministry of Culture of the Presidency of the Argentine Nation in the framework of the Argentine Bicentennial in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.

In February 2011 he made an International Piano Concert in Argentina with the American Composer Suzanne Ciani with a great impact on the public and the specialized press. In September 2011 he toured in the United States, performing again with Suzanne Ciani in the cities of Mill Valley and Point Reyes Station in the State of California. It was in this city where he recorded his 5th studio album "El Amo de Las Hadas". He also performed in the city of Denver Colorado with the American pianist and composer Lisa Downing and the keyboardist Louis Colaiannia.

In October 2011, after his tour in the United States, he performed a series of concerts in Italy, in the cities of Roma, Crotone, Catania and Caltanissetta] ] In 2013 he was invited to participate in the "Third International Piano Show" of Aranda De Duero, ([[Spain) sharing the stage with internationally renowned pianists such as David Lanz, Lisa Downing and the Spanish Mario López Santos. He currently performs in several international piano solo concerts, mainly in the United States, Europe and Argentina. Each of these presentations are unique, since he transforms each of his concerts into a social event, where, in addition to presenting his own music, he proposes to attendees a very dynamic and interactive show with a motivational message, alternating with his music, short stories and reflections about the possibilities that human beings have of improving our lives through a change of attitude. (Conceptual basis of your project "«Changing the world is a matter of attitude»"

In 2017 he was summoned with his project Music To Change The World to carry out the opening of the annual cycle of the Royal Economic Society of Friends of the Country and the conclusion of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Fine Arts and Noble Arts of Córdoba]] He was in charge, exclusively, of the Concert Opening of the Classical Music Festival "Inclassic" in the city of INCA (Balearic Islands). He was Selected Pianist in the Eighth Edition of the International Festival of Piano Guadalquivir (CórdobaEspaña and Milan) within the framework of the Official Concerts, in the "Musical Inspirations" category.

In 2018 his project Music To Change the World was selected by the Consulate General of Argentina to present his concert in the Auditorium of the aforementioned institution in the city of New York / USA scheduled for September 27 of the same year.

Some cities where he has presented his concerts are: Zürich (Switzerland); Hildesheim (Germany); Rome, Milan, Firenze, Catania, Caltanissetta, Krotone, (Italy); Madrid, Seville, Cordoba, Lerma, Aranda de Duero, Valencia, Malaga, Inca, Palma, Capdepera (Spain); New York, San Francisco, Point Reyes, Mission Viejo, Denver, Salida, Phoenix, (USA); Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, La Pampa, Mendoza, San Luis, San Juan, Entre Rios, Cordoba, Santiago de Estero, San Rafael, (Argentina); Santiago de Chile, Valparaíso, (Chile); etc.

Benefit concerts
In 2008 he presented his music in the city of Zürich (Switzerland) offering concerts in the "Schulthess Klinik" for patients in that important institution of surgical traumatology, neurology and rheumatology.

With his project "Music To Change the World" he performed numerous charity concerts in Argentina, Spain and the United States of America for the benefit of institutions recognized worldwide as UNICEF, ACPACYS, ADEVIDA and the mission "Mother Cabrini Shrine" in Colorado USA. At the end of 2015 he gave in Spain a charity concert for the "Refugees in Europe" in the city of Córdoba (Andalusia), and in 2016 he participated in several Micro / Concerts for the Social Musik foundation within the "Musicians for Health" project presented in Hospitals of the city of Valencia (Spain) for inpatients. In 2017 he made his charitable proposal in favor of the Dr. Humberto Notti Pediatric Hospital in Argentina and an important Charity Concert for the Clarisas Sisters in the city of Málaga / Spain. 3 During the same year, he also performed at the iconic Verdi House in Milan. He also collaborated with animal protection associations (Las Nieves, non-profit association for animal protection / Madrid). In June 2018 he gave a charity concert for the important Dr. Luis Calvo Mackenna Pediatric Hospital in the city of Santiago de Chile, jointly organized by USEF Chile and the Providencia Cultural Foundation.

Awards and honours

 * 1992, prize Los Andes4 for his work in the Centro de Divulgación Musical, dependent on the San Martín Theater in Buenos Aires (Argentina).
 * 2005, nominee, ternado and winner of the Scenario Award of the newspaper UNO (Argentina) 5 in the Solo Instrumental category.
 * From 2008 to 2016, he was a jury member of the prestigious Premios Escenario del Diario UNO (Argentina) in the field of Instrumental Music.
 * Since 2015, he is an Honorary Member of the Board of Directors of the Diafanís Magazine of Arts and Sciences, which has the support of SOLACYT (Latin American Society of Science and Technology) of Mexico.

Discography

 * 1992 - Como la buena gente (Dúo Dos de la Medianoche)
 * 1996 - Un nuevo día
 * 2001 - El último héroe
 * 2005 - Antología de un guerrero
 * 2009 - La Llave de la Próxima Puerta
 * 2011 - El Amo de las Hadas (Grabado en la ciudad de California/EEUU, en estudios Seven Wave)
 * 2012 - The Best of Reviews New Age "THE PIANO" (Compilado de Pianistas Internacionales)
 * 2016 - Música Para Cambiar el Mundo
 * 2018 - Séptimo (Grabado en la ciudad de Madrid / en Infinity Estudios)