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Peter Bradley-Fulgoni is an Anglo-Italian pianist, born in 1957. He has made his career through many international concerts in Europe and Russia, as well as being a professional teacher in the United Kingdom.

Biography
Peter Bradley-Fulgoni studied first in England at the Purcell School and then at the Royal College of Music with Kendall Taylor and Phyllis Sellick, where he achieved the top grade for piano performance and a place in the final of the Chappell Piano Prize. Shortly afterwards he was the outright winner of the Bromsgrove Festival's International Young Musician's Platform. He later undertook postgraduate work with Alexander Kelly of the Royal Academy of Music, and also had the opportunity to take part in Masterclasses with Edith Vogel. On winning awards from the Martin Muscial Scholarship Fund and the Italian Institute of Culture (London), he undertook further studies in Italy with Bruno Mezzena and in Moscow with Mikhael Murach. He later returned to study in London with Andrzej Esterhazy (a pupil of Heinrich Neuhaus). During this time he won numerous prizes and awards, including the F Neglia International Piano Competition, and was awarded a 'diploma of honour' two years running at the Maria Canals International Piano Competition in Barcelona. He made his Wigmore Hall debut after winning the Peter Morrison prize, a competition organised under the auspices of the Incorporated Society of Musicians. Subsequent engagements included recitals and concerto performances throughout Europe together with frequent broadcasts in the UK, for BBC Radio 3, also in Germany, Poland and China.

Peter has a vast solo and concerto repertoire, ranging from Bach to Boulez, Brahms to Rachmaninoff, including many obscure gems from the western canon, such as works by Zipoli and Gerhard. In 2007 a DVD of performances and conversations was released for TV, and furthermore, his CD of Brahms piano music has received excellent reviews and he has subsequently recorded an album of Schumann piano music for Delphian records, as well as highly acclaimed recordings of Beethoven's "Emperor" Piano Concerto and Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No.3. In 2001, he played at St-Martin-in-the Fileds, London, as part of the Pianists of the World series.

Career
Peter Bradley-Fulgoni is recognised as an inspirational teacher, also giving piano and chamber music masterclasses. In September 2003 he became part of the Ashworth Trio to give the World Premiere of the Alun Hoddinott Horn Trio at the St. Asaph International Music Festival in North Wales. He also plays and teaches masterclasses in the Milan, Lvov and Moscow Conservatories. Recent performances included a concert in Sviatoslav Richter's house in Moscow, and future engagements will include tours to Moscow in Summer 2009 and Yerevan and Tbilisi in Autumn 2009. Peter is currently the senior piano teacher at Shrewsbury School, UK.