“The Italian pianist made a program full of beauties, brightness, reflections, iridescence, light and shadow interviews in the distance; of geographical reveries and musical recreations of distant environments, more dreamed than lived. Nothing better for the personality of this artist as attentive to detail as to the global vision of the works and so gifted to convey to the listener all the beauty of these masterpieces.” Andrés Moreno Mengíbar, el Diario de Sevilla
Considered by the critics a fine and elegant pianist, Tommaso Cogato debuted in Spain with the Fourth Concerto by Beethoven, winning in several international competitions, including the "Ciudad de Ferrol" and "Jose Iturbi Plan Competition "in Los Angeles, as well as winner of the National Music Competition "Pietro Argento" in Gioia del Colle and International Piano Competition "Camillo Togni" in Italy.
Tommaso Cogato played as part of the Spanish Music Festival in Cádiz, International Festival Santa Fiora (Grosseto), the Giovanni Paisiello Society in Lucera and the Academy Cameristi of Bari, University of Siena and Arezzo, Southern Methodist University, in Dallas Library, Teatro Jofre (El Ferrol, Spain), Sala Joaquín Turina (Seville, Spain), Auditorium Ciudad de León (León, Spain), Orozco Piano Festival (Córdoba), Úbeda Music Festival (Spain), Sala Conde Duque (Madrid), Teatro de la Maestranza (Seville, Spain), Festival Noches de los Jardines de Alcazar (Seville, Spain), Sala de la Real Maestranza de Caballería (Seville, Spain), Festival Sic Itur ad Astra (Rome, Italy), Schoenberg Hall (Los Angeles) and Morton Meyerson Music Center (Dallas). Worthy of particular note was the performance of Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 for the Barletta Piano Festival and Mozart Piano Concerto n.21 with the Real Orchestra Sinfónica de Sevilla.
Among the internationally renowned artists he has played, we remember cellists Robert Cohen and Andres Diaz.
Born in Vicenza, Tommaso Cogato soon began to study the piano and completed his studies and graduated with honors, and honorable mention at the Conservatory "Nino Rota" in Monopoli under the guidance of Benedetto Lupo.
Later he obtained the Artist Certificate degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas where he obtained also a Masters in Music Performance under the direction of Joaquín Achúcarro who considers him "a first-class pianist, high musical consciousness, a huge talent. One of my best students." He studied also with Sergio Fiorentino, Fausto Zadra, Arnaldo Cohen, François-Joel Thiollier, Lazar Berman, Paolo Bordoni, Konstantin Bogino and Einar Steen -Nökleberg. Notably on bright participation in highly specialized courses taught by Joaquín Achúcarro, who grants the Diploma of Honor at the Chigiana Academy of Siena. Interested in the technical and stylistic performing classical period, attending to course Robert Levin International Festival of Gargano, in studying the works of Mozart and Beethoven.
Pianist with a broad repertoire, Tommaso Cogato has to his credit an important chamber music and teaching activities; he taught at the Academy of Orchestral Studies of Barenboim-Said Foundation and actually is the director of the academy Andalucía Música in Seville and director of the Master of Music Performance in CEU Foundation Andalusia. He holds master classes at major international institutions and is often invited into the prestigious international piano competition juries (Ferrol, Ceuta, Clavi-Cologne among others). Since 2017 he holds a PhD of University of Seville.
