"An arresting combination of vitality and technical precision"
The Wall Street Journal
Valeria Vetruccio, Italian, graduated at the Lecce State Conservatory, summa cum laude, under the tutelage of Prof. Bruno V. Massaro, student as well of Aquiles Delle Vigne, Franco Scala and Riccardo Risaliti. At the age of 15, she started her concert career touring the major Italian cities and debuting with a solo recital at the Mozarteum's Wiener-Saal in Salzburg. Since then she performed in Belgium, Austria, France, Spain, Bulgaria, Poland, Australia, Mexico, Germany, Turkey, Hong Kong.
In 1999 she debuted in the United States with a recital at the Lang Recital Hall in New York, followed by a recital in Carnegie Hall. She recently performed again on the prestigious Perelman/Stern Auditorium of Carnegie Hall with a stunning interpretation ofBeethoven Emperor Concerto conducted by M° John Rutter, registering a sold out. She played as soloist with many Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, including, in Europe, Orchestra of the Conservatory “T.Schipa”, Eurorchestra, “Carlo Felice” Theatre Orchestra, "C.P.E.Bach" Chamber Orchestra, Magna Grecia Orchestra, Wroclaw Philharmonic (Poland), Solisti di Napoli; in the USA, Meadows Symphony, Meadows Chamber Orchestra, San Angelo Symphony, Irving Symphony, Las Colinas Symphony, New Ingland Symphonic Ensemble; in South America with the Orquesta Filarmonica de Jalisco, Monterrey Symphony, Orquesta Sinfonica de Estado de Mexico; in the Middle East with the Istanbul Filarmonia and the Tel Aviv Chamber Orchestra. Winner of a full scholarship, she graduated at Southern Methodist University in Dallas under the tutelage of Prof. Joaquin Achucarro.
She also took part to master classes of Gyorgy Sandor and Alfred Mouledous (former student of A. Cortot e W. Gieseking). She has recently been invited to perform and give a masterclass at the Kyoto City University of Arts in Japan. She is a full time piano professor and Head Department at the State Conservatory in Lecce (Italy).
