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Musicology conference curated by Silvia Paparelli

Silvia Paparelli

Silvia Paparelli is a pianist and musicologist. She has been teaching Musicology and History of Music at the “G. Briccialdi” Conservatoire in Terni since 2001. Paparelli is the author of dozens of publications, including a monograph on Stanislao Falchi (Lim, 2022) and a recent study on Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte (Zecchini, 2025), winner of the 2024 “Buscaroli” Musicology Award.She has participated in conventions, conferences, radio broadcasts (in Italy and France), created and held seminars for organisations, universities (including the University of Pavia, Bocconi University of Milan, and Michigan State University) and conservatoires in Italy and abroad. Paparelli has played in major Italian institutions (I Concerti del Quirinale – live on European radio – Amici della Musica di Firenze, Teatro Comunale and Amici della Musica di Modena, Scarlatti Association, Naples, Bologna Festival, Ravello Festival, Festival di Nuova Consonanza, Oberdan Musica Milan, Umbria Music Festival, Parma Festival, Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Società Barattelli L’Aquila, Fondazione Monteverdi Cremona), in Europe (France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Estonia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Latvia, Hungary, and Malta) and the Far East. She is particularly focused on modern and contemporary repertoire, participating in numerous premieres by major Italian authors, recordings and collaborations with RAI, as a soloist and with the In Canto Ensemble, in her capacity as the foundation's pianist and harpsichordist. Paparelli has performed as a soloist with Italian and foreign orchestras conducted by maestros such as Weiser, Maestri, Bonucci, Boccadoro, Borgonovo, Martinotti, and Lucci. She also has extensive experience as a maestro sostituto (San Carlo Theatre in Naples, Verdi Theatre in Salerno, Cantiere d'Arte Montepulciano, Teatro Regio in Turin, Pergolesi Festival in Jesi, and OperaInCanto Festival). After obtaining a Diploma in Piano with top grades and a first class honours degree in History of Music from the University of Perugia, she attended postgraduate courses and masterclasses with maestros such as De Rosa, Canino, Damerini, and continued her postgraduate studies at the “Franz Liszt” Hochschule für Musik in Weimar, Germany