“Genny Basso is a wonderful promising international concert pianist. I appreciate both his seductive musicality and his incomparable piano skills. A real artist with a strong personality, he feels right at home in the greatest concert halls.” With these words in 2014 the celebrated pianist Aldo Ciccolini acclaimed Genny Basso, that now is steadily establishing himself as a distinctive pianist with Neapolitan origins. During a concert tour of Spain in 2017, the renowned Spanish magazine Scherzo praised him for “the attractive program. He takes care of the sound with extreme devotion, and plays with […] refined romantic sensibility, serene lyricism and exceptional grace”.

Genny Basso has given numerous concerts in Italy, where he is based, as well as in other countries in Europe and in Japan. He was invited to international festivals and venues such as the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Salle Gaveau (Paris), the Hideyo Noguchi Memorial International Music Festival (Fukushima), Festival de Piano Rafael Orozco (Córdoba), the Universal Forum of Cultures in Naples, the Piano Salon Christophori in Berlin, the Noli Music Festival, the Academic Hall of the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music in Rome and Teatro Diana in Naples. Having played in piano duo with Aldo Ciccolini is one of his great memories.

In 2021 he made his debut in the discographic world with the album entitled “Mozart Chopin Castelnuovo-Tedesco”, released by the German label ARS Produktion. The album had positive reviews by important magazines such as Pizzicato, Ritmo and Phono Forum, and thanks to it Genny Basso obtained a nomination as “Young Artist of the Year” from Opus Klassik 2021.

Genny Basso is a graduate of the S. Pietro a Majella Conservatory of Naples with full marks and honours. He studied piano under the direction of M. Luigi Averna, who belongs to Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli’s school. After receiving first prize at the Città di Bacoli Music Competition in 2010 and first prize at the Secondo Cecilia Music Competition in Rieti (2012), he was admitted to the prestigious École Normale de Musique de Paris, where he continued his studies with Paul Blacher. While living and studying at the celebrated pianist Aldo Ciccolini’s home, Genny Basso became one of his last students as well as his official assistant during the international masterclasses offered by the Maestro. He was the jury president of the Beethoven International Competition Asia in Japan in 2017. Since 2016, he has regularly given lesson-concerts in cooperation with the Departments of History and Musicology of Federico II University of Naples.

Always sensitive to the diffusion of classical music in particular among the youngest, he is co-founder of the Twitch channel “LaMusicaClassica”, active since January 2021 and which already boasts the presence of extraordinary guests, including the famous violinist Uto Ughi.

WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT ME

Genny Basso is a wonderful promising international concert pianist. I appreciate both his seductive musicality and his incomparable piano skills. A real artist with a strong personality, he feels right at home in the greatest concert halls.
Aldo Ciccolini

[…] the sharpness of the close touch, the dynamic care of the legato in that indispensable diminuendo between one sound and the next […] a stylistic essence that recalls the school of A.B Michelangeli
Dario Ascoli, Corriere del Mezzogiorno

Genny Basso’s performances are delicate and tender, very soulful, lyrical, with fine nuances and a wonderfully sensitive touch. […] because of a fine rubato and great phrasing, they also pulsate with life.
Remy Franck, Pizzicato

All works and styles […] give Genny Basso the opportunity to demonstrate his pianistic brilliance and his familiarity with the different styles. His playing has eloquence, temperament and an astonishingly mature handwriting of its own.
Peter Sommeregger, Klassik Begeistert

[…] attractive program. He takes care of the sound with extreme devotion, and plays with […] refined romantic sensibility, serene lyricism and exceptional grace”.
Scherzo, Spanish magazine

“Irresistible charm and grace”, “ravishing sound and great sense of style”, “disarming simplicity and aristocratic sense of rubato”.
Christopher Axworthy (Music Commentary Blog)

“Ho accolto con interesse l’idea di Genny Basso, il giovane pianista napoletano ultimo allievo e assistente di Aldo Ciccolini, di inserire nei suoi concerti alcune melodie napoletane, da lui arrangiate sulla scia di sensazioni che lo hanno accompagnato dall’infanzia.
Ho avuto modo di ascoltare alcune di queste emozionanti esecuzioni, quando l’artista riesce magicamente a trasmettere lo spirito evocativo di sentimenti, immagini, epoche e passioni che è proprio dei brani che propone.
Mi auguro che abbia la diffusione che merita.”
Salvatore Palomba

Ho sempre pensato che è possibile riconoscere un grande interprete già dalle prime note. Genny Basso ha quel grande talento, quella sincerità, oltre alla tecnica, che fanno di lui non soltanto un grande pianista, ma, soprattutto, un grande musicista.Il suo modo di suonare, chiaro e limpido, cattura immediatamente l’attenzione.La scelta dei suoi programmi, la sua lettura rigorosa dello spartito musicale, ereditata dall’indimenticato Aldo Ciccolini, che fu anche il mio Mentore, sono una prova evidente che Genny è un artista raro e profondo.Gli auguro il meglio per la sua promettentissima carriera.
Con tutto il mio affetto,
Omar Yagoubi