Mario Piluso – En

Born in Cosenza (Italy) in 1994. He studied many instruments and after meeting M° Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi, he decided to study the accordion. He graduated cum laude at the Conservatory “Torrefranca” in Vibo Valentia with M° Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi. Now he is attending the Master’s Course at the Conservatory “Santa Cecilia” in Rome with M° Massimiliano Pitocco.

He  has been awarded in many music competitions; among them, the First Prize at “Premio Delle Arti” in 2018. Togheter with the composer Alessandro Papaianni, they won the Second Prize at the composition competition “Premio Internazionale della Fisarmonica di Castelfidardo”, with the piece “Il Faro”.

He attended  many masterclasses with F. Lips, G. Draugsvall, O. Murray, V. Vasovic, P. Fenyuk, P. Soave. He plays in a lot of concerts, both as a soloist and in chamber music.