Michele D’Ambrosio was born in Rome and studied with Viviana Buzzai at the “S. Cecilia” Conservatory.

After graduating with honours, he continued his piano education under Hans Leygraf, Aldo Ciccolini, Aquiles Delle Vigne and Kazimierz Morski, also studying composition with Boris Porena and Ada Gentile.

 

He regularly performs in Italy (venues include Rome’s Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Petrassi and Sala Accademica of the “S. Cecilia” Conservatory; Brescia’s Teatro Grande; Bergamo’s Teatro Rubini; Genoa’s “Quadrivium”; Macerata’s Teatro Lauro Rossi and Taranto’s Teatro Orfeo) and abroad (cities include New York, London, Darmstadt, Dresden, Leiden and Dubrovnik) both as a soloist and with a variety of chamber groups. His orchestral experience includes performances with the filarmonica Marchigiana, the Johann

Christian Bach Orchestra and the Orchestra della Magnagrecia, among others.

 

His discography includes an anthology of piano pieces of Joaquìn Rodrigo, made in the centenary year of the spanish Composer’s birth (2001) for the Tempi moderni label, and the works of the italian Composer Davide Farace (2006). On July, 2014, a 3CDs box including Alfredo Casella’s complete piano works for Brilliant Classics have been published. 

Another Brilliant Classics 2CD set containing Ottorino Respighi’s  piano music is forthcoming.

Michele D’Ambrosio has also broadcast live for Italy’s Radio 1, Radio 3 and Radio Vaticana.

 

Since 1996 he has taught at the “Gesualdo da Venosa” Conservatory of Potenza.