Pianist Enrico Elisi regularly performs in Europe, America, and Asia. Recent engagements include recitals in Germany (Hamburg, Kiel, Wolfsburg, Bonn), Italy (Bologna), Taiwan (National University of the Arts, Taipei), and China (Jin Mao Concert Series, Shanghai). He has appeared as a soloist with several orchestras, including the Florence Symphony, Italy; Orchestra Classica do Porto, Portugal; Bay Atlantic Symphony, New Jersey; Greeley Philharmonic, Colorado; UNLV Chamber Orchestra, Nevada; and Johns Hopkins Symphony Orchestra, Maryland. In the summer of 2007, Mr. Elisi debuted as soloist/conductor, performing Mozart piano concerto K. 414, with the Green Valley Festival Chamber Orchestra. He was featured as a recitalist in radio broadcasts, including WCLV Cleveland, UNC, KCNV Nevada Public Radio, and Radio Montebeni, Italy. In 2008, Via Classica (TIDE 96.0), a German radio station, hosted a two-and-a-half-hour program about Mr. Elisi, offering a broadcast of his latest recital in Hamburg (recorded live), as well as an interview. Mr. Elisi has won a number of first prizes in several competitions. With his versatility he has garnered top awards at such diverse venues as the Venice Competition - which brought him a performance at the famous La Fenice theatre, in Italy - and the Oporto International Competition - which led to a broadcast for Portuguese national television. An active chamber musician, Mr. Elisi has collaborated with many renowned artists, including principal players from the Chicago, Baltimore, and American Symphony orchestras, and was a member of the Cerberus Trio at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for several years. He has also taken part in and performed at the Taos and Ravinia Festivals. Other recognized partnerships include that with Naxos recording artist, violinist Qian Zhou, with whom he toured China, as well as that with pianist Gianluca Luisi, with whom he recently performed Mozart concerto for two pianos. Mr. Elisi is equally at home with the standard repertoire as well as new music, encompassing an eclectic repertoire of solo and chamber music, often including rare or less frequently performed compositions. He enjoys working with living composers and has premiered several works (some of which were dedicated to him) at debut recitals in Toulouse, France; Carnegie Recital Hall, as a recipient of the La Gesse Foundation Fellowship; as well as other U.S. venues.  In 2005 Mr. Elisi played chamber music by Ukranian-born, American composer Virko Baley. In the fall of 2006, he appeared as guest artist at the 4th International Festival of Contemporary Music in Lima, Peru performing works by Jorge V. Grossmann and Peruvian composer, Celso Garrido-Lecca. In 2008 he premiered a chamber work by Kye Ryung Park at Nevada Encounters of New Music, and he was later invited to perform music by Wolfgang Rihm, in Germany. Mr. Elisi will perform works by Paul Chihara in 2009.

In Italy, the press lauded Mr. Elisi’s debut as "young in years but with a wonderfully rich musicality, a solidly grounded technique, a precise touch, and an enduring respect in his approach to the great masters." The prophetic words of this critic about Mr. Elisi's approach as a performer - a philosophy of humility and respect for the work and its composer - foresaw the development of a stylistic path that legendary pianist and conductor Leon Fleisher further nurtured. Mr. Fleisher recognized "[an] aware[ness] of those elements that distinguish the great artist from the pedestrian performer," in the young pianist and invited him to study at the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University on a full scholarship, where he served as his mentor's assistant during his master's and doctoral degrees. Mr. Elisi also holds two Italian degrees from the Conservatory of Florence and the International Piano Academy of Imola where he studied with Lazar Berman, Alexander Lonquich, Boris Petrushansky, and had the opportunity to perform in several master classes for many well-known musicians.  Mr. Elisi is on the piano faculty at Penn State University. He has recently been a guest professor at the China Academy of Arts, in Hangzhou (China), where he was also an artistic adviser. He has formerly served on the faculty of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Recent master classes paired with performances in the United States include University of Texas, Eastern Michigan University, Kent State University, Pittsburgh State University, St. Olaf College, University of Oregon, Lawrence University, and the State University of New York. Internationally Mr. Elisi has given master classes and performances at the University of British Columbia, Canada; Accademia delle Marche, Italy; National Conservatory of Lima, Peru; Women's College of Arts and Taipei National University of Arts, Taiwan. In 2007, Dr. Elisi was a featured soloist at the World Piano Pedagogy Conference, performing a joint program with Leon Fleisher. He is the founder and artistic director of the Green Valley Chamber Music Festival, an educational summer program for young pianists and string players, and he has previously directed the Piano Institute of the Las Vegas Music Festival. Among various pedagogical projects, he recently created a series of events for students that took place in several venues of Southern Nevada. In addition, he is active as an adjudicator of piano competitions in Canada (Tremplin International, and Concours de Musique du Canada) and the U.S. (Iowa Piano Competition).  Enrico Elisi was born and raised in the charming city of Bologna, Italy, and now divides his time between his lovely Pennsylvania residence, as well as Bologna, where his close family still resides.