“The most natural musical talent I have encountered in my entire life.”
– Pascal Rogé, pianist
Join Vanessa Benelli Mosell in the intimate atmosphere of Pyatt Hall for a piano masterclass, as this celebrated performer coaches advanced young pianists in front of an audience. Choose to attend in-person, in Pyatt Hall, or view virtually via the VSO’s livestreaming portal.
Tickets are $15 for the general public, and FREE for currently enrolled VSOSoM students. If you are eligible for free tickets, you will receive an email with a code to reserve your place. This event is part of the International Master Teachers series.
Vanessa Benelli Mosell will also be performing with the VSO on January 17-19. More information here.
BIOGRAPHY
Italian pianist Vanessa Benelli Mosell is a rising star on the international music scene, continuously praised for her dazzling virtuosity, technical brilliance and the sensitivity of her musical insight that she brings to her piano playing, as well as to her conducting and directing from the keyboard. Benelli Mosell’s charismatic artistry and natural leadership have been shaped significantly in mentorships with Mikko Franck, Cristian Mãcelaru and Daniel Harding, quickly establishing her as one of the most interesting personalities in the young conductor’s generation. She now has eight releases for DECCA CLASSICS, turning from Stockhausen and the drama of Italian opera for her album CastaDiva, to her latest recording of Debussy’s Twelve Preludes of the second book, released in November 2021, following her first book’s recording of Debussy’s Preludes in 2018.
As a conductor she led prestigious ensembles and orchestras as the Divertimento Ensemble, the Romanian Chamber Orchestra, the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn, the Leipziger Symphonie orchester, the United Europe Symphony Orchestra, the Youth Academic Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra (LVSO), the Witold Lutoslawsky Chamber Philharmonic and the Wiener Kammer Orchester making the Austrian Prémière of Eric Tanguy’s Incanto (2001) for orchestra. In 2019 she was second place in the European Competition of Female Conductor Mawoma – Maestra Women in Vienna. With the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn she extensively toured Germany during February/March 2022, conducting in some of the most prestigious concert halls including the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg and the Liederhalle in Stuttgart. After her past year’s debut tour she was immediately reinvited by the orchestra to conduct them again in the 23/24 season.
In 2007 she entered the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory under Mikhail Voskresensky, before pursuing her master studies with Dmitri Alexeev at the Royal College of Music in London, where she graduated in 2012. After completing her studies in orchestral conducting with Prof. Luca Pfaff in Strasbourg, Vanessa has been coached by mentors including Cristian Mãcelaru, Rüdiger Bohn, Uros Lajovic, Colin Metters and Günter Neuhold. Ms. Benelli Mosell also furthered educational musical training in violin, singing, score reading and composition.