Carlo trained at the piano schools of Loretta Turci and Sergio Perticaroli, graduating from the Verona Conservatory and the National Academy of Santa Cecilia.
A prizewinner at prestigious international competitions — including the F. Busoni in Bolzano, the A. Casagrande in Terni, the A. Rubinstein in Tel Aviv, the IMC of Japan, Unisa in Pretoria, and Città di Porto — Carlo began an intense concert career at a young age and has performed in some of Europe’s most important venues (Società dei Concerti, Teatro degli Arcimboldi and Auditorium in Milan, IUC and Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Brescia and Bergamo Piano Festival, Società Barattelli in L’Aquila, Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Teatro Massimo and Politeama in Palermo, Teatro Bellini in Catania, Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona, the Barbican in London, the Ruhr Piano Festival, the Tonhalle in Düsseldorf, the Palau de la Música in Barcelona, and the Teatro Real in Madrid), in Japan (Kioi Hall, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre), and in North America, China, the Middle East, and South Africa.
Carlo has appeared as a soloist with orchestras such as the Israel Philharmonic and Israel Chamber Orchestra, the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Osaka Century Orchestra, the Johannesburg Philharmonic and Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, the Edmonton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Zagreb Radio and Television Orchestra, the Orchestre Symphonique de Nancy, the Stuttgart Philharmonic, the Filarmonica Toscanini, the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, the Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese, the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, and the Roma Tre Orchestra. He has recorded for Sony Music, EMI, Universal Music, BMG, and Brilliant Classics, and several of his recordings feature in the soundtracks of the films Perduto Amor and Musikanten by Franco Battiato, and Padri e Figlie by Gabriele Muccino.
An eclectic musician driven by a deep passion for varied contemporary musical languages, he has collaborated as soloist, chamber musician, and conductor with artists from diverse backgrounds, including Tamás Vásáry, Enrico Dindo, Luigi Piovano, Simone Rubino, Lamberto Curtoni, Mario Venzago, Alexander Kniazev, the La Scala String Quartet, the Bibiena Quintet, Wim Mertens, Antony Hegarty, Asaf Avidan, Paolo Buonvino, Enrico Pieranunzi, Enrico Intra, Alice, and Lucio Dalla. At the Brescia and Bergamo Piano Festival, he gave the premiere of Carlo Boccadoro’s Second Sonata, dedicated to him.
His long-standing partnership with Franco Battiato dates back to 1993. He has appeared alongside him as pianist and conductor in major productions, leading orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the English Chamber Orchestra, and recording more than twenty CDs with him.
Carlo teaches piano at the Conservatory of Terni and has held masterclasses for Showa University, the Juilliard School, New York University, and Kyungsung University, as well as other institutions in Canada, China, and South Africa.
A jury member at several international piano competitions, he is artistic director of the A. Casagrande International Piano Competition in Terni and of the Teatro Comunale in Carpi.
