Italian pianist Fabio Bidini's appearances have included performances with The London Symphony Orchestra at The Barbican, The Philharmonia Orchestra of London at Royal Festival Hall, and a host of orchestras throughout Europe and the U.S. including the New World Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the St. Louis Symphony. Highlights of Mr. Bidini's 2007-08 season included appearances with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and the Virginia Symphony, and his return to Cincinnati for an appearance at Xavier University's prestigious piano recital series. A native of Arezzo, Italy, Mr. Bidini began his piano studies at the age of five. Following ten years of private study, he enrolled in the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome and went on to study composition at the Florence Conservatory. His teachers have included Orazio Frugoni (pupil of Alfredo Casella and Dinu Lipatti) and Maria Tipo (pupil of Scaramuzza, Casella, Agosti). Mr. Bidini has been awarded first prize in eleven of Italy's most prestigious national piano competitions and has been the recipient of prizes awarded in eight international competitions, including the Pretoria, London and the Van Cliburn.