Epifanio Comis

He studied music at the "Vincenzo Bellini" music institute in Catania under the guidance of AgatellaCatania, graduated in piano performance with full marks, praise and honorable mention. Afterwards he attained the High specialization course diploma at the Euterpe Academy under BorisPetrushanskj. He achieved success in more than 30 national and international music competitions, he started the concert career by performing in Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Russia, Romania, Hungary, U.S.A., Thailand, and China with the most famous orchestras such as the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra of Bucharest, the Radio Orchestra of Bucharest, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Kiev, the Karlovy VarySymfonic Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Szeged, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj, the Tulare County Symphony Orchestra of California, the Plainfield Symphony Orchestra, the OrquestraSinfonica UANL of Mexico, the Orchestra Sinfonicadel Teatro Bellini di Catania, the Orchestra SinfonicaSiciliana, The Orchestra Filarmonica del TeatroBellini, the Osaka Symphoniker, the Kioto Symphony and in prestigious halls such as the State Discotheque in Rome, the Massimo Bellini Theatre in Catania, theSala delle Erbe in Milan, the Athenée Roman in Bucharest, the Chankaichek Theatre in Taipei, the Concert Hall in Kyoto, the Archaic Hall of Amagasaki and the Symphony Hall in Osaka. His debut in a recital at the Carnegie Hall in New York obtaining a great success from both the audience and from the critics; appreciations extended even to his conductor career and chamber music activity that led him to work together with prestigious American ensembles such as the Ciompi String Quartet with which he is invited yearly to piano Master Classes at the Hunter College in New York, at the North Carolina University, at the Duke University of Durham, at theÉcole Normale de Musique of Paris, at the Thessaloniki State Conservatory, at the Monterrey University in Mexico,at the Manhattan School of Music NY, at the West Chester University Philadelphia and at Chopin Academy in Warsaw where he also gives a Superior Music Course on the Concert for piano and orchestra.Epifanio Comis is active also as conductor and he is permanent guest conductor of the Donetsk Philharmonic Orchestra and the Medtner symphony Orchestra in Moscow.He is on the teaching staff for the main piano course at the Vincenzo Bellini's conservatory in Catania and at Accademia Pianistica Siciliana.