Dr. Leonardo Miucci

• Associate researcher, SNSF Projects

• Fortepianist and musicologist Leonardo Miucci was born in Milan in 1982. As both a performer and researcher, he specializes in historically informed performance practice for keyboard instruments of the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries. During last decade, he has focused primarily on Beethoven: after completing his PhD at Bern University he embarked a Post-doc at the Beethoven-Haus Bonn and has published numerous several essays, articles, critical/Urtext editions and a monograph about keyboard performance practice in Beethoven’s works. He recently completed a world-premiere recording of the integral Beethoven Piano Quartets featuring historical instruments and improvised cadenzas.

• 2022 - 2023 Associate Researcher HKB, Research Area Interpretation
• 2020 - 2023 Musicology Lecturer Conservatory "U. Giordano", Rodi G.co (IT)
• 2019 - 2022 Post-doc Researcher HKB
• 2019 - 2021 Fortepiano Lecturer Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana (Lugano)
• 2017 - 2019 Post-doc Researcher Beethoven-Haus Bonn
• 2014 - 2017 Doctoral Student HKB

• 2012 - 2016 PhD in Musicology Universität Bern - Graduate School of the Arts
• 2009 - 2011 Master degree in Fortepiano Royal Conservatory of Den Haag (NL)
• 2007 - 2009 Bachelor degree in Fortepiano Royal Conservatory of Den Haag (NL)
• 2005 - 2007 Master degree in Chamber Music Conservatory "F. Morlacchi" of Perugia (IT)
• 2001 - 2005 Master degree in Musicology University of Rome "Tor Vergata" (IT)
• 2001 - 2003 Bachelor degree in Chamber Music Conservatory "F. Morlacchi" of Perugia (IT)
• 1991 - 2001 Master degree in Modern Piano Conservatory "E. R. Duni" of Matera (IT)

• Miucci, Leonardo (2022). Tra apprendistato e genialità: Le Sonate dalle WoO 47 all'op. 13. Lim. (Le Sonate per pianoforte di Beethoven, vol. 7.2, ed. by the Italian Musicological Society and by the Beethoven-Haus Bonn)

• Miucci, L. (in preparation). Ignaz Moscheles’ Ausgaben von Ludwig van Beethovens Klaviersonaten: Philologische und aufführungspraktische Perspektiven. Verlag Beethoven-Haus Bonn. (Schriften zur Beethoven-Forschung)

• Miucci, L. (2021). Ludovico, que me veux-tu?. Quaderni della Fondazione Paolo Grassi, Gruppo di famiglia con Beethoven, 10, pp. 121-126.

• Miucci, L. (2020). I Quartetti WoO 36 di L. van Beethoven: tra conservazione ed evoluzione. Codice 602, 11, pp. 17-37.

• Miucci, L. (2019). Beethoven’s pianoforte damper pedalling: a case of double notational style. Early Music, 47/3, pp. 371-392.

• Miucci, L. (2017). Francesco Pollini (1762–1846): aggiornamenti biografici e nuovi documenti. Fonti Musicali Italiane, 21, pp. 165-186.

• Miucci, L. (2014). Mozart after Mozart: some critical notes on editing the arrangements made by J. N. Hummel of W. A. Mozart’s piano concertos (Edition HH). Music + Practice, 2, 1-21.

• Miucci, L. (2008). I Concerti per fortepiano di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: le trascrizioni di Johann Nepomuk Hummel. Rivista Italiana di Musicologia, 43/45, pp. 81-128.

• Miucci, L. (2023). Beethoven’s Piano Quartets WoO 36. Conservatism and Evolution. In: Miucci Leonardo; Bacciagaluppi, Claudio; Allenbach, Daniel; Skamletz, Martin (eds.) Beethoven and the Piano. Philology, Context and Performance Practice (pp. 156-175). Schliegen: Edition Argus

• Miucci, L. (2023). Beethovens Pedalgebrauch. Ein doppelter Notationsstil. In: Diergarten, Felix (ed) Johann Baptist Cramer und die Welt der Pianisten Compositeurs (pp. 231-262). Freiburg: Schriften der Hochschule für Musik Freiburg (12)

• Miucci, L. (2019). Completing the score. Beethoven and the Viennese Piano Concerto Tradition. In: Lehner, Michael; Meidhof, Natalie; Miucci, Leonardo (eds.) Das flüchtige Werk. Pianistische Improvisation der Beethoven-Zeit (pp. 98-115). Schliegen: Edition Argus

• Miucci, L. (2018). Le sonate per pianoforte di Beethoven. Le edizioni curate da Moscheles. In: Miucci, Leonardo; Perrin-Goy, Susanne; Torbianelli, Edoardo (eds.) Guide-Mains. Contexte historique et enseignement du pianoforte au xixe siècle – Klavierspiel und Klavierunterricht im 19. Jahrhundert (pp. 193-235). Schliengen: Edition Argus

• Miucci, L. (2018). Storia della didattica tra Settecento e Ottocento. In: Botti Caselli, Ala (ed) Il Pianoforte (pp. 123-149). Torino: EDT

• Miucci, L. (2016). La formazione pianistica di Felix Mendelssohn. In: Antolini, Bianca Maria; Mastroprimiano, Costantino; Scarpellini, Francesco (eds.) “Il giovane Mendelssohn”, Atti del convegno, Perugia, Conservatorio di Musica, 4-5 dicembre 2009 (pp. 11-33). Lucca: LIM

• Miucci, Leonardo; Bacciagaluppi, Claudio; Allenbach, Daniel; Skamletz, Martin (eds.) (2023). Beethoven and the Piano. Philology, Context and Performance Practice. Schliengen: Edition Argus

• Miucci, Leonardo; Sciommeri, Giacomo (eds.) (2020). Bianca Maria Antolini. Scritti di storia musicale, 1978-2018. Lucca: LIM

• Lehner, Michael; Meidhof, Natalie; Miucci, Leonardo (eds.) (2019). Das flüchtige Werk. Pianistische Improvisation der Beethoven-Zeit. Schliengen: Edition Argus

• Miucci, Leonardo; Perrin-Goy, Susanne; Torbianelli, Edoardo (eds.) (2018), Guide-Mains. Contexte historique et enseignement du pianoforte au xixe siècle – Klavierspiel und Klavierunterricht im 19. Jahrhundert. Schliengen: Edition Argus

• Miucci, Leonardo; Di Grazia, Gigliola (Eds.) (2021). Johann Nepomuk Hummel/Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto in D major KV 537, arranged for fortepiano, flute, violin and cello. Launton: Edition HH.

• Miucci, L. (Ed.) (2020). Ludwig van Beethoven, Three Quartets for Pianoforte, Violin, Viola and Violoncello WoO 36. Kassel: Bärenreiter.

• Miucci, L. (Ed.) (2017). Johann Nepomuk Hummel/Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto in C minor KV 491, arranged for fortepiano, flute, violin and cello. Launton: Edition HH.

• Miucci, L. (Ed.) (2016). Francesco Pollini, Metodo per Pianoforte / Piano Method. Rome: Società Editrice di Musicologia

• Miucci, L. (Ed.) (2015). Johann Nepomuk Hummel/Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto in C major KV 503, arranged for fortepiano flute, violin and cello. Launton: Edition HH

• Miucci, L. (Ed.) (2014). Johann Nepomuk Hummel/Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto in B-flat major KV 456, arranged for fortepiano flute, violin and cello. Launton: Edition HH

• Miucci, Leonardo; Mastroprimiano, Costantino (Eds.) (2013). Johann Nepomuk Hummel/Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto in D minor KV 466, arranged for fortepiano flute, violin and cello. Launton: Edition HH

• Miucci, L. (2018). Rassegna bibliografica 2017. In: Fonti Musicali Italiane (23), ed. by CIDIM/UNESCO and by Italian Musicological Society (pp. 155–235). Lucca: LIM

• Miucci, L. (2017). Rassegna bibliografica 2016. In: Fonti Musicali Italiane (22), ed. by CIDIM/UNESCO and by Italian Musicological Society (pp. 279–343). Lucca: LIM

• Miucci, L. (2016). Rassegna bibliografica 2015. In: Fonti Musicali Italiane (21), ed. by CIDIM/UNESCO and by Italian Musicological Society (pp. 205–273). Lucca: LIM

• Miucci, L. (2015). Rassegna bibliografica 2014. In: Fonti Musicali Italiane (20), ed. by CIDIM/UNESCO and by Italian Musicological Society (pp. 175–284). Lucca: LIM

• Miucci, L. (2014). Rassegna bibliografica 2013. In: Fonti Musicali Italiane (19), ed. by CIDIM/UNESCO and by Italian Musicological Society (pp. 167–259). Lucca: LIM

• Miucci, L. (2013). Rassegna bibliografica 2012. In: Fonti Musicali Italiane (18), ed. by CIDIM/UNESCO and by Italian Musicological Society (pp. 211–312). Lucca: LIM

• Miucci, L. (2012). Rassegna bibliografica 2011. In: Fonti Musicali Italiane (17), ed. by CIDIM/UNESCO and by Italian Musicological Society (pp. 277–373). Lucca: LIM

• Miucci, L. (2011). Rassegna bibliografica 2010. In: Fonti Musicali Italiane (16), ed. by CIDIM/UNESCO and by Italian Musicological Society (pp. 241–332). Lucca: LIM

• Miucci, L. (2010). Rassegna bibliografica 2009. In: Fonti Musicali Italiane (15), ed. by CIDIM/UNESCO and by Italian Musicological Society (pp. 299–375). Lucca: LIM

• Miucci, L. (2009). Rassegna bibliografica 2008. In: Fonti Musicali Italiane (14), ed. by CIDIM/UNESCO and by Italian Musicological Society (pp. 257–344). Lucca: LIM

• Miucci, L. (2008). Rassegna bibliografica 2007. In: Fonti Musicali Italiane (13), ed. by CIDIM/UNESCO and by Italian Musicological Society (pp. 259–319). Lucca: LIM

• Miucci, L. (2007). Rassegna bibliografica 2006. In: Fonti Musicali Italiane (12), ed. by CIDIM/UNESCO and by Italian Musicological Society (pp. 227–314). Lucca: LIM

• Miucci, L. (2006). Rassegna bibliografica 2005. In: Fonti Musicali Italiane (11), ed. by CIDIM/UNESCO and by Italian Musicological Society (pp. 309–372). Lucca: LIM

• Miucci, L. (2021). The Art of Arrangement. Mozart & Beethoven Quartets for Piano and Strings KV 452 & op. 16. Dynamic/Naxos/Radio Svizzera Italiana

• Miucci, L. (2020). The Young Beethoven. Piano Quartets WoO 36 (Bonn, 1785). Dynamic/Naxos/Radio Svizzera Italiana

• Miucci, L. (2015). Mozart after Mozart. J. N. Hummel arrangements of KV 456 & 466 fortepiano concertos. Dynamic/Naxos.

• Board of the Italian Musicological Society (Statutory)

Award assigned by the Italian National Music Critic Association

• Italian - Native or bilingual proficiency
• English - Full professional proficiency
• French - Limited working proficiency
• German - Limited working proficiency

• Italy