!Giulia Molteni !!!!Personal Information !Nationality: Italian Born on 21.01.1987, Lecco, Italy Home Address: Via Luera 16, 23900, Lecco (Italy) Cell Phone: +39 339.1094481 E-mail: giulia.molteni87@gmail.com Website: www.giuliamolteni.com !!!

Summary !I am a pianist with an academic background who believes that playing is a constant search for stories to be told. That is why I like crossing the confines of various musical genres and merging the sounds of the classical, jazz and folk traditions. My approach to the piano, and to music in general, is continuous experimentation combining my activity as a soloist and accompanying pianist with my passion for singing and dancing, philosophy and cognitive neuroscience. After graduating at the Conservatory of Music G. Verdi in Milan, I embarked on a professional and personal journey uniting my career as a pianist with my dedication to musical education as a means of expression and therapy. As a result, I came into contact with the field of music therapy by working for Esagramma, a clinic in Milan promoting orchestral music therapy for individuals with cognitive and physical disabilities. Following that I became interested in several educational musical projects inspired by El Sistema (National Network of Youth and Children's Orchestras of Venezuela), and participating in the YOURS Project of Chicago and similar initiatives in Italy. Traveling and getting to know various traditions and cultures have become a fundamental part of my musical research, providing me with a unique opportunity for personal growth from a human and artistic point of view. !!Work Experience !!January 2013 – to date EMISFERI MUSICALI (Borgomanero, Italy) http://

www.emisferimusicali.org/ Musical Association based on Esagramma Orchestral Music Therapy Methodology.

Piano accompanist and arranger: in Orchestral Music Therapy pathways that involve children and adults with special needs (mental retardation, autism, developmental disabilities, Down Syndrome etc.) assisted by psychologists, musicians, educators and volunteers. !

January – June 2013 Pianist and music teacher at the newly established El Sistema-inspired Nucleo, at the Barrio’s social centre in Milan. !

June 2012 Pianist, vocal coach and musical collaborator in “A West Side Story Expression”, directed by Giacomo Agosti, at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts (Milan) !!!

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October 2011 – to date ESAGRAMMA (Milan) http://www.esagramma.net/it/

Clinical and research centre for intellectual impairments and disability, specialized in Orchestral Music Therapy (MTO) and Music Virtual Opera (MVO) pathways. !Pianist: with the Esagramma Symphony Orchestra, composed of professional musicians and former students of the Orchestral Music Therapy pathways. The repertoire includes the works of: Beethoven, Gershwin, Mussorgsky, Stravinsky (arranged by Pierangelo Sequeri). !

Piano and music theory teacher: working with children with relational disorders and intellectual disabilities. !

October 2004 – July 2013 CARMINA MEA (Lecco, Italy) Cultural Association and School of Singing (www.carminamea.org). !

Official pianist, assistant conductor, music theory teacher and singer of a choral ensemble composed of female voices, performing sacred and profane songs of authors from the 16th Century to the present day. !!

Achievements !November 2013 CENTRO CIVICO di Milano 2 (Milan)

Setting up of the concert “A pianist away from the piano”, a musical journey inspired by places and people that have influenced my personal and professional growth. !

April 2013 CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC“G.VERDI” (Milan) Participation in “L’Orchestra dei popoli Vittorio Baldoni in concerto”, alongside jazz guitarist Franco Cerri, a cosmopolitan musical evening, exploring the wealth of different cultures and the beauty of worldwide sounds. Famous guests such as Franco Battiato, Franco Cerri and Roberto Cacciapaglia also participated. !

November 2011 GRASSI THEATER (Milan) Presentation of the CD ‘Piani Diversi’ (ALFA MUSIC), an album almost entirely made of solo piano pieces, with new compositions and improvisations by Enrico Intra - a jazz pianist, composer and arranger from Milan - alternating with the four movements of the Op. 14 Suite by Béla Bartók, played by me. !!!!!

Education and Training in Music !2009 – 2011 CONSERVATORIO (State Academy of Music) “G.VERDI” (Milan)

Academic Degree (2nd Level) in “Pianoforte” – Course of studies for accompanist and fellow-pianist “, obtained in October 2011, under the supervision of Prof. Luigi Marzola. Final grade: 110/110. !

2007 – 2009 CONSERVATORIO (State Academy of Music)“G.VERDI” (Milan) Academic Diploma (1st Level ) in “Pianoforte”, obtained in June 2009, under the supervision of Prof. Silvia Rumi. Final grade: 10/10. !!

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2006 – 2009 B.A. PHILOSOPHY Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (Milan). Final grade: 110/110 cum Laude. !Dissertation title: Caring: the importance of relational ethics for a better society”, a reflection about the essential role of care in several fields of experience: pedagogical, socio-economic and sanitary.

Supervisor: Prof. Massimo Reichlin. !Fields: Ethics, Moral Philosophy. !

2001 – 2006 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA Final grade: 100/100. Liceo Classico A. Manzoni, Lecco (Italy). !!

Complementary Training in Music !2009 – 2013 JAZZ CIVIC SCHOOL (Milan)

Completed the course of studies (1st Level) for Jazz pianist, under the supervision of Enrico Intra, Franco D’Andrea, Franco Cerri and Marco Vaggi, leading musicians of the Italian jazz scene. !

March – October 2013 PEQUENAS HUELLAS (Turin)

Training course “Growing Up in Orchestra” for music teachers in El Sistema-Inspired programs with Susan Siman, Musical Director and teacher (El Sistema).

January 2013 SISTEMA IN LOMBARDIA (Milan) Training course for music teachers in El Sistema-Inspired programs with the Venezuelan Musical Director Maestro Leonardo Panigada, collaborator of the El Sistema Founder José Antonio Abreu. El Sistema: publicly financed and voluntary musical educational program in Venezuela, founded in 1975 by the economist and musician José Antonio Abreu under the name of “Social Action for Music”. !

January – June 2012 ESAGRAMMA (Milan) Introductory course on the Esagramma’s Orchestral Music Therapy methodology. !

August 2010 STUDIO PREMISES (London) Jazz Piano course of Maestro Tim Richards. !April 2009 BARTOLOMEO CRISTOFORY ACADEMY (Florence)

Master Class of Pianoforte and Fortepiano with Maestro Stefano Fiuzzi. !

Voluntary Work Experience !September 2012 PEOPLE’S MUSIC SCHOOL (Chicago, USA)

Volunteer, blogger (http://www.albertoppenheimer.blogspot.it/) and music teacher: YOURS Project, an El Sistema-based program that provides free orchestral after-school music education to children from the public schools of Chicago. !

December 2011 –  to present CASA ORIZZONTE ANFFAS ONLUS (Lecco, Italy) Health and social care community living for people with disabilities.

Musical activities for adults with developmental and cognitive disabilities. !!

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December 2009 –  to present A. MANZONI HOSPITAL and ISTITUTI RIUNITI AIROLODI E MUZZI NURSING HOME (Lecco, Italy) Performance of lessons/concerts for patients. (Cardiology Rehabilitation and Alzheimer Ward). !

Language Skills !ITALIAN: Native speaker. ENGLISH: Upper intermediate (B2); FCE (2009, B). SPANISH: Under the process of self-teaching !

Computer Skills !MS Office (good), Windows. !

Interests !Reading essays on Cognitive Neuroscience, with particular emphasis on the studies of music neurology.     Dancing, especially  Middle Eastern Dances (Belly Dancing) !!

Other Information !Driving Licence B. ! !

Please find attached a detailed list of my concerts and musical events. !Autorizzo il trattamento dei miei dati personali ai sensi del Decreto Legislativo 30 giugno 2003, n.196 !!!

15-01-2014 Giulia Molteni

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