Fernando Rossano's career was marked by two very important meetings: Christian Zacharias with whom he deepened his study of Mozart's language, and Alexis Weissenberg who awarded him the Alexis Weissenberg Prize in 2000.

Mr. Rossano launched his professional life with awards at several international competitions, including the Porto (Portugal) and the Pretoria (South Africa) Competitions, the First Prize at the Forum Musical de Normandie (France), and in particular, the First Prize at the International Competition Premio Concerti in Villa di Vicenza.

Following studies at the conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome, his home town, he perfected himself in Paris, at the Ecole Normale de Musique, and at the Paris CNSMD - Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris - where he studied piano with Gabriel Tacchino and Brigitte Engerer. After being awarded a Unanimous First Prize for Piano with the Jury's Congratulations, and a first Prize in Chamber Music, he continued his studies in the cycle of improvement.

Fernando Rossano leads an active performing life, appearing in France as well as Russia, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and the United States. He is a regular participant in music festivals such as the Flâneries Musicales de Reims, the Musicades of Lyon, the Festival de Radio France et de Montpellier, the Klavier-Festival Ruhr in Germany, the Journées Hindemith in Switzerland, and the Festival Musique en Mer in Venice.

He performs with orchestras, such as the Orchestre Symphonique Français, the Porto Orchestra, the Transvaal Philharmonic Orchestra of Pretoria, the Orchestra del Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza, and the Vienna Kammerorchester. He also dedicates part of his performing activity to chamber music, collaborating with ensembles such as the Athenaeum-Enesco Quartet, the Zephyr Quintet, and the Octuor de France.

In 2001, Fernando Rossano released a recording devoted to Edvard Grieg for Phoenix Classics, which has been hailed by critics in both France and Italy, and specially recommended by Classica.

Currently a piano professor at the Saint-Maur-des-Fossés CRR - Conservatoire à rayonnement régional - in Paris, he is also an assistant to Bruno Rigutto at the Paris CNSMD - Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris.

Fernando Rossano will give his Carnegie Hall debut during the 2006-2007 season.