Gianfranco Granata (Piano)
Gianfranco Granata was born in Sava (TA), Italy, and graduated in piano from
the Tito Schipa Conservatory in Lecce. He furthered his musical studies in
Rome under Lya De Barberiis and completed three years of advanced
training with Aldo Ciccolini. For about five years, he was president of ACEM
(Associazione Culturale E. Majorana). Throughout his extensive career as a
teacher and performer, he often collaborated with other musicians.
He founded AIMA (Italian Academy of Music and Art) to continue and expand
the work initiated with ACEM at a secondary school in Rome. This project
was recognised and awarded in 1997 at the Public Administration Annual
Forum as part of the "One Hundred Projects for Public Service Improvement"
competition organized by the Ministry of Public Administration.
As President and Artistic Director of ACEM, he organised and promoted
around 80 musical performances, including some theatrical ones. He
continued his work as Artistic Director at AIMA, producing numerous concerts
in various venues and concert halls throughout Rome.
He also curated the artistic direction of a concert featuring the symphony
orchestra from the Rock Council High School in Philadelphia (USA), which
chose AIMA as the organiser for a concert in Rome during its tour in Italy. In
addition to his concert activities, he leads the AIMA Music School, which has
achieved standards of excellence at the national level. He continuously
balances his roles as Artistic Director, piano teacher, and concert pianist.
Ece Koyuncu (Flute)
Ece Koyuncu is a highly versatile and dedicated flautist with over 15 years of
musical experience spanning Turkey, Spain, and Italy. Born in Ankara, Turkey,
to a family of musicians — her mother a pianist and her father a music
educator — Ece was drawn to music from an early age, ultimately choosing
the flute as her instrument of focus over the family tradition of the piano.
She graduated from Hacettepe University in Ankara and continued her
studies abroad at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, where she studied
with Franz Albanese and Deborah Kruzansky. Through her Master’s
programme, she had the opportunity to study abroad again on an Erasmus
exchange at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid, where she spent a
year studying under notable mentors such as Vicente Martinez Lopez and
Manuel Rodriguez. She also attended masterclasses with internationally
renowned flautists, including James Galway, Andrea Oliva, Bülent Evcil, and
Christian Plouveir. She was involved in recording Beethoven's 7th Symphony,
performed by the Ankara Youth Symphony Orchestra.
Professionally, alongside her work as a private instructor, Ece dedicates
herself to solo performances, chamber music, and orchestral concerts. She
has performed in various concert halls and churches, such as the Auditorium
Parco della Musica, Basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Basilica
Sant’Agnese fuori le Mura, Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli, the VaticanGardens, and the Accademia Hall of the Santa Cecilia Conservatory.
During her studies, Ece also participated in international concerts as both first
and second flute. Among these, she performed as the principal flute in 12
concerts across various cities in France at the Eurochestries Festival and, as
part of the Greek-Turkish young musicians’ gathering, performed across
Greece and Turkey. Recently, she joined the orchestra of the Italian artist
Alessandro Siani, accompanying him on his Italian tour and performing in
renowned theatres, including Teatro Politeama Greco in Lecce, Nuovo Teatro
Verdi in Brindisi, Teatro Orfeo in Taranto, and Teatro Metropolitan in Catania.
Duo Flute– Piano
Ece Koyuncu – Gianfranco Granata
The Duo was established in 2021 to study and perform a repertoire for piano
and flute, starting from the most beautiful and significant pieces of the
Romantic repertoire and those immediately following it. It has already
performed several concerts in the city of Rome (Italy) and Leon (Spain).
Latest Concerts:
Rome (Italy) , Teatro di Villa Torlonia, June, 8th 2024
Leon (Spain), Fundacion Eutherpe, October, 25th 2024
Current Repertoire:
Schumann, Schubert, Franck, Reinecke, Bizet, Piazzolla, Elgar, Poulenc.
