Samuele Tacchini is an Italian pianist

currently based in Antwerp. He began his

academic journey at the “Agostino Steffani”

Conservatory in Castelfranco Veneto,

where he graduated with highest honours

in Piano Performance under the guidance of

M° Giovanni Umberto Battel. He then

moved to Belgium, where he graduated

cum laude at the Royal Conservatoire of

Antwerp, under the guidance of Roberto

Giordano and Eliane Rodrigues. Throughout

his development, Samuele has enriched his

training by attending numerous

masterclasses and advanced courses with

internationally renowned artists, including

Filippo Gamba, Marco Ciampi, Enrico

Pace,Pavel Kolesnikov, Diana Kettler. He is

actively taking part in several international

piano competitions and has earned awards

and recognition, such as the third prize at

the “Vienna International Piano

Competition”, and a laureate position in the

second edition of the “Artepiano Piano Competition” in Rome. He also received

awards at the “San Donà International Piano Competition”, the “Gloria Artis Music

Competition” in Vienna, and the “Ischia Piano Competition”. Samuele’s concert

activity has brought him to perform in various festivals and concert series in Europe.

He has appeared, among the others, at the “Opus74” concert season in Flaine

(France), at the Auditorium Eric et Sylvie Boissonnas, at the “Giovani Concertisti”

festival in Treviso, the “Concerti d’Autunno” series in Preganziol, the “Summertime”

festival in Castelfranco Veneto, the “Concerti nel Borgo” series in Borgo Valbelluna.

He has performed in different Venues in Antwerp and Bruxelles. Upcoming

engagements include a solo recital in León, Spain, as part of the concert season

hosted by the Fundación Eutherpe, as well as a four-hands performance with pianist

Luca Faldelli in Terni, Italy, for the “Opera in Canto” festival. Also engaged with

contemporary music, he has worked with the NECST Ensemble, the contemporary

music collective of the Steffani Conservatory, and performed at the contemPLAY

Festival in Vilnius, Lithuania. His collaboration with composer Theo Koita has led to

the recording of works such as Piano Sonorities and Drame Bathypelagique. He has

also participated in interdisciplinary and crossover projects, including the Maisha

Project, which blends classical and contemporary musical languages. As a chamber

musician, Samuele has performed in duo with violinist Edoardo Brandi and pianist Li

Zihao. He also collaborates regularly with soprano Phaedra Pribilla in the Pribilla–

Tacchini Duo. Together, they performed as young artists at KlaraBox in Brussels, a

side event of the Klarafestival. In addition to his performing career, Samuele has

taught piano at the “Musica d’Arte” music association in Preganziol and at the

“Francesco Sandi” Music School in Feltre, maintaining passionate commitment to

music education, and is now offering lessons privately in Antwerp.