Dr. Antonio Artese, DMA
Antonio Artese is a pianist, composer, and academic administrator. He has worked in education abroad for over 15 years. Currently, he is the Dean of the Chigiana Global Academy Programs, an initiative within the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, which he helped launch in 2018.
Dr. Artese holds a DMA in piano performance from the University of California Santa Barbara. He directed the UC study center in Siena from 2003-2010. In 2014, he founded Florentia Consort, an international ensemble of emerging young musicians based in Florence, Italy, serving as its Artistic Director until 2017. In 2016, Artese founded his own consulting company, Spectra Enterprises with his wife Samantha Stout. Spectra ideates and produces multi-sensorial events including the concert for piano solo “Mysterium” developed by Artese.