Born on the Island of Ischia (Italy), pianist Antonio Acunto studied music in Naples S.Pietro a Majella Conservatory,trained by representative of Conductor Vincenzo Vitale’s Music School.

Acunto’s studies continued in Bologna, where he graduated from Gian Battista Martini’s Music Conservatory.In Bologna  the pianist debuted during the “Festival Bologna Sogna”, organized by the Association “Musica Insieme”.

In summer  1990, Antonio Acunto attended the International Post Graduate Studies at the Mozarteum in Salzburg,Austria. There, he was selected for the famous Russian pianist Tatiana Nicolajeva’s Master Class to perfect, through the years, his solo, piano and orchestra repertoire. Antonio Acunto was then selected for Profs. Alfons Kontarsky and Sergej Dorensky’s Master Classes.

In 1992 Acunto attended the Master Course of Prof. Homero Francesch at the Accademy of Lenk and the Conservatory of Zurigo, Switzerland.

In January 1997 he debuted in Berlin, Germany, with a concert at the Sender Freies Berlin,playing a selection of Mozart, Liszt and Rachmaninoff pieces.From this concert German radio SFB has recorded a CD and a radio program:”Debut Junger Meister:Antonio Acunto”.

In May-June of the same year Antonio Acunto was on tour in the Schleswig-Holstein (Northern Germany):ten solo concerts witch have won praise from both the public and the critics.

Since September 1998 Antonio Acunto studies in London with the pianist Noretta Conci-Leech,.Michelangeli’s disciple.

Pianist Antonio Acunto plays concerts in Italy and abroad with a music repertroire by Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Debussy, Skryabin, Rachmaninoff, with a particular regard for Mozart’s Piano Concertos.

In January 2004 ,with a concert at the”Herbert Von Karajan Saal” in berlin,he played Chopin four Scherzi.From this concert Berlin Music University has recorded a CD.

Some of the most Important Concert-Hall:

Mozarteum, Salzburg.

Sender Freies, Berlin.

Schloss Emkendorf, Schleswig-Holstein – Music Festival

Athenaeum (Gran Prix Maria Callas), Athen

Chelsea Arts Club, London

Sala Bossi, Bologna

Teatro Comunale, Bologna

Teatrino di Corte, Palazzo Reale di Napoli

- Londra, Istituto Italiano di Cultura