[vc_row content_width=”small” full_height=”yes” columns_placement=”top” equal_height=”” background_type=”image” background_img=”3453″ background_img_lazyload=”1″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ sticky_player_playlist_id=”2629″ sticky_player_playlist_skin=”transparent-dark”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2465″ img_size=”full” full_width=”1″ onclick=”custom_link” opacity=”100″ css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”350px” link=”|||”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_width=”small” equal_height=”” font_color=”light” background_type=”image” background_img=”3295″ background_effect=”parallax” background_img_lazyload=”1″ add_overlay=”yes” overlay_opacity=”60″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ row_name=”Biography”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Biography” font_size=”80″ font_family=”EB Garamond” font_weight=”550″ text_transform=”uppercase” inline_style=”opacity:0.44;” el_class=”responsive-font-67″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_width=”small”][vc_column sticky=”true” min_height=”100vh”][vc_column_text]Born in Riva del Garda in 2001, she began studying piano at the age of eight under the guidance of Prof. Enrico Toccoli. She later joined the class of Prof. Maria Grazia Petrali at the \u201cF. A. Bonporti\u201d Conservatory in Trento.<\/p>\n
She has participated in several national and international competitions, consistently ranking among the top positions. These include the Steinway Competition, \u201cCitt\u00e0 di Oleggio,\u201d \u201cPremio Crescendo,\u201d \u201cPremio Brunelli,\u201d \u201cCitt\u00e0 di Scandicci,\u201d \u201cRemo Vinciguerra,\u201d \u201cRiviera della Versilia,\u201d \u201cCitt\u00e0 di Venezia,\u201d \u201cGiubitosi,\u201d \u201cLaszl\u00f2 Spezzaferri,\u201d \u201cCitt\u00e0 di Treviso,\u201d \u201cAntonio Salieri,\u201d \u201cCitt\u00e0 di Moncalieri,\u201d \u201cCitt\u00e0 di S. Don\u00e0 di Piave,\u201d and \u201cCitt\u00e0 di Riccione.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since 2015, she has been part of Prof. Massimiliano Mainolfi\u2019s class. She has attended masterclasses with several internationally renowned pianists, including Benedetto Lupo, Dmitry Alexeev, Pavel Gililov, Bruno Canino, Oxana Yablonskaya, Rena Shereshevskaya, Alexander Kobrin, Wolfgang Manz, Lovro Pogorelich, Andreas Fr\u00f6lich, Alexander Meinel, Mats Widlung, Enrica Ciccarelli, Andrea Turini, Valery Pyasetsky, Pavel Nersessian, Natalia Bogdanova, and Laura Pietrocini.<\/p>\n
She has performed in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France, Greece, Sweden, Russia and in the United States.<\/p>\n
She has given recitals at the Red Army Headquarters in Moscow on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, for the Societ\u00e0 dei Concerti in Milan, at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, at the Watermill Center in New York, at Sala Laudamo of Teatro Vittorio Emanuele in Messina, at the Philharmonic Societies of Rovereto and Trento, for the Viotti Festival, for Piano City Milan, for Piano City Lecce, for the Monferrato Classic Festival, and at the national conference of A.I.A.R.P., among others.<\/p>\n
She attended the annual advanced course at the Fondazione Musicale S. Cecilia in Portogruaro with pianist Alessandro Taverna. She is a full student of M\u00b0 Konstantin Bogino at the Accademia Internazionale di Musica in Rome and at the Accademia Perosi in Biella.<\/p>\n
In 2020, she graduated from the Liceo \u201cMarco Polo\u201d in Venice, and in 2021 she completed an Erasmus semester at the Hochschule \u201cF. Liszt\u201d in Weimar with Prof. Christian Wilm M\u00fcller. She earned her first-level academic degree with top marks and honors at the \u201cF.A. Bonporti\u201d Conservatory in Trento.<\/p>\n
As a chamber musician, she has performed in various ensembles and attended masterclasses with Bruno Canino, Pavel Berman, Enrico Dindo, Simone Gramaglia, Alexey Stadler, Antonio Valentino, Eckart Runge, Corrado Ruzza, and Oliver Wille. She forms a stable duo with violist Vittorio Benaglia, performing at the Societ\u00e0 Filarmonica of Trento, Palazzo Spinola in Genoa for GOG, for the Accademia Filarmonica del Mediterraneo in Trani, in Piazza dei Signori in Vicenza, at Sala Musa in Como, at the Corale Verdi in Parma, at Palazzo della Cultura in Messina, at \u201cIl Circolo\u201d in Messina and for the Verbania Festival.<\/p>\n
In July 2025, she was selected as Artist-in-Residence at the Watermill Center in New York, founded by Robert Wilson, where she performed at the prestigious Benefit Gala, sponsored by Van Cleef & Arpels, attended by Isabella Rossellini and Francis K\u00e9r\u00e9.<\/p>\n
She completed the Master of Arts in Music Performance at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano with top marks and honors, under the guidance of M\u00b0 Federico Colli, with whom she is currently continuing her advanced studies.<\/p>\n
Alongside her artistic career, she has been continuously engaged in piano teaching for several years. She currently works as a piano teacher at Academies in Switzerland and Kuwait and is completing a Master of Arts in Music Pedagogy at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2424″ img_size=”full” full_width=”1″ alignment=”left” opacity=”100″ css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”100px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_width=”small” equal_height=”” font_color=”light” background_type=”image” background_img=”3465″ background_effect=”parallax” background_img_lazyload=”1″ add_overlay=”yes” overlay_opacity=”60″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ row_name=”Videos”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Videos” font_size=”80″ font_family=”EB Garamond” font_weight=”550″ text_transform=”uppercase” inline_style=”opacity:0.44;”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][wvc_video_index el_id=”index-81158″ grid_padding=”no” orderby=”ID” order=”DESC” video_display=”grid_classic” posts_per_page=”9″ video_type_include=”home”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_width=”small” equal_height=”” font_color=”light” background_type=”image” background_img=”3407″ background_effect=”parallax” background_img_lazyload=”1″ add_overlay=”yes” overlay_opacity=”60″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ row_name=”Gallery”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Gallery” font_size=”70″ font_family=”EB Garamond” font_weight=”550″ text_transform=”uppercase” inline_style=”opacity:0.44;” el_class=”responsive-font-86″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”” shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”justified” hover_effect=”zoomin” css_animation_each=”true” images=”3577,3581,3573,3452,3689,3732,3736″ css_animation=”fadeIn”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_width=”small” equal_height=”” font_color=”light” background_type=”image” background_img=”3631″ background_effect=”parallax” background_img_lazyload=”1″ add_overlay=”yes” overlay_opacity=”60″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ row_name=”Social Wall”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Instagram” font_size=”70″ font_family=”EB Garamond” font_weight=”550″ text_transform=”uppercase” inline_style=”opacity:0.44;” el_class=”responsive-font-67″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fvirginiabenini_pianist%2F||target:%20_blank|”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”” shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ el_class=”riga-instagram”][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n