Robert Scamardella

Born in 1983, Robert Scamardella began to play and improvise at the piano at aged four and was awarded scholarships to study with celebrated British concert pianist Lucy Parham at the Guildhall School of Music. Whilst there he was a prize winner in all the major competitions as well as receiving further scholarships and awards from the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund, the Musicas Fund and the Ann Driver Trust, amongst others. He made his concerto debuts aged sixteen and his recital debuts a year later.

He came to national attention on becoming a finalist in the 2002 BBC Young Musician of the Year. Subsequently, he was awarded a scholarship to further his studies at the Guildhall with Joan Havill. Other prizes at the Guildhall included the Lescek Dessent Chopin Prize, the Romantic Piano Award and was the winner of the Professional Recital Prize of the Oxford International Music Festival in 2004.

In 2005, he was a selected artist for the Countess of Munster Musical Trust’s coveted Recital Scheme enabling engagements for two years across the UK. 2006 saw awards from the prestigious Myra Hess Foundation to study for a Masters degree in Music Performance at the Guildhall. In recent years, his studies have included working with pianists Stephen Kovacevich, Paul Lewis and Imogen Cooper. Future engagements include working with the Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra, the Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra, the Worcestershire Symphony Orchestra and recital tours across the South of France.