Davide Cabassi made his orchestral debut at the age of thirteen with the RAI Symphony Orchestra in Milan. He has also collaborated with the Munich Philharmonic, the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen, and the Russian Chamber Philharmonic, as well as with several Italian orchestras. In recital, he has been engaged by most of the prominent musical associations of his native country, including Serate Musicali in Milan and Festival Pianistico in Brescia and Bergamo. Abroad, Mr. Cabassi has played concerts in Austria, China, France, Germany, Japan, Portugal, Scandinavia, and Switzerland. After graduating from Milan’s Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory, he spent five years as one of the few select students at the International Piano Foundation in Cadenabbia, Italy, where he studied with Karl Ulrich Schnabel, Dmitri Bashkirov, Leon Fleisher, Rosalyn Tureck, and William Grant Naboré, among others. In December 2004, Mr. Cabassi recorded a solo disc for BMG records called Dancing with the Orchestra, and featuring works by Bartók, De Falla, Ravel, and Stravinsky. He is on the faculty of the Istituto Musicale “G. Puccini” in Gallarate, Italy.