Italian pianist Aldo Ragone’s mind and soul are devoted to communicating the complexity and beauty of life through the intricate, sensuous language of music. He is an astonishing pianist with an uncanny ability to converse with the great composers, and then mesmerize audiences with their creations. With "a high quality sound, without surrendering to blind virtuosity,” (The Southern Gazette), Ragone thrills audiences around the world with a repertoire ranging from Bach to Villa Lobos, Franck to Dallapiccola, Chopin to Scriabin. “He possesses a quality which I consider fundamental in a contemporary artist: curiosity and the desire to discover new and unusual compositions.” (Massimiliano Damerini, concert pianist, Italy) But the desire for the discovery is only part of the fervor. Ragone's world is not complete until the discovery is polished, perfected, and performed. With “...his style, characterized by good taste and passion, he embodies an exceptional mix of perfect technique and richness of artistic invention.” (Pavel Gililov, concert pianist, Germany). Indeed, Ragone has earned the respect and admiration of great contemporary pianists who agree with his mentor Aldo Ciccolini, that his is “...an unmistakable gift.”

Aldo Ragone brings a unique synthesis of European and American traditions to his life as an artist. Graduating from the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome under the guidance of Giuseppe Scotese, he continued his studies in other significant piano schools of Europe, including the Cini Foundation in Venice where he worked principally with Italian master Eugenio Bagnoli, a pupil of Alfredo Casella, and was awarded a three-year, full scholarship. Perhaps his most significant study was with the internationally renowned Italian pianist Aldo Ciccolini, who remains his mentor. In 2007 Aldo Ragone earned a doctoral degree in Piano Performance with Russian pianist Larissa Dedova, a pupil of Lev Oborin, at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he taught piano on a Teaching Assistantship from 2003 to 2006. The core of his dissertation was the performance of the Ten Piano Sonatas and the 24 Preludes, Opus 11, by Alexander Scriabin. As a result of his commitment to Scriabin's music, Raisa Scriabine, grandniece of the great Russian composer, invited him to perform at the Russian Embassy in Washington DC for the Scriabin Memorial Day, on April 27, 2006. In Fall 2008, Mr. Ragone earned the Artist Diploma in Piano Performance at the University of Denver, where he studied piano, on a two-year full scholarship, with Theodor Lichtmann and Steven Mayer, and chamber music with Colorado Symphony Orchestra's Concertmaster, Yumi Hwang-Williams, and violinist Linda Wang. Ragone's further credits include study at the Ecole Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot in Paris, where he received his performance diploma with unanimous accolades of the jury, and two scholarships by the government of Luxembourg for international master classes at the City of Luxembourg with Evgenij Moguilevski in 1999, and Pavel Gililov in 2001. He has also performed in master classes for many important artists and pedagogues including American pianists Andre Watts and Ann Schein, and Russian pianist Tigran Alikhanov, director of the Moscow Conservatory. While in Colorado, he was granted a scholarship at the Aspen Festival for study with Rita Sloan.

Mr. Ragone has also distinguished himself in national and international competitions. He has won nineteen awards, with eight first prizes. Among them are top prizes at the International Piano Competition of Castellaneta in 1999 and the National Piano Competition of Brindisi in 1996. He also won prizes at the International Piano Competitions in Marsala in 1999, Barletta and Monopoli in 2000. In 2000, he won the Albert Roussel Prize at the International Piano Competition Roma 2000, and the Special Prize for the best performance of a modern work at the International Piano Competition Florestano Rossomandi. In June 2004, he was a finalist at the International Piano Competition Adilja Alieva in France. In the same month, the Italian Cultural Society of Washington DC awarded him with the Young Artist Award for his artistic achievements. In 2007, he was selected to join the PHI KAPPA PHI Honor Society as one of the top students at the University of Maryland.

Aldo Ragone has delighted audiences in such Italian cities as Rome, Venice, Genoa, Turin, Naples, Bari, Lecce, Siena, and many others, performing for music associations, such as Fondazione Giorgio Cini of Venice, Museum of Musical Instruments and La Scaletta Theatre of Rome, Il Coretto of Bari, Aragonese Castle of Otranto, the Conservatory of Music Tito Schipa of Lecce, Thalberg Hall and Aldo Ciccolini Hall of Naples, Carlo Felice Theatre of Genoa, Vespasiano Theatre in Rieti, in Music at Piazza Colonna in Rome, and Rassegna di Musica Contemporanea (Contemporary Music Review) in the Theatre of Latina. In a highlight of his performing career in Italy, Mr. Ragone performed the Second Piano Concerto of Sergei Rachmaninov at the Alfonso Rendano Theatre of Cosenza, which was broadcast on the Italian national television channel, Cinque Stelle.

In 2003, Aldo Ragone made his debut at the prestigious Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in the U.S.A. Subsequently, he has been a recitalist at the Gildenhorn Recital Hall of the Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Maryland, College Park; in Washington, D.C. at the historic Dacor-Bacon House, the Brazilian-American Cultural Institute and the Washington Arts Club; in Washington's metropolitan area, at the Italian Cultural Society and the Strathmore Hall Mansion; in Virginia, at the Lyceum, the Fairfax Town Hall Series and the Rappahannock Music Series; in Baltimore at the Old St. Paul Church Music; in Maryland in the Sanford Concert Series. In Colorado, he has performed to acclaim in Hamilton Hall and in Gates Hall in the Newman Center for the Arts at The University of Denver and at Regis University in Denver. Still in Colorado, he played Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto Nr. 5 with the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra in the King Center Concert Hall of Denver, and the rarely performed Scriabin Piano Concerto with the Niwot Timberline Symphony.

His international appearances include the Sommerclassics Musik Festival at Saffig, Germany, the performance of Bach Concerto BWV 1052 in D minor with the Petrassi Youth Chamber Orchestra at Zagarolo, Italy, the Bloomsbury International Recital Series in London, UK, in Italy, the Festival Internazionale di Mezza Estate at Tagliacozzo, the International Music Festival Beethoven at Sutri, the prestigious Festival Pontino, the Tuscia Opera Festival, and the review Roma Musica Estate.

Recently, he completed a tour in the U.S.A. with recitals, masterclasses, and the performance of Rachmaninov Second Piano Concert with the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra. During this tour, Colorado Public Radio aired a program with some of his performances and an interview. Furthermore, KPOF Radio of Denver aired his performance of Rachmaninov Second Concerto with the Denver Philharmonic.

In 2009 and 2010, the government of the United States of America awarded him a visa for extraordinary ability in the field of music.

From 2007 to 2009 Aldo Ragone taught piano at Regis University in Denver, Colorado.