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 _______ Biography
This Argentinian artist, born in Buenos Aires, began her studies at the age of 4. Her development was in the hands of Maestro Ana T. De Gelber and Bruno Gelber, under whose guidance she gave her first public performance at the age of 11 years. She then attended advance classes in Argentina with Maestros Francisco Votti, Aldo Antognazzi, Perla Brugola, Rosalyn Tureck, Nikita Magaloff, Ralph Votapeck, Gerhard Oppitz , Lazar Berman.

At the beginning of 1995 she was awarded scholarships from Fundacion Antorchas , Festivales Musicales and Y.P.F. These permitted her to travel to Oxford, England, to study privately under the guidance of the eminent Dr. Rosalyn Tureck becoming her student.

From 1997 Lorena Di Florio has studied at the International Piano Foundation, in Cadenabbia, Lake Como, Italy. This unique opportunity allowed her to study during three years in this exclusive School with world-wide renown Maestros such as Karl-Ulrich Schnabel, Fou TS'Ong, Dimitry Bashkirov, Charles Rosen, Leon Fleisher, Andreas Staier, Alicia De Larrocha.

Lorena Di Florio got her Diploma in Music Cum Laude and Special Mention of Honour in the Conservatorio di Musica G. Verdi di Como, under the guidance of Maestro Mario Patuzzi, with whom she has also attended the Biennal Accademic Studies in Music, graduating with 110 Cum Laude and Special Mention of Honour, mention given for the first time in the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi di Como for Accademic studies in music.
Thanks to her knowledge and research in music, besides her role as a concert soloist, Lorena Di Florio started an intense teaching activity in Argentina, Inghilterra, Italy and Switzerland.

Among her many prizes was the First Piano Prize of the First Biennal Mozart Festival Competition, held in Buenos Aires, and the First Prize of the Competition organized by the Culture Secretary of Argentina.
 

In 2007 she has got one of the five scholarships from the Lion’s Club of Como, prize that this Association gives to the best students of the University of the province of Como, and received also the Premio Franz Terranno with the Gold Medal to the best Diploma in Piano of 2006.