What is Mario Bertoncini?
[[File:Mario Bertoncini.jpg|thumbnail|Mario Bertoncini in ''[[Radiocorriere]]'' magazine, 1975.]] '''Mario Bertoncini''' (September 27, 1932 – January 19, 2019) was an Italian [[composer]], [[pianist]], and [[music educator]]. He was born in [[Rome]]. In 1962 he was awarded the Nicola d'Atri Prize by the [[Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia]] for his ''Sei Pezzi per orchestra'' and in 1965 he was awarded both the [[Gaudeamus International Composers Award]] and the Fondation européenne de la Culture prize for ''Quodlibet''. He performed as a concert pianist with [[symphony orchestra]]s throughout Europe and North America and in Israel and Korea. Bertoncini died on January 19, 2019 in [[Siena]], Italy from [[liver cancer]], aged 86.<ref>[http://www.ilcittadinoonline.it/cronaca/siena-cronaca/cordoglio-della-chigiana-per-la-morte-del-maestro-bertoncini/ Cordoglio della Chigiana per la morte del maestro Bertoncini] {{in lang|it}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.mariobertoncini.com/ Official Website of Mario Bertoncini] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bertoncini, Mario}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century Italian composers]] [[Category:Italian pianists]] [[Category:Italian educators]] [[Category:Writers from Rome]] [[Category:Musicians from Rome]]