Luigi Borgato
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Luigi Borgato is an Italian piano-maker craftsman of handcrafted grand pianos.
Master builder from Padua, Veneto, he improved and innovated technical aspects of piano making, which were later patented. In his capacity as master piano-maker he has been invited by Italian and foreign institutions to run courses on piano construction and technology.
Profile
In 1986, at the age of 23, he built his first piano. In 1991, at the age of 28, he presented his first completely handmade concert-grand piano at the European congress ‘Europiano’.Luigi Borgato personally selects the woods and chooses all the materials and components for the construction of his pianos. He is also a technician-tuner and fine-tunes his own instruments for concerts and recordings assisting internationally renowned pianists. The pianos he built have been appreciated by internationally renowned artists such as: Radu Lupu, András Schiff, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Rosalyn Tureck, Jerome Rose, Lazar Berman, Maria João Pires, Ingolf Wunder, Roberto Prosseda, Martin Berkofsky, Antonio Ballista, Bruno Canino, Michele Campanella, Semion Balshem, Jean Guillou, Charlemagne Palestine, Cameron Carpenter, Johannes Skudlik, Giorgio Carnini, Mirco Bruson