Italian-born Viola Lenzi started studying piano at the Pietro Mascagni Conservatoire in Livorno, where she received a first-class Bachelor’s under the guidance of Monica Cecchi and a Master’s in Piano Performance with Maurizio Baglini.
Viola moved to London in 2018 to study at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in greenwich where she completed her Postgraduate Advanced Diploma with Sergio De Simone and martino Tirimo. during her studies she participated in many masterclasses given by prestigious musicians such as Micha Dacic, Daniel Rivera, Sergio De Simone, Jeffrey Swann, Pascal Rogé, Joaquín Achúcarro, martino Tirimo, cesare castagnoli, paolo cuccaro, Megumi Masaki, Stephan Loges, Ailish Tyinan
and Dr Emily Kilpatrick.
Viola took part in the New Lights Contemporary Festival, London Film Festival, won the Elizabeth Schumann Lieder Competition with the soprano Anna Marmion and was highly commended in the semi-final of the Soloist Competition at Trinity Laban for her performance of the Grieg Piano Concerto in A Minor.
As passionate collaborative pianist, she has an active music duo with bass clarinetist Hannah Shilvock and a piano duo with Isabella Gori. Viola has worked as pianist at the livorno music Festival, as repetiteur of “All Aboard Opera!” company and she currently gives professional recitals in venues around the UK including Westminster Music Library, Poole Lighthouse, St George’s Bristol and Chichester Cathedral.