Peter Coraggio composer

Peter Coraggio is a distinguished concert pianist recognized for his extraordinary artistry in numerous performances in the United States, the South Pacific, and in the Orient. His vast musical range of keyboard solo and ensemble literature encompasses the greatest of the classics to the most contemporary explorations. Coraggio is a graduate of the prestigious Juilliard School. Among his noted teachers have been Gordon Stanley, James Friskin, and Wolfgang Ros. After thirty-six years on the faculty of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Professor Coraggio retired in May, 2001.

Professor Coraggio is an effective educator. Many of his students, recognized for their consistently high level of achievement in performance, have become successful and influential teachers in the United States and in other countries. A stimulating lecturer, Coraggio is in continual demand internationally to conduct master-classes, performance workshops, and to present lecture-demonstrations on a wide range of topics.

A prolific writer, Coraggio’s The Art of Piano Performance in Illustrated Form, first published as a monthly series in Japan’s Chopin Magazine in 1996, has been published in a four-book series hard cover edition in Japan by the Chopin Publishing Company, in the United States by Neil A. Kjos Publishing, and is now available in Korea.