Founder and Artistic Director of Talenti International Piano Academy
April 2019, inducted at the UTEP Academy of Distinguished Teachers.
August 2015, received the University of Texas System Regent's Outstanding Teaching Award.
REVIEWS
"...Listening to him play it is evident Macchioni is a musician and performer of great sensibility. Fascinating!" Ray Picot, ILAMS, UK (2012) Read Review
"...He plays these endlessly evocative works with understanding and seeming ease-bringing out their lovely melodies, finding tempos that seem quite right, and expertly balancing their wit, gravity, and passion." Barry Kilpatrick, American Record Guide, (November/December 2010)
"...fine pianist, his playing is strong, with clear and expressive phrasing. And the recorded sound is excellent...quite vigorously if this performance is anything to go by. Recommended." James Tobin, Classical Net, (2010) Read Review
"...Macchioni is a sublime pianist with a deft touch..." Betty Ligon, El Paso Inc., (2009)
"Aportes para la buena música...precise fingering...mature interpretation of Brahms and Szymanowski...Didatic, eclectic program..." Daniel Varacalli Costas, La Prensa, Buenos Aires, (2007)
"Piano personality...powerful reading of the romantic Beethoven sonata [op. 109], beautiful serene finale...We were most impressed with the Prokofiev Sonata No.3, full of passion and great drama, his fingering showed great clarity of line, clear as crystal with notes clean and crisp..." Betty Ligon, El Paso Inc., (2004)
