Preludi del Novecento is entirely based on one of the most free and complex form of music, the Preludio. The piano player and composer Roberto Russo follows an excursus which can be portrayed as a “geopolitical” overview: along with Western Europe, Asian Europe and the Americas have shown through compositions such as Debussy’s Three Préludes (from The Premier Livre), Kabalevsky’s Four Préludes op. 5, Shostakovich’s Five Preludes, Gershwin’s Three Preludes for piano and Ginastera’s Twelve Preludios Americanos, Russo’s nine Preludes. Robert Russo (b. 1966) began studying piano with his father when he was just a young boy. He went on to study piano with Daniel Rivero, Franco Scala, and Maria Tipo, and composition with Silvano Sardi and Domenico Bartolucci. He is a guest at classical music festivals all over the world, and his original compositions have been performed in Italy, France, Norway, Poland, Denmark, and the United States.