Black or White?
Sunday, 9 August 2026, 6 p.m. | Palazzo Veneziano
Stories of Keys and Wine
Pianist Miranda Persello in conversation with Matteo Bellotto.
Writer and Brand Ambassador for the Friuli Colli Orientali e Ramandolo Consortium, Matteo Bellotto has been studying and working in the world of wine for years. Author of numerous successful books, just a few metres from the Austrian border, Matteo talks to us about another borderline, marked by rows of vines, between Italy and Slovenia, immersing us in stories of men who have made these places their reason for living, putting their essence into a glass.
At the end, there will be a convivial moment in collaboration with the Friuli Colli Orientali and Ramandolo Consortium.
Miranda Persello
Born in Udine in 2004, Miranda began studying piano at the age of six under the guidance of Matteo Andri and Ferdinando Mussutto. In 2024 she graduated with top marks and honors (110 cum laude) from the “J. Tomadini” Conservatory of Udine, where she studied with Maestro Achille Gallo.
She has won numerous first and absolute first prizes in both national and international competitions, including Città di Piove di Sacco, Città di Palmanova, Memorial Don Oreste Rosso, as well as Ars Nova (Trieste), G. Pecar (Gorizia), and Steinway. In 2022 she was invited to perform at Piano City Milano as the overall winner of the FaSolSi Piano Competition.
That same year, she was selected by Maestro Valter Sivilotti to premiere one of his compositions for three pianos at the FIP Guadalquivir Festival in Córdoba, Spain. She regularly performs for cultural associations in Udine and for the Conservatory itself, where she has been selected to take part in numerous solo and chamber concerts, including the M. Pollini project.
She has given concerts for the association RimeMute, performed in the Talenti in corte series organized by MusicaeFVG in Sacile, and appeared as a soloist at the National Archaeological Museum of Aquileia in the concert cycle Ti racconto la mia Musica, organized by the association CEDIM. She was also selected to perform in concerts organized by Piano City Pordenone.
Over the years, she has attended advanced courses with Maestro Giorgio Lovato at the Fondazione Santa Cecilia in Portogruaro and with Maestri Sara Costa and Fabiano Casanova at the Perosi Academy in Biella.
She is currently enrolled in the two-year postgraduate program at the Udine Conservatory under Professor Sebastiano Mesaglio and is also pursuing a Master’s degree at the Gustav Mahler Private University of Klagenfurt, where she studies with Maestro Lorenzo Cossi. At Klagenfurt, she has frequently been chosen among the university’s top students to perform in solo and chamber concerts held at the Konzerthaus.
In 2025 she was selected by the Udine Conservatory, following an audition, to perform as soloist with orchestra at the Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine on the occasion of the institution’s 100th anniversary.
She was awarded the Luigi Mari Prize as the best graduate of the 2023–2024 academic year at the “J. Tomadini” Conservatory. In November 2025, she performed as soloist with orchestra conducted by Maestro Alessandro Vitiello in Gorizia, as part of the GO!2025 events.
