Mario Braggiotti

Biography

Studied music at the New England Conservatory with Adamowsky and Frederick Converse, and at Fontainebleu & Paris Conservatory with Nadia Boulanger, Caussade and Cortot. He made his duo piano debut with Jacques Fray at the Salle Pleyel in Paris. His American debut was at Carnegie Hall. With Fray, he had his own radio series for six years. He conducted and arranged for, and soloed on, radio, and he toured in "From Bach to Boogie Woogie" concert programs. During WW II, he directed a radio program for the US occupational army in Africa and Italy. Touring for two years with symphony orchestras in Gershwin festivals as a piano soloist, he also toured Europe.