After winning the International Schubert Competition in Dortmund in 1989, Filippo Faes was hailed by the press as one of the most profound performers of his generation. He performed as soloist in symphony concerts at such leading venues as Kölner Philharmonie and Musikhalle Hamburg, Berlin Philharmonic, Gasteig in Munich, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, his London debut broadcast on BBC International Recitals, at the Mishkenot Center in Jerusalem, Stravinsky Hall in Montreux, the Palais des Beaux Artes in Brussels, the Palais de la Musique in Strasbourg. Highly acclaimed as a consummate and original Schubert specialist, Filippo Faes has performed the complete piano sonatas several times and participated in several Schubertiade concerts (such as at the 1997 Schwetzinger Festspiele with Elisabeth Leonskaja, the Prazak Quartet, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau). His programs on Schubert and his music have been broadcasted on Italian radio and television. Filippo Faes is the author of many television programs on music. These lecture- recitals introduce audiences to the tremendous communicative power of music and its ability to transform the world. Filippo Faes is Professor of Chamber Music, Piano and Lied Interpretation at the Agostino Stefani Music Conservatory in Castelfranco Veneto and gives master classes in Europe, the US, South America, New Zealand, and Singapore.