Ciro Foderé (Montevideo, Uruguay) graced with a powerful musicality and fiery technique, has established himself as a well-sought soloist and chamber musician. Regularly invited as a concerto soloist with orchestras such as the New World Symphony, Symphony of the Americas, Miami Symphony Orchestra, Montevideo Philharmonic, Sendai Philharmonic, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic of Extremadura, he has worked with conductors Michael Tilson Thomas, with whom he closely collaborated, David Stahl, Ignaz Solzhenitsyn, Eduardo Marturet, Eduardo Marturet, and as a chamber musician alongside violinist Joshua Bell, and soprano Renée Fleming.

A champion of virtuoso piano repertoire, the press has hailed his performances as "masterful, electric, by turns fiery and lyrical" (Post and
Courier), "edge-of-the-seat thrilling" featuring "technical sheen articulation, alert dynamic shading, and an imaginative approach"(Miami Herald).

Ciro Foderé's versatile playing has seen him appear with the Miami City Ballet since 2013, collaborating in studio rehearsals and performances throughout Florida. He also has appeared as a recitalist and chamber musician in Carnegie Hall, Teatro Santa Cecilia, Pittsburgh Concert Society, and in festivals Perugia, Londrina Music Festival, International Piano Series, Spoleto Festival, and Trujillo Music Festival. His performances have been broadcasted by America's National Public Radio (NPR) and North and South American TV.

Always enthusiastic about expanding his repertoire, Mr. Foderé has premiered works by numerous American composers. Composer Florencia Di Concilio dedicated to him a piano concerto, premiered with the Miami Symphony Orchestra. An active teacher, Ciro Foderé is a professor at the New World School of the Arts, the University of Florida in Miami, and has taught at the Miami Music Festival. 

Ciro Foderé is the First Prize Winner of the XIV Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofieff International Competition. Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Ciro came to the US while still a teenager, and studied with Enrique Graf and the late Earl Wild. 

In the 2023-2024 season, Ciro Foderé's concert engagements include performances of Rachmaninoff second, Bach, Beethoven and Gershwin piano concerti, as well as solo and chamber music recitals in both North and South America.