Kosti Deti is an Albanian Pianist who has received great ratings for the interpretation, virtuosity, and originality in his interpretation. He takes lessons from one of the most highly regarded pianist of the world Dmitry Alexeev since 2021.
“…a natural propensity to establish a strong, empathic connection with the audience, being able to communicate a lot of emotions in a very magnetic way.”
Giuseppe Albanese
He received his Master’s Degree and Bachelor’s Degree in Piano Performance, respectively at the “Giuseppe Tartini” Conservatory in Italy under the direction of Univ. Professor Teresa Trevisan, and at the University of Arts of Albania under the direction of Univ. Professor Nora Çashku. Recently he received his Academic Diploma in Ensemble playing with excellency under the guidance of Univ. Prof. Evgeny Sinaisky, Univ. Prof. Denise Benda and Dr. Univ. Prof Jean Beers. Kosti has been accepted to the renown Festivals and Academies such as: Saline Royale Academy in France, ClaviCologne Festival at the University “Mozarteum” in Salzburg-Austria, International Summer Festival and Academy of Brescia in Italy, BISMA in Poland. He is now studying at the “University of Music and Arts of the city of Vienna” in Austria, under the guidance of Univ. Prof. Jura Margulis and Univ. Prof. Markus Prause.
Currently he was offered a place of study at the Royal College of Music for the Artistic Diploma in Advanced Piano Performance with Dmitry Alexeev.
The words, even if used by the masters of literature, would not be able to respond to the magic created by the talent, rich imagination, magnetic ability, artistic conception, and virtuosity of this “alien.”
Univ. Professor. Ilirjana Dema, Professor at the University of Arts in Albania
He is the winner of around 50 prizes at national and international competitions all over the world: Austria, Italy, France, Russia, Canada, England, Spain etc.
Golden Medals and First Prizes at the “Amadeus International Competition 2022“”, “Valletta International Piano Competition”, “Victoria Caffa Rigetti” International Piano Competition, International Instrumental Music Competition in honor of Arthur Rubinstein, “International Moscow Music Competition”, “Franz Liszt International Piano Competition” in Spain, “Paris International Music Competition – 6th Edition”, “London Classical Music Competition” etc.
Kosti Deti is one of those talents that come rarely. With an extraordinary power to express emotion and to communicate deeply with the spectator. Kosti Deti achieves as rarely seen to communicate through the piano, easily challenging any kind of technical difficulty and speaking through the colors of sounds.
Univ. Prof. Nora Cashku, Professor at the University of Arts in Albania
He received the award “Pianist of Summer 2013” and “Virtuoso Pianist” at the Vivace Vilnius Festival. In the festival Vivace Vilnius in Lithuania he attended masterclasses with the famous pianist Michael Lewin, famous Romanian pianist Edith Maria Fazakas etc.
At the age of 16, under the guidance of Michael Lewin, he was the winner of a scholarship at Boston Conservatory in the USA through a live audition, where he had the wonderful opportunity to have a lesson with Dimitri Bashkirov.
After his appearance at the Royal palace “De Foz” in Lisbon and then USA, Kosti Deti has a broad activity all over Europe and further, covering his performances in: Austria, Italy, Malta, Greece, Macedonia, Portugal, Lithuania, United States of America and more.
He unraveled the characters and styles, traversing from one era to another as if he were a true acoustico-psychologist. In a snowy landscape of white keys, he swam with an elegant and charming pianissimo, which occasionally a gentle breeze subtly shifted towards the extremes.
Prof. Aleksandër Th.Peçi, Grand Master
He lists masterclasses with well-world-known Piano Masters: Dimitri Bashkirov, Walter Fleischmann, Michel Beroff, Michael Lewin, Edith Maria Fazakas, Benedetto Lupo, Antoinette Van Zabner, Peter Laul, Vikotor Kuchkov, Petter Jossa, N. Sadam, H. Koch, R. Kinka, L. Gamulin, B. Taneva etc.
Among his numerous events, here are the locations of some of the most
highlighted concerts:
-Musikverein, Vienna
-Royal palace in Lisbon “De Foz”,
-Opera House of Albania
-the National Theatre in Porto “Antonio De Malia”
-National Hall in Vilnius, Lithuania,
-University of performing Arts Vienna ,
-Boston Conservatory in the United States.
In October 2022 he had a concert series at some of the most prestigious Halls of Vienna “Grosser Ehrbar Saal”, “Salon im Alten Rathaus”, “Hietzinger Saal” and “Haus der Ingenieure” etc. It was then followed by his Debut at the Grand Hall of the Opera House in Albania, where he will be performing again at the 23/24 Season with the Philharmonic Orchestra ALB.
Apart from his concert activity, Kosti gained diplomatic acknowledgement regarding his contribution towards the cultural relation between Austria and Albania.
Kosti Deti 