Ingrid Carbone has been interviewed by Michela Gattermayer on Donna Moderna. You can read the full interview (in italian) here>>

Here’s a translated excerpt.

As a child, she loved music and mathematics alike. She became a university researcher and an international concert pianist. Today, she brings together the emotion of music and the rigor of numbers in unique performances. “To bring audiences closer to conscious listening.”

The first, incorrect question asked of Ingrid Carbone was: “How old is she?” From the photos, she looks very young, but the age I imagine doesn’t match her resume, which reads like this: pianist and concert pianist, professor of mathematical analysis and university researcher at the University of Calabria, she has performed throughout Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, she has recorded for the Japanese label Da Vinci Publishing, she has received two nominations at the International Classic Music Awards, eight awards at the Global Music Awards, and countless other prizes… She looks 30 years old, but she’s 100 years old in terms of experience. “It’s genetics; I inherited everything from my mother. And then math keeps you young,” she says. But she’s silent about her age. And I thought I was starting with a good number… “Actually, my age isn’t important. What matters is what I’ve done.”

Ingrid Carbone started playing the piano at age 8
Let’s start from the beginning.

“My parents were passionate about music. When I was 8, they bought me a piano and, without realizing it, changed my life. For them, it was simply about improving my cultural education. I was a very intellectually lively girl, so to speak. I wondered why everything was happening. And a school with a music focus, which would keep me busy, seemed like the right path.”

Foresighted, I’d say.

“When the piano arrived, I immediately took lessons, without any pressure. The homework they gave me seemed trivial; I also studied on my own. Not just music. I read a lot; I wanted to know everything. And then there was math: I liked numbers and they entertained me. For me, it was like playing. Sure, my father taught math, but my mother is a humanist.”