Italian composer, pianist, conductor and producer. He graduated in Piano with Carmen Romano and Composition with Lucia Ronchetti at the Conservatory of music "G. Martucci" in Salerno with highest honors, and graduated with the highest honors, at the Master's courses (high improvement in Composition) of Ivan Fedele at the National Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome. He has obtained some prizes in National and International Competitions, among others:
He has followed the masterclass of Salvatore Sciarrino, Tristan Murail, Brian Ferneyhough, Georges Aperghis, Michael Jarrell, Marco Stroppa, Hugues Doufourt, Yan Maresz, Bruno Mantovani.
His compositions have been performed in Europe (Italy, France, The Netherland, Spain, England, Albany, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Sweden, Greece), USA (New York, Boston, Des Moines), Japan (Tokyo), Russia (Moscow), Australia (Melbourne) and broadcasted by radio all over the globe.
He regularly plays piano both as soloist and with various formations, executing musics of classical authors, contemporary, and his compositions (has played in Rome, Milan, Naples, Barcelona (Spain), Wien, Budapest, Stuttgart).
In his professional activity he has held lectures and workshops about his music at some important institutions like the University of Montreal, University of Turin, the Schloss Solitude Akademie of Stuttgart, the Tschaikovsky conservatory of Moscow, the conservatory of Utrecht.
Since 2009 he has collaborated with the writer, philosopher and poet Diego Giordano, with who has produced various musical theater works.
His works are published by Raitrade (Rome - Italy) and Suvini-Zerboni (Milan - Italy).
Besides he cultivates the painting, poetry and the philosophy with particular interest.
Raffaele Grimaldi actually teaches at the "G. Martucci" State Conservatory of Salerno (Italy) and lives in Paris (France).
He is co-founder of the blog www.nuthing.eu where he writes about contemporay music.
