NATALIA MARTINEZ ARIAS

flutist, began performing in concerts at the age of eight. Since 1996, she has played in over 300 public performances. Her education spans Belgium, Spain and Italy, having studied at prestigious institutions including the universities and academies of Music of Vigo, Salamanca, Leuven, Milan and Perugia. She completed her studies with highest honors at the Conservatorio Superior de Castilla y León in Salamanca (Spain), where she was awarded with the Premio Extraordinario de Fin de Carrera. She also earned a degree in Music Pedagogy from the University of Vigo (Spain), followed by a Master’s Degree in Flute at the LUCA School of Arts in Leuven (Belgium), under the guidance of Berten D’Hollander, and the Second-Level Advanced Diploma in Flute at the Giuseppe Verdi State Academy of Music in Milan, where she studied with Diego Collino. She has refined her skills through numerous masterclasses across Europe. Her concert activity is extensive, performing throughout Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, China and India. She has also gained significant experience in symphonic settings, performing as principal flutist with the Hunan Symphony Orchestra (China), the Vlaams-Brabant Symphony Orchestra (Belgium) and the LUCA Symphony Orchestra (Belgium). She has participated in events and festivals including the St. Andrieskerk International Festival (Antwerp, Belgium), the Minimes Festival (Bruxelles, Belgium), the Milano Musica Festival (Milan, Italy), the Nuovo Rinascimento Festival (Trento, Italy) and the A due voci Festival (Como, Italy). After living in Spain and Belgium, she is currently based in Milan.

LORENZO DE DONATO

works in Philosophy at the universities of Milan-Bicocca and Cagliari. He also collaborates with the Unitre Institute in Milan, where he teaches Aesthetics. His academic studies took him through Italy and Germany (Freie Universität Berlin), obteining a Philosophy degree with honors from the State University of Milan and a Piano degree from the Giuseppe Martucci State Academy of Music in Salerno, as well as a specialization diploma in Bologna. He has been a research fellow at the Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies in Naples. He has delivered lectures and participated in international conferences in Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta and India. In the past, he also performed piano concerts in Italy, Germany, and Spain. He has published extensively, with articles and essays appearing in books, academic journals and edited volumes in Italy, Belgium and Brazil. He has taught History and Aesthetics of Music at the Luigi Canepa State Academy of Music in Sassari. He is a member of the International Research Group in Ethics, Aesthetics and Philosophy of Literature at the Federal University of Rondonia (Brazil), a founding member of the International Research Group Mousikè, based in Paris (France), and a member of both the Italian Society of Aesthetics and the Italian Philosophical Society. He serves as the secretary of the Academy of Human and Social Sciences in Rome. He was awarded with the 2022 Italian National Philosophy Prize Le figure del pensiero.