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CORRIERE DELLA SERA
Record-breaking piano: 3.33 meters “Challenging the limits of music”- by Giovanni Viafora
Venetian craftsman Borgato crafts them by hand: it’s made of 15,000 pieces.
August 2017
“It’s the new creation of the last craftsman in the world who still builds concert pianos by hand, one by one: Maestro Luigi Borgato, born in 1963, a sort of modern inventor, exquisitely self-taught”.
Il Sole 24 ORE
I hand-shape the soul of the piano – by Serena Uccello
October 2017
The Venetian craftsman and tuner has created the longest instrument in the world—3.33 meters.
“And if Italian pianos are now considered the best in the world, it is also thanks to this man… who, when he was 20, set out to build a piano from start to finish.”
STRUMENTI E MUSICA
A BORGATO concert grand at La Scala in Milan for Radu Lupu – by Aldo Marinelli
June 1995
“That prototype, which played at La Scala in Milan, under the hands and at the express request of the world-renowned Romanian concert pianist Radu Lupu, in a concert dedicated to Mozart, was followed by a second model…”
“This La Scala debut was preceded by other performances in public concerts at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza (Radu Lupu chose it and also requested it for the concert in Verona), at the Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo…”
Il Giornale di Vicenza
Askenazij tries out the “double” in Lonigo – The Russian pianist stopped by Borgato’s atelier to play the DOPPIO piano – by Eva Purelli
November 2003
«… he naturally visited the workshop, wanting to see the phases of the instrument’s production.» Ashkenazij said, «I will remember this day for the rest of my life and will tell all my friends about it.»
WORLD PIANO NEWS
First Public Appearence of World’s longest concert grand piano – by David Crombie
November 2003
«…a very special occasion as the instrument in question, the BORGATO GRAND PRIX 333 is the longest (designated) concert grand piano in the world. There are a couple of longer pianos, but these are considered one-offs, and (debateably) not true concert grands»
ALL ABOUT ITALY
Recognizing and overcoming limits – by Elisa Rodi
USA 2018
«In his capacity as maste piano-maker, Luigi Borgato is invited by Italian as well as foreign institutions to run courses on piano construction and technology»
«You are the only artisan capable of building a grand piano, piece by piece, by hand. Is it love or immensurable folly?»
ALTO VICENTINO
Borgato Originals
THE MOST EXPENSIVE AND APPRECIATED PIANOS IN THE WORLD ARE THE WORK OF A CRAFTSMAN, LUIGI BORGATO
May 2003
“His aspiration was to become a concert piano tuner. Luigi Borgato, however, is now considered the creator of one of the world’s most prized musical jewels.”
KYOS
A dream called Borgato: among the most prized pianos in the world – by Nicola Gandin Sanson
April 2007
“Those who are honored by the pleasure of playing and listening to great music, those who have the sensitivity to appreciate the difference in sound between a concert grand and a Borgato, those who have the privilege of seeking and surrounding themselves with excellence can reward themselves or give the gift of an exciting instrument.”
AMADEUS
A signature grand piano – by Alessandro Cannavò
April 1997
“Young Luigi Borgato made it himself, piece by piece, with Callas’s voice in mind. His piano, a Ferrari of music, is not afraid to compete with the legendary German manufacturers: it already enjoys the favor of a great pianist like Radu Lupu.”
ASAHI SHINBUN - 日本語テキスト
Two pianos of the highest quality a year – by Dai Narusawa – Japan text
December 2013
«In Europe, there are those who build individually by hand. In this context of a shrinking piano market and fierce competition between long-established companies, a new manufacturer has emerged».
ALESSANDRO BENETTON - BLOG
Music, art and passion. – by Alessandro Benetton
November 2017
Borgato learned the craft and pushed it to a level unmatched in its field, blending tradition with innovative elements that mark him as a true artist: he builds a full concert grand piano…
I think internal strength and limitless passion are definitely needed to dismantle traditional career paths and to reach excellence. It is the fascinating history of Luigi Borgato piano maker.
NOTIZIARIO CIRCOLO 51
From Air to Keyboard, when engineering becomes Art – by Vincenzo Russo
March 2026
But what truly connects a sixth‑generation fighter jet and a concert grand piano? At first glance, nothing: one is born to dominate the skies, the other to fill a concert hall. And yet, both represent the pinnacle of a long technological and cultural evolution — the apex of centuries of study, experimentation, missteps, and flashes of genius.
CITTA' DI PUCCINI - Русский текст
Interview Russian text by Marina Nikolaeva
March 2017
«I decided to direct my questions to Luigi Borgato, one of the most famous contemporary makers of grand pianos».
Я решила адресовать свои вопросы Луиджи Боргато(Luigi Borgato), одному из наиболее известных в Италии современных конструкторов роялей.
STYLE - Il Giornale
The man who invents pianos – by Andrea Guolo
March 2015
He makes Ferraris with keys, the next one will be GRAND PRIX: «The US is asking me for twenty at a time».
«The Romanian Maestro Radu Lupu was the first to break the ice with the concert grand; he came to Vicenza in 1994, tried it in the evening, and the following day he set the Steinway aside and performed the concert with my piano».
AVVENIRE
Borgato: «I am in search of the perfect piano».
He is the only one in the world who builds every instrument entirely by hand, and his pianos are sought after by artists such as Lupu, Ashkenazy, and Schiff. – by Alessandro Beltrami
August 2010
Some have likened them to Stradivari. Others to Ferrari. And indeed, his concert grand pianos — with their curved, glossy black silhouette and the lid rising like a sail swollen with sound — possess the allure of a racing machine.
PERSONAGGI
a «Ferrari» dei pianoforti viene costruita a…
May 2003
…A piano that has already graced some of the world’s finest stages. «Yes. Just in the past year alone: La Scala in Milan, the Carlo Felice Theatre in Genoa, the Versailles Opera House, and our own Teatro Olimpico — to name only the most notable.»
WALL STREET INTERNATIONAL
Luigi Borgato. The Story of a Piano Maker – by Marta Mentasti
October 2012
What was it like to present your first piano to the world at just twenty‑eight?
LB: “In 1991, during a European technicians’ congress EUROPIANO, I presented the Borgato Concert Grand for the first time, and it was an extraordinary moment. The real opportunities materialized the following year at the Frankfurt Fair, where I realized I could turn my passion into a profession. That gave me the optimism to keep going. I always say it’s a craft that chose me.”
IL GIORNALE DI VICENZA
Borgato, the perfection of sound – by Franco Pepe
May 2006
…Yes. Everything is perfection in Luigi Borgato’s pianos; everything is meticulous research in a project that leaves nothing aside…
The prototype made a striking debut at Teatro alla Scala with Radu Lupu.
A breakthrough: the double concert grand with pedalboard and three low octaves, capable of expressing the sonorities of an organ.
BORGATO pianoforti gran coda da concerto costruiti a mano – Handcrafted concert grand pianos – Made in Iataly