Piero Niro

Piero Niro (born 1957) is an Italian composer, classical pianist, and academic specialising in the philosophy of music and aesthetics. Niro was born in Baranello in the southern Italian region of Molise and initially studied piano and composition at the music conservatory in Campobasso before transferring to the Accademia Santa Cecilia in Rome where he received diplomas in piano and composition. He also received a Laurea in philosophy at the University of Rome Tor Vergata before going on to postgraduate studies in composition Accademia Santa Cecilia with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Franco Donatoni. His string quartet won First Prize at the 1985 Concorso Internazionale Ennio Porrino.