Lonquich studied with
Paul Badura-Skoda,
Andrzej Jasiński, and
Ilonka Deckers-Küszler. He won the first prize at the
Alessandro Casagrande Piano Competition in
Terni, Italy, at the age of 16. He recorded music by
Schubert,
Schumann,
Poulenc and
Mozart for
EMI;
Fauré,
Messiaen,
Ravel,
Gideon Lewensohn,
Flavio Emilio Scogna for
RCA Red Seal,
Schumann and Holliger for
ECM New Series; and
Beethoven live for the
Ruhr piano festival. Among Lonquich's recording awards are the
Diapason d’Or and
Premio Abbiati. Together with his son,
Tommaso Lonquich, clarinet player, he recorded the CD Moonwalk. He is the artistic director of the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole (Italy). ==References==