Born in
Leporano,
Southern Italy, his artistic training was developed under the leadership of distinguished teachers, for the piano Michele Marvulli and
Jorg Demus, for the harpsichord Christopher Steinbridge and
Pierre Hantai. He has been invited to give concerts and
master classes in the world's major institutions. Some of his performances were recorded by
RAI Italian Television. In addition to the interest in early music, he has followed with great perseverance the modern and contemporary repertoire (
Luigi Dallapiccola,
Luciano Berio,
Karlheinz Stockhausen,
John Cage). He also works with young musicians. He served as chairman or member of the jury at international piano competitions Dinu Lipatti, Luciano Gante, Arcangelo Speranza, Premio Italia, the International Piano Competition of Barletta. Since 1996 he is the director of the Accademia Musicale Mediterranea di Taranto and art-director of the
International Music Competition for Youth Dinu Lipatti at the Romanian Academy in Rome and Premio Italia Olimpo Pianistico in Taranto. Lanza has also recorded works by
Frédéric Chopin,
Robert Schumann and
John Cage. For the publishing house H-Demia of Roma he has published "Trattato strutturale di sintassi musicale nell'arte moderna" and for the publishing house Bèrben of Ancona, he has published
6 Preludi per pianoforte (Natale sul 904 - Ondine - Nafplion - Camminando - Profili Nostalgici - Crescendi Sensoriali) Ed. No. 3346. == Professional collaborations ==