Massimiliano Pironti

Massimiliano Pironti (born 22 December 1981 in Colleferro, Province of Rome) is an Italian actor, singer, dancer and painter.[2][3]

Massimiliano Pironti in front of his oil portrait of Carlos Azpiroz OP

Massimiliano's painting A Throne in the West, oil on aluminium, 1000 mm × 600 mm at the special exhibit BP Portrait Award 2018, at The Gallery, Winchester Discovery Center, from 13 March 2019.[1]

Life

As an autodidact he learned to paint, after he began studies in singing, classical ballet, modern and contemporary dance and earned a reputation initially in Italy and currently in Germany as a musical performer.[4]

He came to fame as the 11th winner of the Italian National Prize "[5] Massimini“ as best musical and light opera performer 2008[6]

In March 2018, the jury of the BP Award 2018 selected Massimiliano's oil painting A throne in the West among 48 submissions. A throne in the West was part of the BP Portrait Award 2018 special exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery, London.[7] In 2019 Pironti won the third prize of "the art world’s most prestigious portrait prize"[8] the BP Portrait Award 2019 in the 30th jubilee edition with a portrait entitled Quo vadis? of his 95 years old grandmother and the second prize of the visitor's choice from the NPG London.[9][10] This competition is the world's biggest for portrait painting.[11]

Appearances

In 2004/2005, Pironti took part in the final of the Italian TV talent show Amici.
In 2005, he produced and choreographed the dance show Collezione Privata in Rome, in which he also appeared as a dancer.[12]
In 2006, he appeared in the Italian film Passo a due.[13]
In 2007/2008, he played Pollo in the musical production Three Steps Above Heaven by Palazzo Irreale.[14]
In 2008/2009, he played Peter Pan in Peter Pan The Musical by Teatro delle Erbe.[15]
In 2009/2010, Pironti was Mungo Jerry in the musical Cats by Compagnia della Rancia.[16]
In 2010/2011, he played Jimmy Kaminsky in the musical Flashdance by Stage Entertainment.[17]
In 2011/2012, he was TJ in the musical Sister Act by Stage Entertainment.
In 2012/2013, he played Bobby C. in the musical Saturday Night Fever by Stage Entertainment.[18]
In 2014/2015, he was a performer in Best of Musical[19] by Stage Entertainment and Christian in the musical Come E&O,è tutto uno show[20] by Nito Production, as well as in the TV show Chance[21] as singer and dancer on the Italian Agon Channel.
In 2015/2016/2017 Pironti was Terk in Disney’s Musical Tarzan by Stage Entertainment in Stuttgart and Oberhausen, Germany.[22][23]
In 2019 Pironti was portrayed as a painter in the TV production Portrait of an Artist from Lonelyleap Film on BBC World News and Amazon Prime.

Works

In 2005, Massimiliano Pironti wrote, produced and choreographed the dance show Collezione Privata.[24]
The official portrait in oil of the former Master of the Dominican Order Carlos Azpiroz Costa OP, that hangs in the Dominican Museum in the Santa Sabina basilica in Rome, Italy.[25]
Oil on aluminium, title A throne in the West, part of the special exhibit BP Portrait Award 2018 in the National Portrait Gallery, London and from 13 March 2019 in The Gallery, Winchester.[26]
Oil on canvas, title D’après Albert Joseph Pénot pour les Ghost Riders du Dracula, 1000mmx600mm, since December 2018 in the Dracula Club (Cresta Run/ St. Moritz Celerina Olympic Bobrun) from Rolf Sachs in St. Moritz, Switzerland.[27]
Oil on aluminium, title Quo vadis?, part of the special exhibit BP Portrait Award 2019 in the National Portrait Gallery, London.[28]

References

"The Gallery".
"Massimiliano Pironti pittore: artista a 360°. Scopriamolo in un'intervista (esclusiva)" (in German). Retrieved 2017-03-03.
Preuss, Susanne (30 October 2018). "La Nonna". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung für Deutschland. Archived from the original on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
Ribel. "Massimiliano Pironti" (in German). Archived from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
"Associazione Internazionale dell'Operetta - Friuli Venezia Giulia". Opera of Trieste - International Association of Light Opera. 2017-05-07. Archived from the original on 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2017-05-07.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
"Associazione Internazionale dell'Operetta - Friuli Venezia Giulia" (in German). 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
"National Portrait Gallery announces shortlist for BP Portrait Award 2018". Archived from the original on 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
Brown, Mark (29 April 2019). "Image of artist's grandmother shortlisted for BP portrait award". The Guardian.
"Revealed: the four BP Portrait Award finalists". bbc.com. 2019-04-29. Archived from the original on 2019-04-29.
"Prize Winners". NPG. 2019-04-11.
"National Portrait Gallery, London, BP Award 2018". Retrieved 2018-04-10.
"Massimiliano Pironti nello spettacolo "Collezione privata" - YouTube" (in German). 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
"FILM: Passo a Due (2005), di Andrea Barzini" (in German). 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
"Tre metri sopra il cielo - Lo spettacolo di Federico Moccia-Mauro Simone regia Mauro Simone a Torino" (in German). 2017-02-18. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
"è Massimiliano Pironti il nuovo Peter Pan" (in German). 2017-02-18. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
"MASSIMILIANO PIRONTI: QUANDO UN SOGNO TI METTE CON LE SPALLE AL MURO" (in German). 2017-02-18. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
"Flashdance - Stage Entertainment" (in German). 2017-02-18. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
"La Febbre del Sabato Sera - Il Musical - Stage Entertainment" (in German). 2017-02-18. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
"The Best of Musical regia di Chiara Noschese [Trieste .Com]" (in German). 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
""Come Erika e Omar", arriva il "diversamente musical" firmato Enzo Iacchetti - Teatro/Danza - Spettacoli - Repubblica.it" (in German). 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
"DA VENERDÌ SU AGON CHANNEL PARTE "CHANCE", IL TALENT SHOW DI VERONICA MAYA CHE FA CONCORRENZA ALLA CARRÀ | TvZoom" (in German). 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
"Artists | Disneys Musical TARZAN | Musicals in Oberhausen | Metronom Theater | Tickets, Karten und Gutscheine" (in German). 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
"Revealed: the four BP Portrait Award finalists". www.bbc.com. 29 April 2019. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019.
"Massimiliano Pironti nello spettacolo "Collezione privata" - YouTube" (in German). 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
Gianandrea, Manuela; Annibali, Manuela; Bartoni, Laura (2017), "Guerrieri Borsoi, Maria Barbara: La Galleria dei Maestri: i successori di san Domenico", Il convento di Santa Sabina all'Aventino e il suo patrimonio storico-artistico e architettonico (in German) (1 ed.), Rom: Campisano Editore, p. 274, ISBN 978-88-98229-90-1CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
"London Exhibition". Retrieved 2018-04-10.
"Massimiliano Pirontis homepage".
"BP Portrait Award 2019 - Shortlisted Artists". www.npg.com. 29 April 2019. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019.

External links

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[1] "The Gallery".

[2] "Massimiliano Pironti pittore: artista a 360°. Scopriamolo in un'intervista (esclusiva)" (in German). Retrieved 2017-03-03.

[3] Preuss, Susanne (30 October 2018). "La Nonna". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung für Deutschland. Archived from the original on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.

[4] Ribel. "Massimiliano Pironti" (in German). Archived from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2017-02-16.

[5] "Associazione Internazionale dell'Operetta - Friuli Venezia Giulia". Opera of Trieste - International Association of Light Opera. 2017-05-07. Archived from the original on 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2017-05-07.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[6] "Associazione Internazionale dell'Operetta - Friuli Venezia Giulia" (in German). 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.

[7] "National Portrait Gallery announces shortlist for BP Portrait Award 2018". Archived from the original on 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2018-04-10.

[8] Brown, Mark (29 April 2019). "Image of artist's grandmother shortlisted for BP portrait award". The Guardian.

[9] "Revealed: the four BP Portrait Award finalists". bbc.com. 2019-04-29. Archived from the original on 2019-04-29.

[10] "Prize Winners". NPG. 2019-04-11.

[11] "National Portrait Gallery, London, BP Award 2018". Retrieved 2018-04-10.

[12] "Massimiliano Pironti nello spettacolo "Collezione privata" - YouTube" (in German). 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.

[13] "FILM: Passo a Due (2005), di Andrea Barzini" (in German). 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.

[14] "Tre metri sopra il cielo - Lo spettacolo di Federico Moccia-Mauro Simone regia Mauro Simone a Torino" (in German). 2017-02-18. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.

[15] "è Massimiliano Pironti il nuovo Peter Pan" (in German). 2017-02-18. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.

[16] "MASSIMILIANO PIRONTI: QUANDO UN SOGNO TI METTE CON LE SPALLE AL MURO" (in German). 2017-02-18. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.

[17] "Flashdance - Stage Entertainment" (in German). 2017-02-18. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.

[18] "La Febbre del Sabato Sera - Il Musical - Stage Entertainment" (in German). 2017-02-18. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.

[19] "The Best of Musical regia di Chiara Noschese [Trieste .Com]" (in German). 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.

[20] ""Come Erika e Omar", arriva il "diversamente musical" firmato Enzo Iacchetti - Teatro/Danza - Spettacoli - Repubblica.it" (in German). 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.

[21] "DA VENERDÌ SU AGON CHANNEL PARTE "CHANCE", IL TALENT SHOW DI VERONICA MAYA CHE FA CONCORRENZA ALLA CARRÀ | TvZoom" (in German). 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.

[22] "Artists | Disneys Musical TARZAN | Musicals in Oberhausen | Metronom Theater | Tickets, Karten und Gutscheine" (in German). 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.

[23] "Revealed: the four BP Portrait Award finalists". www.bbc.com. 29 April 2019. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019.

[24] "Massimiliano Pironti nello spettacolo "Collezione privata" - YouTube" (in German). 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.

[25] Gianandrea, Manuela; Annibali, Manuela; Bartoni, Laura (2017), "Guerrieri Borsoi, Maria Barbara: La Galleria dei Maestri: i successori di san Domenico", Il convento di Santa Sabina all'Aventino e il suo patrimonio storico-artistico e architettonico (in German) (1 ed.), Rom: Campisano Editore, p. 274, ISBN 978-88-98229-90-1CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[26] "London Exhibition". Retrieved 2018-04-10.

[27] "Massimiliano Pirontis homepage".

[28] "BP Portrait Award 2019 - Shortlisted Artists". www.npg.com. 29 April 2019. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019.