意大利著名钢琴家、音乐教育家和活动家，意大利斯克里亚宾国际钢琴大赛主席、格罗塞托音乐学院院长、钢琴系教授及格罗塞托交响乐团艺术总监。

　　1986年，在佛罗伦萨萨凯鲁比尼音乐学院，克里斯托法诺完成了在钢琴大师巴切利（M. Bacchelli）门下的学习，后又师从钢琴家达摩里尼（M. Damerini）。

　　他的演奏足迹已遍布全世界，包括：纽约卡内基音乐厅、维也纳金色大厅、维也纳音乐厅、米兰普契尼音乐厅等国际一流演奏厅。其中，2006年他首次在纽约卡内基音乐厅登台，2007年首次在维也纳爱乐协会金色大厅和维也纳音乐厅演出。他曾作为钢琴独奏家、室内乐演奏家、独奏家与许多乐团合作演出协奏曲，如：维也纳莫扎特交响乐团、多伦多小交响乐团、斯洛伐克爱乐乐团、捷克爱乐乐团、布达佩斯特广播交响乐团、耶路撒冷交响乐团、米兰大学管弦乐团、米兰坎泰利交响乐团、米兰古典交响乐团、佛罗伦萨室内乐团、西西里交响乐团、墨西哥艾斯塔多交响乐团、休斯顿大学交响乐团、阿尔巴尼亚广播电视交响乐团、伊斯坦布尔室内乐团等。

　　他还曾获邀做客众多音乐节，其中主要包括：华盛顿国际钢琴节、佛罗伦萨威尔第音乐节、法国南锡之声音乐节、华沙肖邦音乐节、挪威格里格音乐节、上海川沙国际钢琴节等。

　　克里斯托法诺目前担任意大利格罗塞托音乐学院院长、格罗塞托交响乐团艺术总监，也是意大利每年一度的斯克里亚宾国际钢琴比赛评委会主席。并且是许多国际钢琴比赛的常任评委，如：西班牙马德里国际钢琴比赛、莫斯科拉赫玛尼诺夫国际钢琴比赛、蒙尔贝特国际钢琴比赛、瓦伦西亚国际钢琴比赛等。

　　克里斯托法诺已公开发行的舒伯特作品专辑及布拉姆斯、斯克里亚宾和贝尔格作品合辑在欧洲获得高度好评。此外他经常在世界各地开设大师班，包括西班牙、俄国、土耳其、香港和中国内地，都广受好评，目前还担任中央音乐学院鼓浪屿钢琴学校访问教授。

Antonio Di Cristofano completed his piano studies in 1986 at the Conservatory "L.Cherubini" in Florence, under the supervision of M. Bacchelli. He has perfected with M. Damerini.

He performs either as a piano soloist or in different musical ensembles; he played as a soloist with the Orchestra of the University of Milan, Strings Orchestra "Cantelli" of Milan, Chamber Orchestra of Florence, Symphony Orchestra of Lecce, Magna Grecia Orchestra, Sicily Symphony Orchestra, Solisti Aquilani, Milano Classica Orchestra, Sinfonica Abbruzzese, Sanremo Orchestra, FVG Mittleurope Orchestra, Radio Orchestra of Bucarest, Orquesta Sinfonica de l’Estado de Mexico, University Orchestra of Houston, Radiotelevision Albania Orchestra, Istanbul Chamber Orchestra, Praga Radio Symphony Orchestra, North Czech Philarmonic, Czech Philarmonic Orchestra, Izmir Symphony Orchestra, Iasi State Philarmonic, Wiener Mozart Orchestra, Toronto Sinfonia, Philarmonique de Montreal, Jerusalem Symphony, Slovak Filharmonie, Kaerntner Sinfonieorchester, Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, New York Chamber Players, Orquestra do Norte, Sinfonica di Sao Paulo, Thuringen Orchestra,  Moravian Philharmonic, Euro Sinfonietta Wien, etc. with conductors like G. Taverna, F. A. Krager, O. Balan, M. Bosch, M. Ancillotti, M. Alsop, N. Arman, C. Schulz, M. Zanini, C. Olivieri-Munroe, L. Svarovsky, A. Chernushenko, M. Sieghart and many others. He played, in Italy, for the most important Festival: the "Verdi Theatre" in Florence, the "Festival dei Due Mondi" in Spoleto, "Asolo Musica", the Theatre of Alessandria, the "Bibbiena Theatre" in Mantova, the "Puccini Hall" at the Conservatory "G.Verdi" in Milan, "Politeama Theatre" in Palermo, "Auditorium San Barnaba" in Brescia, Festival Duni in Matera, etc., in Romania (Aeteneum and Radio Bucarest, ecc.), Espana (Festival de Vigo, Toledo Festival, Jeunesses Musicales de Sevilla), Mexico (Belles Artes Palacio, Revueltas Auditorium), USA (Moores Opera House of Houston, Gates Concert Hall in Denver, Washington International Piano Festival, ecc), Turkey (Istanbul, Izmir and Adana), Croatia (Dubrovnik – Rector Palace), Czech Republic (Praga – Smetana Hall and Dvorak Hall), Russia (Ciaikovsky Conservatoire), South Korea (Seoul – Leeum Auditorium), France (Nancyphonies Festival), Austria (Konzerthaus – Klagenfurt), Germany (Gasteig – Munich), Chopin Society Warsaw, Canada (Toronto - Glenn Gould Studio), Grieg Festival in Norway, Yamaha Concert Hall in Tokyo, Swiss, Albania, Israel, England, Portugal, Bulgary, Ukraine, Belgium, Brasil, Serbia, Argentina, Sweden, South Africa, ecc.

In 2006 and 2007 he mades the debut in Carnegie Hall – New York and in Konzerthaus and Golden Hall MusikVerein in Wien. He is often invited as a judge in international Piano Competition (Compositores de Espana – Madrid, Varallo, Cantù, Osijek, Gante – Pordenone, Parigi, Viardo – Belmont, Rachmaninov – Moscow, Iturbi – Valencia, Parnassos – Monterrey, Astana Merei International Competition -Astana, Baltic piano Competition -Gdansk, Bajic Memorial -Novi Sad, Hong Kong International Young Pianist Competition, Nordic Piano Competition - Malmoe, Mozart Piano Competition - Aachen, Louisiana Piano Competition, ecc) and to teach in Ciaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, Valencia Conservatory, in the Summer Academy in Dubrovnik, in Shanghay, Xiamen and Ningbo Conservatory in China, in the SMC Academy in Seoul, In Valletta International Piano Festival, in Sofia Conservatory, in Thessaloniki Conservatory, in The Orpheus Academy in Wien and in many USA University.

He recorded cd with Velut Luna and Millenium label. He received the Paul Harrys Fellows from Rotary Club. He is Guest Professor at the Xiamen Conservatory in China and in the Summer Academy Orpheus in Wien.