Elvis Peçi

Radio" "Festival of the Romance" and "Through the Lens" (2016), "Sognai", Re-arrangement and editing with album "Remodelage' on Pianodrom International Festival, "Music for feature film "A Life with you" (2018).

2015-2018: He was involved as producer, composer and pianist with his tracks in festivals, film and video-game projects: tracks and short films "Asante", "Cassanova was a Woman", "Rough Beast", "Mr. & Mrs.

2014-2015: He co-founded "Broadway Albania" (April 2014) and with a support from the Albanian Ministry of Culture he created the music and libretto (with Lisa Alemark) of his first musical "The Miraculous Journey of Patrick Foresight" and centralize his artistic energy on composing and producing music for film and musical theatre with the latest licensed technology of virtual librairies, such as the Vienna Orchestra Sounds, Hollywood Orchestra by EastWest etc. and also worked as curator of the first edition of "Albanian music for Solo Viola" book supported by the Albanian Ministry of Culture.

With a main goal to promote and advocate the creation and production of new cosmopolitan works of musical theatre, he founded in 2014 the "Broadway Albania" Association, and with a partial grant/commission from the Albanian Ministry of Culture he conceived, co-writed and composed in 2014 his first sci-fi comedy musical, in two acts, "The Miraculous Journey of Patrick Foresight".

2013-2014: He become member of ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), by working at Aelfior Studios, besides his work as lector at the faculty of music in Tirana, he refined his talent as composer and producer using new digital technologies (acoustic and electro-acoustic) by producing his first double album "MMXIV" as part of his musical project "Kabaland" published worldwide (iTunes, Amazon, CdBaby) working as composer and producer on different films - "The Perfect Heist" (Finland), "Through the Lens" (Vietnam), Infected and Pickman's Model (USA), Acquadream (Ballet performance), "Scanderbeg" (Documentary Film and Drama; Albania) 2009-2013: Awarded with the "Docent" academic title, he was assigned as concert-maester at the Opera Studio of the University of Arts, participating in several productions of: "Orfeo and Euridice", "La canterina", "Lo speziale", "Don Giovanni", "The Magic Flute", "Suor Angelica", "The Merry Widow", "l'incoronazione di Popea", "The Marriage of Figaro" with director Nikolin Gurakuqi og Albanian National Theatre of Opera and Ballet. He continued developing his compositional skills by writing and playing in premiere his piano albums "Aqua Antiqua" and "Al Paese dei Pianoidi" (Media Partner: DigitAlb) and his performer skills in piano recitals by playing in Albanian premiere works of Bartok and Schumann.

During this period Elvis co-organized and was involved as curator of the first edition of "Pianodrom International Festival" (2013-2014; 20 concerts and master-classes).

2006-2009: Started his work as lector in the Faculty of Music.

Developed his multiple artistic and organisational skills as curator of "Ton de Leeuw Competition for Young Composers", as conceiver of the art performance in the multimedia show "Mosaical 7" with film music, as editior and designer of Aelfior Editions scores and catalogue distributed internationally by "Otto Harrassowitz GMbH" 2001-2006: Accepted with 100 maximal points in the (BA;MA) Academy of Arts in Tirana (Piano with professor Anita Tartari), and awarded in 2006 with a Gold Medal for his excellent results; Simultaneously with his piano studies, he composed, published and performed his first preludes for piano (Obstinate Blues performed by Dutch pianist Marcel Worms) and worked as designer for the "New music days" festival in Tirana, organized by the association of contemporary music. He performed in the Albanian premiere in a concert tour of the "Anness de Pelerinage" of Franz Liszt, the Rachmaninov Third Piano Concerto with the RTSH Orchestra a Russian conductor Vitacheslav Veleev and several participations as soloist and duo at the Chopin Festival, New music days festival, Concertal Season of UART, Tirana.

1994-2001: At age of 12, won the entrance competition at the "Conservatory of the Region of Paris, CNR" and studied for with the well-known pianist Pierre Reach; after a succesful Recital at the hall "Montaigne" of Hotel "Plazza Athenne" in Paris in the patronage of the Albanian Ambassador, a scholarship grant was accorded to him from the "Municipality of Paris" to study with well-known French pianist France Clidat at the ecole normale "Alfred Cortot" in Paris. During this period he started having a particular artistic passion to composing in colors, realizing several oils, acrylics, surreal sketches, a world of images, lights and shadows that inspired his upcoming energy in music composing.

Elvis Peçi (1982), co-Founder and head of Broadway Albania Association, has a multi-core artistic profile, successfully involved in experiences as curator, coordinator, performance art and conception, in various Festivals, Events, Concerts, such as the "Pianodrom International Piano Festival", "Ton de Leeuw International Competition for Young Composers", "Mosaical 7", "New Music Days in Tirana", the Catalogue and Publications of Aelfior Editions, passionately working since 2006, after his graduation ("Master in Music" with a "Gold Medal" from the Academy of Arts in Tirana) as a Piano Pedagogue and Concert-Maester of the Opera Studio in the Faculty of Music of Tirana (part of the creative team of several productions of UART such as: "Suor Angelica", "Orfeo and Euridice", "Don Giovanni", "The Magic Flute") and his creative work as composer and producer in piano, electro-acoustic, music for film and media, in international productions such as "The Perfect Heist" (Finland), "Through the Lens" (Vietnam), Infected and Pickman's Model (USA), Acquadream, MMXIV double album as Project Kabaland (USA), "Scanderbeg" (Albania), various singles made for film and video games published and distributed online such us (Asante; Back to human; The rise of humans), and his piano recitals and albums "Microcosmos", "Années de Pelerinage", "Al Paese dei Pianoidi" etc, since 2013, he became member of ASCAP, and tried to furthermore centralize his artistic energy on composing and producing music for film and musical theatre with the latest licensed technology of virtual librairies, such as the Vienna Orchestra Sounds, Hollywood Orchestra by EastWest etc. He speaks and writes fluently in: English, French, Italian and Albanian.

1982-1994: Born in Tirana on March 26, in a family of intellectual, artistic and musical tradition. His father is the well-known Albanian composer Aleksandër Peçi, his mother Ana, a professor of mathematics. With apparent talent in music, started studying piano, music theory and Italian at age of 5 with professor Lali Gabeci. Several recordings and broadcastings of his distinguishable pianistic performance on the Albanian National Television studio of the time.