Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (Orzinuovi January 5 1920 - Lugano June 12, 1995) was an italian pianist. Renown as a concertist all over the world, he has always been regarded as a musical genius. He starded to study music at the age of four, he achieved a Diploma at the conservatoire of Milan at the age of 14. By the age of nineteen he was already known as "a new Liszt".