Identical twins Richard and John Contiguglia have collaborated as a piano duo since they were five years old. Throughout their career critics have responded in superlatives to their unique musical partnership. Following the release of their historic recording of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, transcribed for two pianos by Franz Liszt, now a collector's item, critic Edward Tatnall Canby called the Contiguglias "the most profoundly musical pair of piano virtuosi of this century." An important part of the Contiguglias' career has involved discovering, performing and recording unusual and forgotten works from the duo-piano repertoire. With the Cleveland Orchestra they revived Victor Babin's Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra to rave acclaim from the Cleveland press. They gave the New York premiere with the American Symphony Orchestra in Carnegie Hall of Max Bruch's Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, and presented modern-day premieres and released first-recorded performances of many works of Bartók and Liszt.

"Foremost among today's duo-pianists." —Byron Belt, Newhouse News Service

“The featured soloists, Richard and John Contiguglia, made an indelible impression with their duo-piano artistry” —Denver Post