Massimiliano Valenti began his studies at the age of 4, graduating with honors under the guidance of prof. Mariapia Tricoli at the “V. Bellini” Musical Institute in Catania. He furthered his studies in Stuttgart, Germany with Paul Buch and later in Munich with the scholar Gerhard Oppitz. In 2000 he met Maestro Aldo Ciccolini in Paris with whom he began an in-depth analysis of the French repertoire and finally in Romania with Diana Apan. 

Having won numerous national and international competitions in all parts of Italy, Massimiliano began a concert career that led him to perform at festivals in all major Italian cities. In 2004, after his debut in Brasov (Romania), he was invited to perform at the Banatul Philharmonic in Timisoara and Sibiu, the European capital of culture at that time, at the “Carl Filtsch” International Festival of the State Philharmonic. He gradually gained appreciation from the international scene, performing at festivals in prestigious European and overseas theaters including: Germany, Austria, UK, Scotland, Spain, Portugal, US, Canada, Korea, Israel, Japan.

From 2016 to today he gave recitals in the best theaters of China and Japan and as well as guest professor for master classes in Kunming and Shanghai. As an advocate of piano pedagogy, he is regularly invited to hold Advanced Piano courses in Italy and abroad, including: the Conservatory of Music of the University of Aveiro in Porto (Portugal), the University of Virginia Tech, Radford and Greenville (USA), the Timisoara Music Department (Romania), the National University of Music of Seoul (Korea), the Jerusalem Conservatory, the Shanghai Conservatory.