In 2007 Aldo Ragone earned a doctoral degree in Piano Performance with Russian pianist Larissa Dedova at the University of Maryland, College Park where he taught piano on a Teaching Assistantship from 2003 to 2006. The core of his dissertation was the performance of the ten piano sonatas and the 24 preludes by Alexander Skrjabin. As a result of his commitment to Skrjabin's music, Raisa Scriabine, grandniece of the great Russian composer, invited him to perform at the Russian Embassy in Washington, DC, on the Skrjabin Memorial Day, on April 27, 2006. Presently, Aldo Ragone is pursuing the Artist Diploma in Piano Performance at the University of Denver, on a two-year full scholarship, with Theodor Lichtmann and Steven Mayer. While in Colorado, he was granted a scholarship at the Aspen Festival for study with Rita Sloan.

His other scholarships and awards include a three-year full scholarship given by the Cini Foundation of Venice for the Course of Excellence in Concert Performance, and study at the Ecole Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot in Paris where he received his performance diploma with unanimous accolades of the jury. In addition, the government of Luxembourg awarded him with two scholarships for international master classes at the City of Luxembourg, with Evgenij Moguilevski in 1999 and Pavel Gililov in 2001. He has also performed in master classes for important artists and pedagogues such as American pianists Andre Watts and Ann Schein, and Russian Tigran Alikhanov, director of Moscow Conservatory.

In international competition, Aldo Ragone has also distinguished himself. He has won nineteen awards, with five top prizes. Among them, Mr. Ragone values his top prizes at the International Piano Competition of Castellaneta in 1999 and at the National Piano Competition of Brindisi in 1996. He also won prizes at the International Piano Competitions in Marsala in 1999, Barletta and Monopoli in 2000. In 2000 he won the Albert Roussel Prize at the International Piano Competition Roma 2000 and the Special Prize for the best performance of a modern work at the International Piano Competition Florestano Rossomandi. In June 2004, he was a finalist at the International Piano Competition Adilja Alieva in France. In the same month the Italian Cultural Society of Washington DC awarded him with the "Young Artist Award" for his artistic achievements. In 2007 Aldo Ragone was selected to join the PHI KAPPA PHI Honor Society as one of the top students at the University of Maryland.

Aldo Ragone has delighted audiences in such Italian cities as Rome, Venice, Genoa, Turin, Naples, Siena, and many others, performing for music associations, such as Fondazione Giorgio Cini of Venice, Museum of Musical Instruments and La Scaletta Theatre of Rome, Il Coretto of Bari, Aragonese Castle of Otranto, the Conservatory of Music "Tito Schipa" of Lecce, Thalberg Hall and Aldo Ciccolini Hall of Naples, Carlo Felice Theatre of Genoa, Vespasiano Theatre in Rieti, and in "Music at Piazza Colonna" in Rome and "Rassegna di Musica Contemporanea" (Contemporary Music Review) in the Theatre of Latina. In a highlight of his performing career in Italy, Mr. Ragone performed the Second Piano Concerto of Sergei Rachmaninov at the Alfonso Rendano Theatre of Cosenza, which was broadcast on the Italian national T. V. channel "Cinque Stelle".

Aldo Ragone made his American debut at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC in 2003 in the Millennium Stage Series. Subsequently, he has been a recitalist at the Gildenhorn Recital Hall of the Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Newman Center for the Arts at Denver University, at Regis University in Denver and in the “Sanford Concert Series” in Maryland. He has performed to acclaim in the Washington DC metropolitan area at the historic Dacor-Bacon House, the Brazilian-American Cultural Institute, the Italian Cultural Society, the Washington Arts Club, the Strathmore Hall Mansion, in Virginia at the Lyceum, the Fairfax Town Hall Series and the Rappahannock Series and in Baltimore at the Old St. Paul Church Music Series. In addition, in 2008 he performed Saint-Saens’ Piano Concerto n. 5 with Denver Philharmonic Orchestra.

His recent international performances include Bach's Concerto in D minor with the Petrassi Youth Chamber Orchestra at Zagarolo, Italy, an all-Skrjabin concert at the Sommerclassics Musik Festival at Saffig, Germany, and recitals at the Festival Internazionale di Mezza Estate at Tagliacozzo and the International Music Festival Beethoven at Sutri, Italy.

His accolades and critical response speak for themselves;

...Aldo Ragone undoubtedly possesses the gifts of a concert pianist...
Aldo Ciccolini, Concert Pianist, France

...Mr. Ragone is a superb pianist...
Santiago Rodriguez, Concert Pianist, Artist in Residence/Professor at University of Maryland, College Park, U.S.A.

...Aldo Ragone made an extraordinary impression on me, especially with his interpretations of Skrjabin's music...
Pavel Gililov, Concert Pianist, Professor at the Hochschule für Musik of Colon, Germany.

...Splendid the Prelude Chorale and Fugue of Franck, well performed, with a beautiful phrasing and much precision in the virtuoso finale...
La Repubblica, Italy.

...Pianist Ragone sensational...
Yourhub.com, Denver, U.S.A.

Aldo Ragone teaches piano at Regis University in Denver, Colorado.