Maria Cristina Capon completed classical studies and obtained a diploma in Piano from the Conservatoire of Adria under Mila Zamparo, later attending the piano technique course held by Vincenzo Vitale at the Academy of Piano Studies in Udine. Following a selection process among the best graduates of the Veneto conservatoires, she was chosen to perform as a soloist at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice. She attended the two-year advanced course in Conegliano and international courses at the Pescara Music Academy taught by Bruno Mezzena, receiving a diploma of merit. She continued her studies with a three-year programme at the École Internationale de Piano de Lausanne under Fausto Zadra, taking part in numerous public events of the CIEM-Mozart Foundation in Lausanne as a soloist and with orchestra, under the conduction of Zadra himself. Alongside this, she specialised in chamber music with Dino Asciolla in Città di Castello during the XVII Festival of Nations, with Siegfried Palm at the Bologna Philharmonic Academy, and with Pier Narciso Masi at the Piano Academy of Imola and the Florence Music Academy, obtaining the final diploma of the international two-year advanced course. She also graduated in harpsichord from the Bologna Conservatoire under Silvia Rambaldi and attended courses with Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini and Gordon Murray. She is a winner of numerous first prizes in national and international chamber music competitions (Stresa, Capri, Sorrento, Cento, “Gargano ’88” Prize, Castellammare di Stabia). She has performed as a soloist, with orchestra, in piano duo, in duo with viola, saxophone, and flute, and in various chamber ensembles (from trio to groups of up to thirteen performers) for major Italian and international musical institutions. She has made radio recordings for RAI and Radio Nacional de España.She has taught piano (principal and complementary) since 1981 in the conservatoires of Adria, Reggio Calabria, Ferrara and Cesena, and has been a member of the national committee for competitive examinations for conservatoire teaching posts. She is currently Professor of Piano Practice and Score Reading at the Rossini Conservatoire in Pesaro.