Piersilvio Balta began his clarinet studies with Giordano Muolo and took his specialization at the Higher Institute of Musical Studies “O. Vecchi – A. Tonelli” in Modena, studying under the guidance of Corrado Giuffredi and Annamaria Giaquinta and graduating with honors. He has won multiple first prizes in international competitions such as “Terra degli imperiali”, “Rosa Poncelle” and “Premio Giuseppe Alberghini”.
He was accepted for several important chamber and orchestral projects: the Italian Youth Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Musical High Schools, the National Orchestra of Italian Conservatories, and the SenzaSpine Orchestra, the Petruzzelli Theater Orchestra; moreover, in 2021/2022, he was deemed eligible for the Italian Army Band.
In 2023, he won the audition at the National Orchestra of Italian Conservatories for the bass clarinet, an instrument he studies with Dario Goracci. He has also collaborated with the National Orchestra of Italian Conservatories, the Modena Philharmonic, the SenzaSpine Orchestra of Bologna, the Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana, the Orchestra of Bologna Opera and the Petruzzelli Orchestra of Bari.
Since 2024, Piersilvio Balta has been an artist of the Sax Clinic’s SCV ligatures. He uses Tonus Mundi ligatures on Clarinet and Bass Clarinet.