Born in Italy, she moved to the United States in 2009, where she earned her Doctoral of Musical Arts from Boston University under the guidance of Anthony di Bonaventura and Linda Jiorle-Nagy. During her graduate studies, she researched the piano technique of Carl Czerny and completed her dissertation “Technique and Expression in Carl Czerny's Teaching” under the guidance of prof. David Kopp. She also earned her Bachelor and Master degree in Piano Performance from the “Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi”, Milano, Italy, where she studied piano performance with Cristina Carini and Vincenzo Balzani. In addition to her performance and research career, Dr Conti Vanoni is active as a piano teacher, working with students from beginners to advanced level. In recent years, she worked as piano group teacher and private instructor at Boston University, as well as YMES teacher at the Yamaha School of Music of Boston. Her interest for teaching brought her to collaborate with elementary and high schools to develop music and instrumental programs for children and teens. In the past ten years, she taught piano, chamber music and music theory for different music schools in Milano (ltaly), Paris (France) and the greater Boston area. She currently lives in Stoneham with her husband and their four kids.