Elia Cecino is the recent winner of the first prize at the Iturbi International Piano Competition 2023 in Valencia, where the jury chaired by Joaquín Achúcarro also awarded him the special prizes for the best interpretation of a Beethoven concerto and for the best interpretation of Chopin's music.

Elijah won first prize at the New Orleans competitions, "James Mottram" in Manchester and Ricard Viñes in Lleida; He has received further international awards including the Finalist Prize at the 17th Arthur Rubinstein Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv and the Vendome Virtuoso Award at the New York Vendome Prize.

In 2020 Suonare Records released his debut CD dedicated to music by Beethoven, Chopin and Skrjabin and a second monographic album on Chopin was published by OnClassical in 2021. Some of his interpretations and interviews have been broadcast on ClassicFM, Radio Catalunya, Classical 104.9 FM New Orleans, Rai Radio 3, Radio Popolare, Rai Friuli Venezia Giulia and Radio MCA. His recitals in 2021 and 2023 at the Pauline Chapel of the Quirinal Palace were broadcast live on Rai Radio 3. He was one of the protagonists of the first Italian edition of the Rai 1 TV show "Prodigi" in favor of Unicef.

He has performed as a soloist with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice, Israel Philharmonic, Israel Camerata Jerusalem, Louisiana Philharmonic, Simfònica del Vallès, Sinfónica de Galicia, Orquesta de València, Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra, Sichuan Philharmonic, Bacau Philharmonic, Sinfonica di Milano, FVG Orchestra, Sinfonica Città di Roma, collaborating with conductors such as Riccardo Frizza, Oleg Caetani, Paolo Paroni, Yoel Levi, Avner Biron, Joshua Weilerstein, Timothy Muffitt, Xavier Puig, Victor Pablo Pérez, Álvaro Albiach.

Since 2014 Elia has been performing continuously in recitals, ranging in the repertoire at numerous European halls such as the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, Gran Teatro La Fenice and Teatro Malibran in Venice, Teatro Verdi in Trieste, Fazioli Concert Hall in Sacile, Teatro Municipale in Piacenza, Teatro Sannazaro in Naples, Teatro Toniolo in Mestre, Teatro degli Industri in Grosseto, Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Sala dei Notari in Perugia, Sala Bianca in Palazzo Pitti in Florence, Sala Maffeiana and Auditorium della Gran Guardia in Verona, Sala degli Affreschi della Società Umanitaria and Spazio 89 in Milan, Conservatorio di Bolzano, Centre Cultural in Terrassa, Auditori Enric Granados in Lleida, Gesellschaft für Musiktheater in Vienna, Norden Farm Centre for the Arts in Maidenhead, Palatul Culturii in Iași. In 2016 he took part in a concert tour in the United States.

In addition to the study of the solo repertoire, Elia has an intense chamber music activity in duo, trio and quintet with strings, with which he performs in halls such as the Sale Apollinee of the Teatro La Fenice in Venice and the Teatro Comunale in Monfalcone. In December 2020 he collaborated with cellist Mario Brunello on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth.

Born in 2001 in Treviso, Elia began studying piano at the age of 9 with Maddalena De Facci, graduating at 17 as a private student with 10 laude at the Cesena Conservatory.

The following year Elia won the XXXVI Venice Prize, the competition reserved for the best graduates of Italian Conservatories.

In 2021 he obtained the Master's Diploma of the Accademia del Ridotto di Stradella studying with Andrzej Jasinski. He is currently specializing with Eliso Virsaladze and Boris Berman.

Since 2019 Elia has been an artist-in-residence of the "Luigi Bon" Foundation.