Entrepreneur musician, founder of the first Italian company to produce concert grand pianos, prized for the high craftsmanship and technological value and protagonists of the most prestigious musical scenes in the world.
The awards began in 1981 with the Masi Civiltà Veneta Prize, given to personalities who had their origins in the Venetian territories or with venetian family or venetian by adoption, and who had distinguished themselves in the fields of literature, art, journalism, science, the performing arts and business.