ITALY
- date of birth: May 19, 1988
- studied at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia with Prof. Rocco Filippini and Giovanni Sollima, the Hochschule der Künste Bern with Antonio Meneses and the Pavia Cello Academy with Enrico Dindo;
- performed as a soloist with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, the MDR Orchestra, the Guangzhou and Shenzhen Symphony Orchestras, the Mav Orchestra of Budapest, the Orchestra Teatro Regio di Torino, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra;
- participated in masterclasses given by David Geringas, Maria Kliegel, Frans Helmerson, Asier Polo, Gustav Rivinius;
- Principal Cellist of the Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino, appointed by Gianandrea Noseda.
Program:
First Round
Piatti Caprice Op. 25 No. 6
Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major Hob. VIIb/1
Schumann Adagio and Allegro in A flat major Op. 70
Second Round
Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D. 821
Ligeti Sonata for Solo Cello
Davidov At the Fountain Op. 20 No. 2
Semifinal
Enescu Cello Sonata No. 2 in C major Op. 26
Debussy Cello Sonata in D minor L. 135
Final
Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor Op. 104
Accompanied by Alessandro Deljavan