Francesca BONAITA

ITALY

  • date of birth: 10th of June 1997

  • she has been studying with Salvatore Accardo since 2014 at the Stauffer Academy in Cremona and the Chigiana Academy in Siena

  • graduated in Master of Arts in Music Performance with Prof. Sergej Krylov in the University of Music in Conservatoire Italian Switzerland  in Lugano
  • debuted at Carnegie Hall in New York in 2016
  • performed concerts and recitals in Italy (Cremona, Milan, Brescia, Verona, Venezia), Germany, Austria, Switzerland, England, Greece, Romania and the USA.

  • attended masterclasses with Sergej Krylov, Itamar Golan, Ilya Grubert, Pavel Vernikov, Aleksey Semenenko

Prizes: First Prizes at Solist Vienna 2016, Grand Prize Virtuoso Vienna 2017, 7th International Music Competition Rhodes

Program:

First Round

Bach Adagio and Fugue from Sonata for Solo Violin in G minor

Mozart Violin Concerto no. 5 in A major K. 219

Paganini Caprice no. 2

Second Round

Beethoven Sonata no. 8 in G major op. 30 no. 3

EnescuMénétrier” from Impressions d’enfance Suite op. 28

Ravel – Sonata no. 2 in G major

Semifinal

Franck Sonata in A major

Enescu Sonata no. 2 in F minor op. 6

Ravel Tzigane

Final

Bartók Violin Concerto no. 1 op. post.