FRANCESCA BONAITA

ITALY

  • date of birth: June 10, 1997
  • graduated from The Verdi Conservatory in Milan, obtaining the Carmirelli Prize as best graduated violinist;
  • currently studying with Sergei Krylov, graduating the Master of Arts in Music Performance at the University in Lugano;
  • winner of several prizes in international competitions, she specialized with Salvatore Accardo (at W. Stauffer Academy in Cremona and Chigiana Academy), Itamar Golan, Pavel Vernikov, Natalia Prishepenko, Aleksey Semenenko, Ilya Grubert, Francesca Dego, The Atos Trio, Trio di Parma.

Program:

First Round

Bach Ciaccona from Partita in D minor for Solo Violin

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

Paganini Caprice No. 20

Second Round

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major Op. 30 No. 3

Enescu “Ménétrier” from Impressions d’enfance Suite Op. 28

Rosenblatt Carmen Fantasy on Themes from the Opera by Georges Bizet

Semifinal

Franck: Violin Sonata in A major

Enescu Sonata No. 2 in F minor for Violin and Piano Op. 6

Tchaikovsky Valse-Scherzo Op. 34

Final

Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 63