Simone Rugani, born in Lucca in 1993. He is currently attending an annual master’s program at the International Musical Academy of Rome – “l’Ottava” Center under the guidance of masters Konstantin Bogino, Svetlana Bogino, Vladimir Ogarkov and Laura Pietrocini. Since 2011 he has been playing in a duo with flutist Francesco Gatti and since 2013 with violinist Daniele Sabatini, with whom he attends, also at AIM in Rome, the annual chamber music course with the Ars Duo.
Gabriele Tai, born in Milan in 1995, began his cello studies at age 8 under the guidance of M° Daniele Beltrami. In 2002 he was admitted to the conservatory “G. Verdi” in Milan in 2003 he began performing in various events including the music festival “Concertiamo” at Palazzina Liberty for two consecutive editions, “Giovani talenti in concerto” and “Casa delle note”.
Duccio Beluffi graduated in violin in Milan with Felice Cusano. He then graduated from the Geneva Conservatory of Music under Corrado Romano.
Daniele Sabatini, born in Rome in 1995 but raised in Australia, began studying violin at the age of seven in Melbourne, under the guidance of Prof. Toni Robson, and then, from 2007, in Sydney, with Maestro Haruo Goto, a former student of Maestro Shinichi Suzuki. In 2009, he obtained Graduation Level 9 at Suzuki Talent Education Australia.
Francesca Michelis was born in Cuneo in 1997 and had her first approaches to the violin at age 11 under the guidance of Alberto and Bruno Pignata, the latter a violinist in the famous Paganini Quartet.
Elena Meneghinello was born in Padua in 1995. She began studying the violin at age 4, attending Suzuki method courses at the Rovigo Conservatory. She graduated brilliantly at the age of 17 from the Conservatory of Adria with highest honors, praise and special mention under the guidance of Maestro Alessandro Simoncini.
Since his first cello lesson at age five, Andreas has continued to develop a fascination and love for the instrument. While still very young, he was at under the wing of legendary cello teacher Eldar Issakadze at the David Oistrach Academy in Ingolstadt.
Ilya Grubert, born in Riga, began studying at the E. Darzin. Considered to be an exceptionally talented student, he made his debut at the age of fourteen, continuing his studies with such famous Russian teachers as Yuri Yankelevich and Zinaida Gilels, later perfecting with renowned violinist Leonid Kogan at the Moscow Conservatory.
Karel Martínek, born in 1979, is director and organist of St. Maurice Church in Olomouc (Czech Rep.where he plays the famous instrument of Michael Engler. He was born in Olomouc and studied there at Palacký University (Mathematics – Faculty of Physics, later Musicology – Faculty of Philosophy ). Between 2004 and 2009 he studied organ at the Janáček Academy of Music in Brno under K. Klugarová and improvisation under K. Pokora.
Pippo Gentile together with Angela Graziani, founded Ullalllà TeatroAnimazione in April 1999. He has always been attracted by the synergy between storytelling, dance and the visual language (projections, images, shadows) and mixes them together as if they were the weave of a carpet where the global vision gives a picture of colors that know how to involve the audience of young and old making them smile, laugh, think and move.
It is part of Ullallà TeatroAnimazione. The Association was founded in April 1999 with the intention of dealing with theater and animation projects in the area and beyond. It gathers around its projects actors, musicians, dancers, writers, video artists, and professionals in animation, all with different experiences behind them.
It is concerned with the popularization of music through the development of attentive listening, organizing music courses, lectures, concerts and cultural events, performances and everything related to the world of sounds. Ludus Musicae’s activities are aimed at everyone without age limits (with a focus on the world of childhood).
She graduated in piano at the Conservatory of Vicenza under the guidance of M° M. Dalla Fontana, then perfecting her skills with Maestros P. Guarino, R. Rossi, R.Maioli, M. Somenzi and deepening her chamber music repertoire with Maestros D. Asciolla, T. Campagnaro, F. Faes. He has played in various chamber ensembles.
A baritone from Vicenza, Italy, he combines his classical studies with the study of piano, singing and classical vocal performance. He graduated in opera singing from the Conservatory of Verona under the guidance of P. Fornasari Patti.
Born in 1987 in the Czech Republic, he graduated in organ and harpsichord at the Pardubice Conservatory under Prof. Josef Rafaja and Vaclav Rabas. Since 2008 he has been studying at the Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague with M° Jaroslav Tuma and since 2010 at the University of the Arts in Berlin with Leo van Doeselaar.
Born in Turin, she graduated in piano from the “G. Verdi” Conservatory of Turin, studied ballet and contemporary dance. In Milan, she studies dramatic art with A. Quasimodo with whom she works in various shows. He graduated from the Arsenale Theater in Milan, under the direction of M. Sprea co. After participating in the lm Gli Arcangeli, sponsored by the Piccolo Teatro di Milano, al anco of F. Branciaroli and F. Inaudi, she graduated with honors from the University DAMS of Turin with a thesis in Ethnomusicology directed by F. Guizzi.
The project “Crescere in Musica,” conceived and coordinated by Prof. Paolo Dal Balcon, was born in 2008 from an initiative of the Liceo Classico Statale “F. Corradini” of Thiene with the nality of promoting on the one hand the practice and exercise of classical music among young people, and on the other hand to contribute to integrating the musical cultural education of students by actively involving them in the realization a series of activities (master classes, concerts, lectures and lessons-concerts, auditions) also open to all citizenship.
For more than 15 years Julius Berger has formed an ensemble in which his best students participate. The ensemble is both an important aspect of artistic training and an attractive staff in concerts and festivals, radio and recordings.
Sergio Gasparellaconductor Harpsichordist and conductor. He studied at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna and the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague where he had the opportunity to specialize with Patrick Ayrton, Fabio Bonizzoni, Wolfgang Glüxam and Ton Koopman. He then attended the two-year course in Harpsichord – Curvature in harpsichord and organ…
Camerata RCO isa chamber ensemble, made up of first parts and members of the prestigious Orchestra of the Royal Concertgebouw, named for the world-famous concert hall in Amsterdam.
The desire to found a chamber ensemble stemmed from the musicians’ desire to extend their shared and established experience as orchestral professors to the field of chamber music.
