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Born into a family of musicians, he was one of the founders of\u00a0I Musici,<\/i>\u00a0of the\u00a0Quartetto di Roma<\/i>\u00a0and of the\u00a0Italian String Trio<\/i>.<\/p>\n
He began his solo career by presenting, under the direction of Herbert von Karajan, the world premiere\u00a0Musica da Concerto\u00a0<\/i>for viola and string orchestra written for him by Giorgio Federico Ghedini. He has played with orchestras such as Berliner Philharmoniker, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, and conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Sir John Barbirolli, Sergiu Celibidache, Carlo Maria Giulini and Riccardo Muti.<\/p>\n
Holder until 1998 of the chair of viola at the\u00a0Hochschule der K\u00fcnste<\/em>\u00a0(today\u00a0Universit\u00e4t der K\u00fcnste<\/i>) in Berlin, he taught in\u00a0Musik-Akademie<\/i>\u00a0by Detmold, in\u00a0S. Cecilia Conservatory<\/i>\u00a0of Rome, in\u00a0Royal College<\/i>\u00a0and in\u00a0Royal Academy<\/i> in London and in master classes around the world. Frequently invited to the Marlboro Festival in the United States, he currently teaches in the courses of\u00a0W. Stauffer Foundation<\/i>\u00a0of Cremona, and ofChigiana Academy<\/i>\u00a0of Siena.<\/p>\n From 1983 to 1992 he was artistic director of the Chamber Orchestra of Padua and Veneto and in 1988 he chaired the jury of the\u00a0First International Bruno Giuranna Viola Competition<\/i>\u00a0in Brazil.<\/p>\n His extensive discography includes recordings for Philips, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI; as a violist he got one\u00a0Grammy Award Nomination<\/i>\u00a0and as director he won a\u00a0Grand Prix du Disque<\/i>\u00a0ofAcad\u00e9mie Charles Cros of Paris.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n Deeply convinced of the importance of \u201cplaying together\u201d as an irreplaceable tool in the development of the musical personality, he has been dedicating himself for years to the realization of chamber music projects that see him engaged alongside young musicians in Europe and the United States. Knight of the Grand Cross of Merit of the Italian Republic, in 2003 he received an honorary degree in letters from the University of Limerick.<\/p>\n After presiding over the Italian section, in 2011 he was elected European president of ESTA, an association that brings together teachers of string instruments in Europe.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-15922","docente","type-docente","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n