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Simona Collu (b. 2003)<\/strong> is a violist active between Italy and Spain and the recent winner of the audition for assistant principal of the Orchestra of the Teatro Real<\/strong>. After beginning her violin studies at the age of three at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole<\/strong>, she switched to the viola in 2017 and studied with Antonello Farulli<\/strong>, later continuing her advanced training with Bruno Giuranna<\/strong> at the Stauffer Center for Strings<\/strong>.<\/p>\nShe is currently pursuing her Bachelor\u2019s degree<\/strong> at the Escuela Superior de M\u00fasica Reina Sof\u00eda<\/strong> in Madrid, where she studied with Nobuko Imai<\/strong> and Wenting Kang<\/strong>, and now continues her studies with Lawrence Power<\/strong>.<\/p>\nHer concert activity spans Italy and Spain<\/strong>, with appearances in series and seasons such as AGIMUS Firenze<\/strong>, I Pomeriggi Musicali di Legnano<\/strong>, the Ciclo Centenario Telef\u00f3nica<\/strong>, and the Ciclo Semblanzas<\/strong>. Alongside solo repertoire, she maintains a strong commitment to chamber music<\/strong>.<\/p>\nShe performs regularly in duo with pianist Sebastian Suvini<\/strong>, with whom she has collaborated closely for about two years, and she was a member of the Quartetto Kaleidos<\/strong>, awarded at the Premio Citt\u00e0 di Airola<\/strong> and the Concorso Piero Farulli<\/strong>.<\/p>\nOver the years, she has received prizes in numerous national and international competitions, including the X Agust\u00edn Aponte International Music Competition<\/strong>, Premio Farulli<\/strong>, Premio Crescendo<\/strong>, and the Concorso A. Salieri<\/strong>. She was awarded scholarships for two consecutive years by the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole<\/strong> as best instrumentalist, and for 2026<\/strong> she has also won a position in the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO)<\/strong>.<\/p>\nShe has taken part in masterclasses<\/strong> with Garth Knox<\/strong>, Timothy Ridout<\/strong>, Christophe Giovaninetti<\/strong>, and the Quartetto Casals<\/strong>, and has attended festivals and academies including the Accademia Musicale Chigiana<\/strong>, the Imola Summer Music Festival<\/strong>, the Internationale Sommerakademie Mozarteum Salzburg<\/strong>, and Virtuoso & Belcanto<\/strong>. In the summer of 2026<\/strong>, she will be an Artist-in-Residence<\/strong> at the Virtuoso & Belcanto Festival<\/strong>.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21482,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-21484","docente","type-docente","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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