VIOLIN MASTERCLASS
The Masterclass will take place from the 3rd to the 7th August 2026 at Santarcangelo di Romagna, Italy.
Application Fee: 100 Euros
Masterclass fee for participants under 16 years of age: €150
Masterclass fee for participants over 16 years of age: €200
Application Deadline: 30th July 2026
BIOGRAPHY
She has distinguished herself in numerous competitions and auditions with major opera and symphony orchestras in Italy and abroad, as well as in the field of conservatory teaching. These experiences have become a cornerstone of both her artistic career and her pedagogical approach. Her most recent achievement, in 2025, awarded her a violin professorship at the Pergolesi Conservatory in Fermo, where she currently teaches.
She regularly collaborates as guest concertmaster with several orchestras, including the Orchestra of Ferrara, the Filarmonia Veneta Orchestra of Treviso, and the Orchestra of the Luglio Musicale Trapanese. She has also performed as principal second violin with the Orchestra of the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa and the Orchestra of Padua and Veneto, and as concertino of the first violins with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Bologna. For approximately 15 years, she was a permanent member of the first violin section of the Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, following her first-place ranking in the International Competition held in 2007. That same year, she was also selected in the International Competition of the RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Turin. From 2003 to 2006, she collaborated regularly with the Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala and the Filarmonica della Scala, and from 2006 to 2007 she performed with the Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. As a member of the Orchestra da Camera Italiana and the Solisti Filarmonici Italiani, she has participated in numerous tours in Italy and abroad.
As a solo violinist, she has won prizes in several national competitions, including the “Lorenzo Perosi” Competition in Biella, the National Competition of the Scuola Musicale di Milano, and the “Silvio Omizzolo” Competition in Padua.
In chamber music, she has performed alongside distinguished artists such as Massimo Quarta, Domenico Nordio, Andrea Lucchesini, Silvia Chiesa, and Francesco Maria Parazzoli.
In Italy, she has been selected by leading orchestras including the Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Orchestra of Teatro La Fenice in Venice, the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento, and the Orchestra of the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa. She was also a finalist in competitions for the Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala and the Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Internationally, she has been invited to audition for the Vienna Philharmonic (Staatsoper) and the London Symphony Orchestra, and has distinguished herself in selections for the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano. She was also a finalist in the International Competition of the Orquestra del Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia, Spain.
She has performed under the baton of some of the world’s most renowned conductors, including Riccardo Muti, Lorin Maazel, Valery Gergiev, Charles Dutoit, Georges Prêtre, David Zinman, James Conlon, Daniele Gatti, Ivan Fischer, and Juraj Valčuha.
She began studying the violin at the age of nine with Maestro Riccardo Sasso and later graduated with top honors as a private candidate at the “A. Pedrollo” Conservatory in Vicenza under the guidance of Maestro Giovanni Guglielmo. She further refined her studies with distinguished musicians such as Igor Ozim, Salvatore Accardo, Franco Gulli, Dorothy De Lay, Ana Chumachenko, Kurt Sassmannshaus, and Naoko Tanaka.
She has previously held teaching positions at the Palestrina Conservatory in Cagliari and the Scontrino Conservatory in Trapani. In 2024, she won a competition for a position at the Ghedini Conservatory in Cuneo, where she subsequently taught for approximately one year.
Since 2023, she has also been passionately dedicated to teaching young violinists at the Nuova Scuola di Musica Vassura Baroncini in Imola, where she promotes an ensemble music project aimed at introducing young students to the beauty of playing in an orchestra.