Maria Tipo is an Italian pianist.
Roberto Abbado is an Italian opera and symphonic music conductor. Currently he is Artistic Partner of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. In 2015 he has been appointed Music Director of Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia, Spain. From 2018 he's Music Director of the Festival Verdi in Parma. Previously he held the position of Chief Conductor of Münchner Rundfunkorchester.
The Quartetto Italiano was a string quartet founded in Reggio Emilia in 1945. They made their debut in 1945 in Carpi when all four players were still in their early 20s. They were originally named Nuovo Quartetto Italiano before dropping the "Nuovo" tag in 1951. They are particularly noted for their recording of the complete cycle of Beethoven string quartets, made between 1967 and 1975. The quartet disbanded in 1980.
Davide Zannoni is a composer of contemporary Classical music. He began his career playing drums in jazz clubs and later symphonic percussion with the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra in Florence, Italy. He also pursued academic studies and earned a doctoral degree in Humanities from the University of Bologna, while studying composition privately in Florence. After moving to New York, he received a master's degree in Music from Queens College.
Mariana Sîrbu is a Romanian violinist.
The Quartetto di Cremona is an Italian string quartet founded in Cremona and considered one of the best of its generation.
Angelo Arciglione is an Italian pianist.
Susanna Rigacci is a Swedish-born Italian singer/soprano.
Yury Revich is a Russian classical violinist. He holds Austrian citizenship and resides in Vienna. Amongst his awards are the first prize at the International Violin Competition "Virtuosi of the 21st Century" in Moscow and the National Prize of the Patriarch of All Russia Alexy II "Christmas Star". He is the Young Artist of the Year 2015 by the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) and the 2016 ECHO Klassik "Newcomer of the year (violin)" award. He plays on a Stradivari 1709 violin on loan from the Goh Family Foundation.
Pino Rucher was an Italian guitarist active in orchestral settings and in film soundtracks.
Cathy Krier is a Luxembourg pianist. She started playing the piano at early age in the Conservatoire de Luxembourg. She has embarked on an international career, performing mainly in Europe, United States and China.
The Florence–Faenza railway, also known as Faentina railway, is a railway line in Italy.
Pavel Vernikov is a Ukrainian violinist, a member of Vienna University and a winner of Munich International Competition.
Maria Kouznetsova is a Russian violinist. In September 2014 Kouznetsova won the Guang Ya Chengdu International Violin Competition in China.
Anush Nikogosyan is an Armenian classical violinist.
Giovanni Nesi is an Italian pianist and professor of academic music.
"While having a formidable technique, she is not a virtuoso phenomenon, but something different that has to do intimately with music."
Bettina Hoffmann is a German viola da gambist and cellist, musicologist, and music pedagogue. A specialist in Renaissance, and Medieval music, she is the leader of the Renaissance and Medieval ensemble of Modo Antiquo. She has an extensive discography, primarily on the Brilliant Classics and Tactus labels and participated in two Grammy-nominated recordings.
Maureen Jones is an Australian classical pianist.
The Orchestra Giovanile Italiana is the national youth orchestra of Italy. It was founded in 1984 by Piero Farulli at the Fiesole School of Music.
