Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano

photo Alexandra Münch

Born in 2002 into a family of musicians, she is currently studying for a Bachelor of Music at the Franz Liszt University of Music in Weimar under the guidance of Maestro Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt. She began her musical training with Marianne Chen and Monika Leskovar, and from 2017 to 2021 she was a scholarship student at the prestigious Yehudi Menuhin School in London, where she studied with Bartholomew LaFollette and Matthijs Broersma.

He has taken part in numerous national and international competitions, winning first prizes at the Antonio Janigro International Cello Competition in 2016, the Vychytil International Cello Competition in Prague in 2020, the Rudolf Barshai International String Instrument Competition in St Petersburg, and the E. Sollima International Music Competition in Enna.

She also received the special ‘Prix du Musée Bonnat-Helleu’ award at the Ravel Festival in 2021. As a soloist, she has performed at prestigious venues such as the Teatro La Fenice, Teatro alla Scala, Teatro Politeama in Palermo, Menuhin Hall, Sala Alfredo Piatti, Vienna Stadtpalais Liechtenstein, Theater Casino Zug, Montforthaus Feldkirch, the Residenz in Munich, the Ljubljana Festival, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Wimbledon Festival and the Philharmonie in Luxembourg.

One notable performance was her appearance in 2022 at the Dubai EXPO, in the Italian Pavilion, where she performed Violoncelle Vibrez for two cellos alongside the composer Giovanni Sollima.

In the 2024 season, she performed with Alexander Gilman and the LGT Young Soloists in Vasks’ Cello Concerto No. 2 at the Großer Saal of the Tonhalle Zurich, as well as performing with the Zagreb Soloists at the 2024 Janigro Festival.

She has been an active member of the renowned LGT Young Soloists since 2022 and became the official ambassador for Jargar Strings in 2023.

She is also an enthusiastic chamber musician, having taken part in various academies and festivals, including the Gstaad Festival and Academy, the Kronberg Academy Cello Masterclasses, the Ravel Festival and Academy, and the Académie de Villecroze. She is also a scholarship holder at the Liechtenstein Music Academy.

She plays a 1753 F. Gagliano cello.