Danilo Rossi

Student of some of the most renowned viola teachers (Fabrizio Merlini, Piero Farulli, Dino Asciolla, Yuri Bashmet) and chamber music instructors (Paolo Borciani and the Trio di Trieste), Danilo Rossi graduated at the age of 19 with the highest honors. Even at the age of 16, he had distinguished himself by winning his first International Competition. Shortly after graduating, he won the competition for Principal Viola of the Orchestra of La Scala in Milan, becoming the youngest musician in the history of the Milanese Theater to hold such a position. From that moment on, Danilo Rossi's career has been marked by a series of engagements, concerts, festivals, and recitals that have taken him around the world, performing in the most prestigious theaters and concert halls.
Among his numerous accolades are the First Prize at the “Vittorio Veneto” Competition, two consecutive years as winner of the Diploma d’Onore from the Accademia Chigiana, membership in the ECYO from the age of 16, and the Second Prize and Special Jury Prize at the “Yuri Bashmet” Competition in Moscow.
As soloist, he has performed the entire viola repertoire under the guidance of Riccardo Muti, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Riccardo Chailly, Gianandrea Noseda, Ottavio Dantone, Mung-Wung Chung, Seiji Ozawa, Zubin Mehta, Mario Brunello, Anton Nanut, with some of the most prestigious orchestras (La Scala Philharmonic, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Italian String Orchestra, Rai Turin, Tuscany Regional Orchestra, Regio di Torino, Süddeutsches Kammerorchester, Moscow Philharmonic, Budapest Philharmonic, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana of Lugano, Ljubljana Philharmonic, etc.).
For over thirty years, he has been the Principal Viola of the Orchestra of La Scala, a role in which he has collaborated with the greatest conductors: from Claudio Abbado to Daniel Barenboim, from Carlos Kleiber to Wolfgang Sawallisch, from Daniel Harding to Gustavo Dudamel, from Leonard Bernstein to Daniele Gatti and Paavo Järvi.

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