Agostino Mattioni

Agostino Mattioni is a member of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai and prior to this he has collaborated with almost all of the main Italian Symphonic Opera Houses including “Teatro alla Scala” in Milan, the “Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia” in Rome, and as principal viola with the “Orchestra della Toscana” and the “Orchestra Toscanini” in Parma.

He has played with conductors such as Z.Metha, R.Muti, K.Petrenko, D.Gatti, F.Luisi, D.Harding and with soloists such as M.Argerich, A.Lonquich, L.Kavakos, P.Zukermann, H.Hahn, M.Maisky, A.Tamestit. He had the opportunity to play live on Rai Radio Tre in chamber music concerts at the prestigious “I concerti del Quirinale” in Rome, “Domeniche dell’Auditorium” in Turin and as a soloist in the prestigious MITO Season. He is a founder member of the Orchestra Archè in Pisa, in which he has been both an orchestra player and an organizer for several opera symphony seasons at the Teatro Verdi in Pisa and other Tuscan chamber music events. For years he played with the pianist Pierpaolo Vincenzi wherewith has received the first prize in the International Riccione Competition. His studies began with the violin at the Fiesole Music School and he was able to study with violinists such as M. Fornaciari, P. Vernikov, G. Franzetti and with violists like B. Giuranna, D. Rossi and S. Briatore. Furthermore he had specialized in and passionate about the classical philology of ancient music with L.Giardini, C.Chiarappa, G.Carmignola, V.Ghielmi and S.Montanari. He performed with the ‘Rossignolo’, ‘Ausermusici and ‘Modo Antiquo’ ancient music ensembles. He has recorded live for Radio Svizzera Italiana, for Amadeus music magazines, and for the Deutsche Grammophon, Naxos, Brilliant, EMA Vinci and Denon record companies. He has been teaching at the “Pietro Mascagni” Conservatory of Music in Livorno.