Artist · Violin
Alberto Bologni
Biography
Alberto Bologni studied at the Conservatorio Cherubini in Florence, and subsequentely took a soloist’s diploma at the Rotterdam Conservatoire.
His training was informed by some of the most celebrated European violin-playing traditions: the Venetian school of G. Pasquali and the German-Hungarian school of Jenö Hubay via S. Materassi, and the Russian-Soviet of Oistrakh and Kogan through Stephan Gheorghiu and Ilya Grubert. He appears regularly on the major Italian and European stages. He has composed cadenzas for violin concertos by Mozart, Haydn, Viotti and Paganini as well as some pieces for solo violin, for string quartet and for piano. His recordings has been highly praised by the Italian and English-speaking musical press. He teaches violin at the Conservatorio “L. Boccherini” in Lucca, and collaborates regularly with several universities in the USA and UK. He plays a Santo Serafino, Venice 1734, formerly belonging to Cesare Ferraresi.