Aldo Maria Zangheri

Aldo Maria Zangheri: He was born in Rimini (Italy) in 1973, studied with Adriano Bertozzi at the Lettimi Institute in his town, in 1994 he achieved his Diploma from the Conservatory of Pesaro and in 1995 graduated in Statistics in Bologna.

After that, he perfected, among others, with D. Rossi and Y.Bashmet. In 1990, at the age of 17, he became first viola in the San Marino Symphonic Orchestra and since then he has covered that role also in all chamber ensembles of the same orchestra. Since 1997 he has often collaborated as first viola with the Marchigiana Philharmonic Orchestra. For many years he has been first viola of the Rossini Symphony Orchestra of Pesaro and of the city of Ravenna Orchestra. He has also collaborated as first viola with the youth orchestra of Vicenza, the chamber ensemble Aikoros of Bologna, the chamber orchestra "B. Marcello" of Teramo, the Collegium Symphonium veneto, the Rome open city orchestra, the Guido d'Arezzo orchestra and the Etno Jazz Pan Orchestra. He has also performed with the Philharmonic orchestra of Turin, the Emilia Romagna symphonic orchestra "Toscanini", with the Toscanini philharmonic orchestra and with the Cherubini orchestra. He has been conducted by prestigious musicians such as Lorin Maazel, Riccardo Muti, Luciano Berio, Gustav Kuhn, Peter Maag and has accompanied soloists such as Luciano Pavarotti, Salvatore Accardo, Misha Maisky, Sergey Krilov, performing concerts throughout Italy, in many cities of Europe, South America and the Middle and Far East. He has played for Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis, for the Presidents of the Republic Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and Giorgio Napolitano and for many other important Italian institutions. He plays a 1989 Mario Capicchioni viola.