Artist · Violin
Gianfrancesco Federico
Biography
Gianfrancesco Federico (1998)
Italian violinist and scholar, Gianfrancesco Federico has pursued numerous advanced courses and masterclasses with leading figures in violin pedagogy, including Shlomo Mintz, Heloise Geoghegan, Francesco D'Andrea, Felice Cusano, Franco Mezzena, and Stefano Pagliani, as well as Salvatore Accardo during the summer sessions at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena.
He has been awarded in more than forty national and international competitions. As a soloist, he has appeared in a wide range of venues and festivals, collaborating with distinguished artists such as Marcella Crudeli, Leonardo Colafelice, Luca Milani, Geir Draugsvoll, Alexander Hintchev, Roberto Prosseda, Francesco Lanzillotta, Keith Goodman, Ricardas Sviackevičius, Fabrizio Da Ros, and Venus Rey Jr.
Federico has recorded for RAI Radio 3, both as concertmaster of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Calabria and as a chamber musician. He has given solo and chamber performances across numerous countries, including Spain, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Palestine, China, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Romania, Austria, Lebanon, Slovakia, and the Netherlands.
He currently serves as Professor of Violin at the State Conservatory of Music “P. I. Tchaikovsky” in Nocera Terinese (Catanzaro, Italy).