Giorgio Casati

Giorgio Casati Born in Milan in 1984, he studied violoncello with Marco Bernardin at the Conservatory of Milan, graduating summa cum laude and special mention in 2002.

From 2001 to 2006 he perfected his studies with Mario Brunello at the Romanini Foundation in Brescia while also attending philosophy classes at the Università degli Studi di Milano. He is mainly active as a chamber musician, and he is a founding member of Quartetto Lyskamm and mdi ensemble, a formation dedicated to contemporary chamber music. With Quartetto Lyskamm he won the second prize at the Concours Franz Schubert und die Musik der Moderne of Graz and was awarded the Claudio Abbado prize from the Borletti Buitoni Trust. With mdi ensemble he regularly attends the major Italian and European festivals. With pianist Alice Baccalini he created Brahms a Milano, a project involving over 90 musicians in the performance of Johannes Brahms’ complete chamber music.
In 2002 he was awarded the bronze medal for Merit to Culture and Art. In 2009 he received the international prize from the Association Amici di Milano, under the patronage of the President of the Republic. In 2010 he obtained the Ivano Becchi Scholarship from the Foundation Banca del Monte di Lombardia.