Giuliana De Siato

Giuliana De Siato was born in Bari on 1993 and began studying the violin at the age of 6.
She graduated from the N.

Piccinni Conservatory in Bari in 2014 with top marks. In 2002, she participated in the VII National Review for Young Bow Instrumentalists Esta Italia at the "Cherubini" Music Conservatory in Florence, winning first prize at the N. Van Westerhout National Competition, First Prize with mention at the Remigio Paone National Music Performance Competition in the city of Formia. In 2005, she won the third prize at the V European National Competition "Don Matteo Colucci".
In 2014, she embarked on a one-year study of the viola with Maestro Paolo Messa, participating in the Viola Fest held at the N. Piccinni Conservatory in Bari, with Maestros Luca Sanzò and Dorotea Vismara. After graduating in violin, she began to perfect her skills with Daniele Pascoletti, Francesco Manara, Felix Ayo, and subsequently spent about two years perfecting her skills with Maestro Massimo Quarta. In 2017, she attended a course held by Maestro Alessandro Milani at the Pinerolo Music School.
She has worked with many Italian orchestras as a section violinist and first part, performing in various symphony and chamber orchestra formations at prestigious Italian theaters under the guidance of conductors such as Luigi Piovano, Ivan Fischer, David Coleman, Lorenzo Viotti, Fabio Luisi, and In 2015, as part of the XLIV edition of the "Estate Musicale Frentana" festival, she participated in the orchestral training course held by Maestro Luigi Piovano, performing in the final concerts with the International Youth Symphony Orchestra at Villa Rufolo, within the Ravello Festival of the "Torri Montanare" and within the Frentana Musical Summer of Lanciano. During the "Musica Infinita" masterclass held in Molfetta (BA) in 2015, she performed in a quartet as first violin with Maestro L. Piovano on cello, performing Dvorak's quartet no. 12 op. 96.
In 2017, she also passed the audition as a section violinist for the Petruzzelli Theater Orchestra in Bari, participating in various productions. From 2018 to 2021, she was a violinist at the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala in Milan, with which she toured in Oman, China, the USA, and Saudi Arabia, participating in numerous concerts at the Teatro alla Scala collaborating with renowned musicians (Ray Chan, Francesco Manara, Ivàn Fischer, Fabio Luisi, David Coleman, Leo Nucci).
In 2021, she graduated in viola from the C. Monteverdi Conservatory in Cremona under the guidance of Maestro Francesco Fiore. In June 2023, she obtained a Master of Arts in Music Pedagogy in viola from the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana in Lugano under the guidance of Maestro Danilo Rossi. Since 2022, she has been collaborating as a section violist with the “Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano” in Milan.
Giuliana is now under the guidance of S. Braconi, First viola of Teatro alla Scala di Milano.