Artist · Cello
Issei Watanabe
Biography
Issei Watanabe
Following in his father's footsteps, at the age of ten he began studying the cello at the Milan Music School under the guidance of Prof.
Claire Ibbott and then Maestro Andrea Anzalone.
In 2012, he graduated from the ‘G. Verdi’ Conservatory in Milan with Maestro Christian Bellisario with best grades. He attended many masterclasses with M° Bellisario, Christine Walevska, Suzanne Ramon, Andrea Noferini, Christophe Coin, and Bettina Hoffmann. From 2012 to 2014, he studied at the Stauffer Academy in Cremona with Maestro Rocco Filippini.
In 2015, he obtained his Master Diploma in baroque cello at the ‘G. Cantelli’ Conservatory of Novara with Gaetano Nasillo. He participated in numerous youth cello competitions. In 2015, his composition ‘Tangopartite sopra la follia’ was performed by the Milano Classica Chamber Orchestra