Marco Venturi

Andrea Cortesi and Marco Venturi
Since 2009 Andrea Cortesi and Marco Venturi, have been travelling companions on a fascinating musical journey.

The duo's repertoire ranges from Bach to modern composers.
With the first two CDs published, ‘Lontanissimo’ (‘Far away’) and ‘La Macchina del Tempo’ ('The Time Machine'), published by the independent label Max Research, with music by Beethoven, Silvestrov, Schnittke, Pärt and Piazzolla, even their titles evoke the soul of the duo: the idea of a perfection which is difficult to reach that becomes a creative driving force and relationship with Time, where each piece becomes a window towards a past that comes back to life in the instance of the performance.
The first recording experiences and concerts have uncovered two brilliant musicians with a strong personality, technical command and a human touch, always searching the ideal expression.
The international recording debut of a CD for BRILLIANT CLASSICS, with the second world recording of the Sonata for Violin by Philip Glass, and works by Giya Kancheli and Erkki-Sven Tüür, rewards them for the results obtained with the first two albums. The CD has received good reviews, placing the duo in the international arena.

The duo’s fourth CD and second recording for Brilliant Classics is about the three violin Sonatas by Robert Schumann.
The great Georgian composer Giya Kancheli chose the duo for some unpublished material arranged in the form of violin and piano short pieces. Then in 2016 they give birth to the CD album ‘Miniatures for Violin and Piano’. Kancheli himself praises their recording calling it as an 'extraordinary interpretation'.
Latest projects included works by Beethoven, Schubert, Debussy, Rota, for the independent label Armida Records.

Open, self-critical, ironic, and passionate, two artists with contrasting souls, always ready for a free vibrant dialogue within the spontaneity of performance, expressing a vital sound and interpretations that are at the same time balanced and pricking.