Martina Biondi

Martina Biondi is regarded as one of the most promising young Italian cellists. At the age of seventeen, she made her solo debut performing Schumann’s Concerto under the baton of Donato Sivo.

Since then, she has appeared at major festivals and venues such as the Ravello Festival, Berlin Philharmonie, Alfredo Piatti International Festival, Asolo and Lerici Music Festivals, Lingotto Musica, and Unione Musicale.
Born into a family of musicians, she began playing the cello at the age of four and graduated from the S. Giacomantonio Conservatory with top marks. She went on to study with Giovanni Sollima at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Meneses at the Accademia Stauffer in Cremona, Peter Bruns at the Hochschule für Musik in Leipzig, and Nicolas Altstaedt at the Hochschule “Hanns Eisler” in Berlin.
A prizewinner at several international competitions, she has received the Pirazzi Stiftung Award (Frankfurt), First Prize at the “Premio Crescendo,” Second Prize at the Francesco Geminiani Competition, and was a semifinalist at the Antonio Janigro Competition.
She has performed Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with the Orchestra dei Pomeriggi Musicali (Milan) and appeared in Daniel Hope’s Hope@Home series for ARTE. With guitarist Pietro Locatto, she founded the Duo Evocaciones, releasing an acclaimed album on Stradivarius. In 2024, she released her debut solo recording for Brilliant Classics featuring Max Reger’s Three Suites.
Martina plays an Antonio Guadagnini cello (1881)