Monica Righi

Monica Righi was born in Piacenza into a family of musicians and at only eight years of age began her cellist path under the guidance of her father, later continuing her studies with Maestro Marianne Chen.

She graduated with top marks, honours and mention of honour in Maestro Jacopo Di Tonno's class at the Conservatorio 'G. Nicolini' in Piacenza and is currently attending the Master in Performance under the guidance of Maestro Enrico Dindo at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano. She attended the Walter Stauffer Academy in Cremona, as well as specialisation courses at the International Academy in Imola and the Academy of Music in Pinerolo, studying with Maestros Antonio Meneses, Marianne Chen, Enrico Bronzi and Luca Magariello. She has an intense chamber music activity in duo with pianist Ivan Maliboshka, with whom, for several years, she has been attending specialisation courses held by “Quartetto Klimt”. She has won several national and international competitions and performs regularly for the most important Italian concert seasons. She has to his credit several collaborations with most important chamber music and orchestral groups, both young and professional, such as the Colibrì Ensemble, l'Appassionata, Orchestra del Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza, playing under the direction of illustrious maestros such as: Alexander Lonquich, Nicolas Altstaedt, Barnabas Kelemen, Enrico Dindo. Thanks to her passion for chamber music, in 2021 she founded the Piacenza Classica Festival.