Paolo Ardinghi

Paolo Ardinghi: Born in Soest (Germany), he received his diploma magna cum laude at the Istituto Boccherini of Lucca under the guidance of Antonio Ardinghi.

Thereafter he studied principally with Franco Gulli, and frequented masterclasses with Mirco Pezzini, Angelo Stefanato, Pierre Amoyal, Regis Paquier, Maya Jokanovich, Tibor Varga , Piero Toso, and at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena with Uto Ughi. In his career, he has interpreted concerti for violin and orchestra, collaborating with orchestras throughout Europe…under the direction of conductors such as: Wolfart Schuster, Walery Soroko, GianPaolo Mazzoli, Marco Severi ,Fabio Pacciani and others. His repertoire spans from the baroque- Tartini, Nardini, Vivaldi and Bach, to classics such as Mozart, Haydn, Chevalier de Saint George, to the romantics- Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Brahms. He has collaborated with pianists such as Hector Moreno, Leonardo Bartelloni, Federico Rovini, Federico Nicoletta, covering the complete Sonatas of Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann and Grieg. Since 2006 he has initiated an intense duo collaboration with famed Italian pianist Bruno Canino, with whom he has played among other places at the International Chamber Music Festival of Copenhagen. He has played as soloist with several illustrious musicians such as: Bach Double Concerto with Alessandro Cappone (Berlin Philharmonic), Beethoven Triple Concerto with Bruno Canino and Andrea Nannoni. As first violinist in several Italian orchestras, he has played throughout Italy, France, England, Germany, Holland etc…(Paris, London, Munich, Antwerp). Paolo Ardinghi teaches String Quartet performance at the Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali “Luigi Boccherini” in Lucca, Italy.