Pirro Gjikondi

Pirro Gjikondi, violinist and teacher, graduated in violin with honors in Durres (Albania). He continued his studies in Italy with O.

Scilla, D. Gay and C. Barbagelata at the “G. Verdi” Conservatory, where he brilliantly obtained the II Level Academic Diploma in Violin, later perfecting himself with F. Gulli in Novara and S. Accardo in Cremona. He was a member of the Milan Symphony Orchestra “G. Verdi”, with which he has performed under the guidance of famous conductors such as V. Delman, R. Muti, C. M. Giulini, R. Chailly, G. Pretre, A. Francis, D. Gatti, M. Rostropovich and others. For more than twenty years he has been collaborating with the "Pomeriggi Musicali" Foundation in Milan. He takes part in various concert seasons in Italy (Lago D'Orta Chamber Music Festival and the chamber music seasons of the Vigevano and Piacenza Foundation) and abroad (the Ljubljana Festival, the "Mozartsaal Wiener Konzerthaus” in Vienna and the “Kammermusiksaal of the Berliner Philharmoniker”). As a soloist he has performed in various halls and theaters including: the “Ponchielli" in Cremona, "Cagnoni" in Vigevano, Verdi hall of the Milan Conservatory, "San Dionigi" auditorium in Vigevano interpreting the most important pages of the violin repertoire, including the concert in E minor by F. Mendelssohn the concert in G major by Bruch. In the field of musical analysis studies, he obtained the 1st level Master's Degree in Analysis and Music Theory at the University of Calabria with full marks with the thesis: "The Sonata for violin and piano by Felice Lattuada (1919): analysis and reflections on style and interpretation”. Since 2018 he has been a member of the GATM (Analysis and Music Theory Group) with which he collaborates by participating as a speaker in International Conferences (Rimini 2021 and Salerno 2022). He plays the violin "Antonio Sgarbi 1891" which belonged to the famous piedmontese violinist Teresina Tua (1866 - 1956) and the violin "Roberto Collini 2007".