Guerzoni, Enrico: Trama, for String Quartet (With Parts)

Enrico Guerzoni is a cellist, composer and arranger. He graduated in cello at the Bologna Conservatory, subsequently completing a first-level degree in Multimedia Music in Bologna and a second-level degree in Applied Music in Ferrara.

He has performed in Italy and abroad as principal cellist and section leader with ensembles including I Solisti Veneti, I Virtuosi Italiani, I Filarmonici del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, the Orchestra Regionale delle Marche, the Toscanini Philharmonic, the Dubai Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, the Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana, the Orchestra Filarmonia Veneta, the Orchestra Città di Ferrara and the Tiroler Festspiele orchestra. Having won an international audition for a cello position at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, he worked with the theatre from 1988 to 2002.

He founded the acoustic and electric string quartet Arké, Kuasar String Kuartet and The Modern String Quartet. His recordings have appeared on Sony, Universal, Dynamic, BMG, Edel, Decca, PolyGram, Philips and Pressing. In 2015 the duo GuerzonCellos, formed with his son, released an album ranging from classical music to jazz and rock for two cellos.

His classical collaborations include Riccardo Muti, Luciano Pavarotti, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Christian Thielemann, Riccardo Chailly, Zoltán Peskó, Luciano Berio, Gary Bertini, José Cura, the Tourte Ensemble and Harmonico Concento. He also worked with Salvatore Sciarrino at the composition course in Città di Castello.

Alongside his classical work, he is active in jazz, pop and music across genres, collaborating on artistic projects with Bobby McFerrin, Paolo Fresu, Roberto Gatto, Michael Nyman, Andrea Bocelli, Zucchero Fornaciari, Eros Ramazzotti, Franco Battiato, Lucio Dalla and Gianni Morandi.