Quartetto Klimt

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Matteo Fossi, piano

Duccio Ceccanti, violin

Margherita Di Giovanni viola

Jacopo Di Tonno, cello

Formed in 1995 at the Fiesole School of Music, the Klimt Quartet is today one of the most active Italian chamber groups. Since its foundation, it has performed in numerous concerts, soon taking part in prestigious festivals in Italy and abroad. Since 1997, the quartet has attended for two years the special advanced training courses held by the Trio di Milano in Fiesole; since 2000, it has studied for several years with Maestro Pier Narciso Masi. In April 1998, it won first prize at the “Gaetano Zinetti” International Chamber Music Competition in Sanguinetto (VR). A few months after its foundation, the quartet was invited by the “Encontre Internationale des Enseignements Artistiques” organized by the Institute de le Marionette in Charleville-Meziéres (France), by the Festival dell’Orchestra Giovanile Italiana in Aosta, by the “Ater Festival” in Rimini and by the Festival “Elba Isola Musicale d’Europa”, where it attracted the attention of the great Yuri Bashmet. The following years saw the group participate in prestigious seasons such as “Lingotto Musica” in Turin, Ravenna Festival, the Ravello Festival, “Musica Insieme” in Bologna and “Bologna Festival”, the Venice Biennale, the Amici della Musica in Florence, the Amici della Musica in Perugia, the Accademia Filarmonica Romana, the Serate Musicali in Milan, the Mozart Festival in Rovereto; it was also the protagonist of numerous live television and radio broadcasts by RAI, RadioTelevisione Italiana. In these years of intense activity, the Klimt Quartet has been enriched by the advice and support of artists such as Carlo Maria Giulini, Natalia Gutman, Krisztof Penderecki (whose Sextet it performed in the Italian premiere), Maurizio Pollini; the latter invited the Klimt to perform during the award ceremony of “Una vita nella musica” 1999 in Venice, and in 2001 awarded it the “Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli” scholarship. In April 2001 the quartet inaugurated the first edition of “I Concerti del Quirinale” in Rome; in July 2001 it was invited to the prestigious Oleg Kagan Musikfest in Kreuth (Germany) and by the Santander Festival (Spain). In 2010, the prestigious magazine Amadeus published the two quartets for piano and strings by Robert Schumann performed by the Klimt Quartet, which was invited by RAI to perform these pieces live, live on Euroradio, on the occasion of the bicentenary. In 2011, the quartet was invited by Columbia University in New York; in March 2012, a new CD was released for Amadeus, with the two quartets by Antonin Dvořák; in 2014, Stradivarius published the world premiere recording of Morton Feldman’s “Piano, violin, viola and cello”, which achieved extraordinary critical success. Also noteworthy is the complete Mendelssohn works for Brilliant Classics, published in 2020. Always attentive to the promotion and dissemination of contemporary music, the Klimt has dedicated pieces by authors such as A. Solbiati, F. Antonioni, M. D’Amico, I. Vandor, G. Cardini, G. Gaslini. The four musicians of the quartet teach instrument, quartet and chamber music at the Fiesole School of Music, and since 2012 they have been invited to hold international chamber music masterclasses at the Livorno Music Festival. Since 2021, the quartet’s cellist is Jacopo Di Tonno.
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CHAMBER MUSIC MASTERCLASS WITH QUARTETTO KLIMT

CHAMBER MUSIC
1 September – 7 September
Enrolment

The course is open to groups (duo, trio, quartet, quintet and sextets) with or without piano. Also individual instrumentalists may enroll and form groups during the course. In case of registration as an ensemble, fill in an application form for each member, specifying, in the appropriate section of the form online, the name of the belonging ensemble and Name, Surname, instrument of each member.
The timetable and the operation of the course will be defined by the professors according to the composition of the class.

The organization reserves the right to make some scholarships available to the most deserving students, to be assigned at the end of the course and at the discretion of the teachers.
For all information regarding registration methods and fees click HERE.
For the SELECTIONS “Perform as a Soloist with the Orchestra” and “Perform with the Artists” in the concert program of this year’s Festival click HERE.