Enrico Gatti (born 1955) is an Italian violinist, known for playing
Baroque music
Baroque music ( or ) refers to the period or dominant style of Western classical music composed from about 1600 to 1750. The Baroque style followed the Renaissance period, and was followed in turn by the Classical period after a short transiti ...
.
Gatti was born in
Perugia
Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia.
The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part o ...
,
Italy
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. He graduated from the
Geneva Conservatory as a student of
Chiara Banchini
Chiara Banchini is a Switzerland, Swiss violinist, involved in the historical performance practice movement. She specializes in the music of the Baroque music, Baroque.
Banchini was born in 1946 in Lugano, Switzerland. She graduated from the Gen ...
and the
Royal Conservatory of The Hague
The Royal Conservatoire ( nl, Koninklijk Conservatorium, KC) is a conservatoire in The Hague, providing higher education in music and dance. The conservatoire was founded by King William I in 1826, making it the oldest conservatoire in the Netherl ...
with
Sigiswald Kuijken
Sigiswald Kuijken (; born 16 February 1944) is a Belgian violinist, violist, and conductor known for playing on period and original instruments.
Biography
Kuijken was born in Dilbeek, near Brussels. He was a member of the Alarius Ensemble of ...
. He has been a professor of
Baroque violin
A Baroque violin is a violin set up in the manner of the baroque period of music. The term includes original instruments which have survived unmodified since the Baroque period, as well as later instruments adjusted to the baroque setup, and moder ...
at several conservatories. He has played with numerous ensembles and founded the Ensemble Aurora, a quartet which plays Baroque music in the traditional style, in 1986.
Footnotes
References
Live in Studio 4A - Enrico Gatti and the Ensemble Aurora NPR
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. Accessed 2011-01-30.
Italian classical violinists
Male classical violinists
People from Perugia
1955 births
Living people
Baroque-violin players
Italian performers of early music
21st-century classical violinists
21st-century Italian male musicians
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