Giuliano Carmignola (born 7 July 1951, in

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) is an Italian violinist. Born in Treviso, he studied with his father, then with Luigi Ferro at the Venice Conservatory and afterwards with

Nathan Milstein Nathan Mironovich Milstein ( – December 21, 1992) was a Russian-born American virtuoso violinist. Widely considered one of the finest violinists of the 20th century, Milstein was known for his interpretations of Bach's solo violin works and ...

and Franco Gulli at the Accademia Chigiana in

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, Italy and Henryk Szeryng at the Geneva Conservatory. In 1973, he was awarded a prize in the International Paganini Competition in Genoa.

Career

He began his career as a soloist under the direction of conductors such as

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, Eliahu Inbal, Peter Maag and Giuseppe Sinopoli, performing in prestigious concert halls. He then collaborated with Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli,

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, Andrea Marcon,

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, Frans Brüggen,

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, Giovanni Antonini and Ottavio Dantone. Significant was his collaboration with the Virtuosi of Rome during the '70s and later with the Sonatori della gioiosa Marca, the Venice Baroque Orchestra, the

Mozart Orchestra The Orchestra Mozart or Orchestra Mozart Bologna is an Italian orchestra based in Bologna. Creation The orchestra was created in 2004 by Carlo Maria Badini, as a special project within the Regia Accademia Filarmonica (Philharmonic Academy) of Bo ...

, the

Orchestre des Champs-Élysées The Orchestre des Champs-Élysées is an orchestra that specializes in the performance of music from the period from roughly 1750 to the early twentieth century, that is, it covers the period from the flourishing of Haydn to that of Mahler. It perfo ...

, the Kammerorchester Basel,

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, the Zurich Chamber Orchestra and the

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. His recording has led him to collaborate with labels like Erato, Divox Antiqua, Sony and

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, with whom currently has an exclusive contract. His recording releases have won many important awards such as Diapason d'Or and Choc du Monde. Among the most recent recordings, the concertos for two violins by Vivaldi with

Viktoria Mullova Viktoria Yurievna Mullova ( rus, Виктория Юрьевна Муллова, , vʲɪˈktorʲɪɪ̯ə ˈmuɫəvə; born 27 November 1959) is a Russian-born British violinist. She is best known for her performances and recordings of a number ...

and the Venice Baroque Orchestra, the complete Mozart concertos with Claudio Abbado and Orchestra Mozart and Haydn violin concertos with the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées. He has taught courses at Siena's

Accademia Musicale Chigiana The Accademia Musicale Chigiana (''English'': Chigiana Musical Academy) is a music institute in Siena, Italy. It was founded by Count Guido Chigi-Saracini in 1932 as an international centre for advanced musical studies. It organises Master Clas ...

and Lucerne's Hochschule. He was awarded the title of "Academician of the Royal Philharmonic Academy of Bologna" and "Academician of Santa Cecilia." He plays the Stradivarius Baillot of 1732 granted him by Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna because of his stature and artistic engagement with the Orchestra Mozart.

External links

Biography at Weigold & Boehm, International Artists and Tours

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carmignola, Giuliano 1951 births Living people Italian classical violinists Male classical violinists Baroque-violin players Concertmasters Paganini Competition prize-winners People from Treviso Italian performers of early music 21st-century classical violinists 21st-century Italian male musicians