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 and American virtuoso violinist. Widely regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time, Milstein was known for his interpretations of Bach's solo violin works and for wo ...

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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and

Giuseppe Sinopoli Giuseppe Sinopoli (; 2 November 1946 – 20 April 2001) was an Italian conductor and composer. Biography Sinopoli was born in Venice, Italy, and later studied at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice under Ernesto Rubin de Cerv ...

, performing in prestigious concert halls. He then collaborated with Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli,

Daniele Gatti Daniele Gatti (born 6 November 1961) is an Italian conductor. He is currently chief conductor of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, artistic advisor of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, music director of the Orchestra Mozart and chief conductor of the Staa ...

Andrea Marcon Andrea Marcon (born 6 February 1963 in Treviso, Italy) is an Italian conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and scholar. In 1997, he founded the Venice Baroque Orchestra.Kozinn, Alla"Young Italians Stand at Attention, Which Their Ensemble Attracts ...

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Trevor Pinnock Trevor David Pinnock (born 16 December 1946 in Canterbury, England) is a British harpsichordist and conductor. He is best known for his association with the period-performance orchestra The English Concert, which he helped found and direct ...

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and

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. 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

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, the

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, the

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, the

Zurich Chamber Orchestra The Zurich Chamber Orchestra (Zürcher Kammerorchester; ZKO, German abbreviation) is a Swiss Orchestra, chamber orchestra based in Zurich. The ZKO's principal concert venue in Zurich is the Tonhalle (Zürich), Tonhalle. The ZKO also performs in Zu ...

and the

Academy of Ancient Music The Academy of Ancient Music (AAM) is a British period-instrument orchestra based in Cambridge, England. Founded by harpsichordist Christopher Hogwood in 1973, it was named after an 18th-century organisation of the same name (originally the A ...

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

Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon (; DGG) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram. Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain, it is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its merger with the UMG family of ...

, 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, , vʲɪˈktorʲɪjə ˈmuləvə; born 27 November 1959) is a Russian-born British violinist. She is best known for her performances and recordings of a number of v ...

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 Class ...

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

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because of his stature and artistic engagement with the Orchestra Mozart.

References

External links

Biography at Weigold & Boehm, International Artists and Tours

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