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Stefano Montanari
After graduating with an honors degree in
instrumental performance (violin and piano),
Stefano Montanari completed a special course
in chamber music under the direction of Piero
Narciso Masi at the conservatory in Florence.
He also honed his skills in solo performance with
Carlo Chiarappa at the Conservatorio della Svizzera
Italiana in Lugano, where he later taught from 1993
to 1999. Since 1995, he has been the concertmaster
of Accademia Bizantina. The artist also appears
as first violinist in the Joachim Quartet, which
performs 18 th - and 19 th -century chamber repertoire
on period instruments. Stefano Montanari teaches
at the Milan conservatory, as well as giving Baroque
violin and chamber music master classes in Parma,
Pesaro and Piacenza. He also collaborates with
Christophe Rousset’s ensemble Les Talens Lyriques.
He has recorded for Denon, Opus 111, Erato, Virgin
Classics, Tactus and Decca.
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Photo: From the artist’s archives