Clarissa Bevilacqua

The artist

Clarissa Bevilacqua

Violinist Clarissa Bevilacqua is knavvn to enchant audiences with her dazzling technical skills and deepty inspiring musicality. Her debut album Dream Catcher gained international recognition after being recommended by Gram ophone Magazine and The Strad, which hailed her playing as "luminously
elevated"and "elegant and nimble".
She debuted at the Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago in front oftenthousand people when she was nineyears old, and has since performed solo recitals and concerto engagements at venues throughout North
America, Europe and Asia. As a soloist, Clarissa has performed with OrchestrePhilarmonique de Monte Carlo, BBC National OrchestraofWales, Cape Symphony, Thailand Philharmonie Orchestra, Filarm onica de Sibiu, Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Orchestra della Toscana, Orchestra Filarmonica di Benevento,
Orchestra di Padovaedel Veneto, EI Sistema Orchestra, and at the opening concert ofthe Mozartwoche
2023 withthe Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg.
Clarissa also performs regulary in a trio with cellist Giovanni Sollima and pianist Carlotta Maestrini. The trio recentty recorded the album Short TrioStories with repertoire that spansfrom classical t o rock
Her debut album was released by Nim bus Reco rdsfeaturing Augusta Read Thomas com plete worksfor solo violin, and Violin Concerto #3: 'Juggler in Paradise' with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales directed byconductor Vimbayi Kaziboni.
Clarissa is the Artistic Director of the DYNAMIKfest, a yearly classical contemporary chamber music festival in the heart of Salzurg, Austria. Her aim is to showcase dynamic concerts that feature commissioned compositions, premiere programs alongside classical masterpieces, performed by outstanding international musicians under 30.
In 2024, Clarissa was selected as a laureate of the prestigious Fondation Gautier Capui:;on. The previous year, she was selected to join the ClasseekAmbassador Program and their artist roster, as a winner of the open application competition. Winner ofseveral international violin competitions, she was awarded First Prize, Audience Award and Special Bärenreiter Award at th e International Mozart Competition Salzburg. Sh e was alsoawarded the Grand Prize at th e Cape Sym phony InternationaIViolin Concerto Com petition, and second place at th e Monte-Carlo Music Master.
Passionate about historic violins, at age fourteen she was selected as th e youngest violinist to perform regulartywith the pr ecious Stradivaricollection ofthe Violin Mu seum in Cremona.
An avid and enthu siastic learner, Clarissa received her Bachelor of Mu sic at age sixteen, g raduating summa cum laude. She completed her Master of Mu sic in Violin Performance at the Mozart eum University Salzburg with Pierre Am oyal, and a Master ofViolin Solo Performa nce at the Hochschul e für Musik "Hanns Eisler" Berlin with Antje Weithaas.