Matteo Cossu
MATTEO COSSU
Started studying violin at a very young age, graduating from the Conservatorio “Morlacchi” in Perugia under the guidance of Ge org Mönch. He continued his education at the Ac cademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, obtaining the high-level diploma in violin with Sonig Tchake rian and in chamber music with Rocco Filippini; he also perfected his studies with Carlo Maria Parazzoli, Pier Narciso Masi, Pierre Amoyal, Giu liano Carmignola and the Trieste Trio. As a soloist and in violin and piano duo he performed at the Chigi Saracini Hall in Siena, the Revoltella Museum in Trieste, the Kleines Studio in Salzburg, the Église des Gésuites in Sion, the Waikato Museum in Hamilton (New Zealand), for the Ita lian Cultural Institutes of Vienna, Sydney, Hong Kong. With the Orquestra Sinfónica del Estado de México he played the Concerto for Violin and Or chestra n. 2 by Béla Bartók directed by the Master Enrique Bátiz Campbell and with the Vratza State Philharmonic the Concerto in D major op. 61 of Beethoven directed by Gabriele Pezone. He regularly collaborates with the Concerto Barocco Chamber Orchestra of Rome, with whom he performs Vivaldi’s Four Seasons as a soloist. Parallel to his activity as a musician he obtained a three-year degree in Art, Music and Entertain ment and a master’s degree in Modern Philology. He holds a PhD in musicology at the University of Pavia, regularly publishes essays and articles in specialized magazines such as Studi Musicali. He currently collaborates with the Tartini Study Center for the publication of Giuseppe Tartini’s Opera Omnia.