Quartetto Montale
Ensemble
Of the great composers we mostly know the masterpieces of their maturity. Yet many of them began composing very early, leaving us youthful works that are rarely performed today and therefore almost unknown. Juvenilia is a journey to rediscover these hidden gems.
The artists
Elia Leon MarianiViolinistBorn in Milan, he trained at the Civica Scuola di Musica “Claudio Abbado” with Ruggero Fededegni and furthered his studies with Dejan Bogdanovich and Konstantin Bogino. Winner of national and international competitions as a duo with piano, he has an intense concert career as a soloist and chamber musician, often collaborating as Leader (Prima Parte) with orchestras and ensembles. He has performed in major venues: La Fenice in Venice, the Sala Verdi and the Teatro dal Verme in Milan, the Konzerthaus in Berlin, the European Parliament in Brussels, the Teatro Regio in Turin, the Violin Museum in Cremona and others. He takes part in festivals such as MiTo, the Stradivari Festival, the Dubrovnik Summer Festival and Young Euro Classic. In…
Giovanni MirolliViolistGiovanni Mirolli is an Italian violist and violinist active in both teaching and concert performance. He has collaborated with leading opera and symphony orchestras, including the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi and the Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia. In concert he performs in chamber and orchestral formations, taking on repertoires ranging from Baroque music to the great composers of the operatic and symphonic repertoire. Alongside his performing career he is active as a teacher of violin and viola at music-oriented schools and music high schools, including the Liceo Tenca in Milan.
Francesca RuffilliCellistA Milanese cellist, she furthered her studies in Switzerland with Paul Szabo, cellist of the celebrated Végh Quartet, and from the very beginning has pursued an intense artistic career as a protagonist in both orchestral and chamber music. She has played in a variety of formations, from duos with piano and with guitar to piano trios, string trios and string quartets, devoting herself with passion to the chamber repertoire. Alongside her classical activity, she has long collaborated with the worlds of popular music, television and record production, taking part in tours in quartet formation with artists such as Claudio Baglioni, Paolo Conte, Ruggeri, Jovanotti and Malika Ayane. From the experience gained in these different fields, and from the desire to…
Christian SchmitzPianistBorn in Milan, he graduated in piano from the Conservatoire of his home city under Maestro Sergio Lattes. He then furthered his studies with Maestro Boris Petrushansky, Prof. Nelly Ben-Or and Prof. Maria Luisa Franco, graduating with honours under the latter at the “A. Boito” Conservatoire in Parma. As a soloist he has distinguished himself in numerous concerts, showing a particular predilection for twentieth-century repertoire. He has performed in Italy and abroad in prestigious venues such as Steinway Hall in London, the Politeama Garibaldi in Palermo, the Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona and the Sala Napoleonica of the Circolo della Stampa in Milan, collaborating with organisations such as the Académie de France in Rome and the Fondazione Ricci in Udine. Alongside…
