Roberto Noferini

Roberto Noferini was born in 1973. He graduated in violin with honours from the Milan Conservatory "Verdi" under Gabriele Baffero. Later, he was able to perfect his skills with Arthur Grumiaux, Salvatore Accardo, Corrado Romano, Dora Schwartzberg, and Pavel Vernikov; he also studied chamber music with Dario De Rosa. He won several first prizes and special awards at important international competitions ("A. Postacchini" in Fermo, Viterbo, Portogruaro, "R. Lipizer" Competition in Gorizia, "L. Perosi" in Biella). Since his début at the age of 12 at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna, he has carried out a very intense concert activity at prestigious festivals and for important Italian concert associations (Società dei Concerti of Milan, Amici della Musica of Florence, Vicenza and Pescara, Teatro Comunale in Ferrara, Accademia Chigiana, Rossini Opera Festival, Città di Castello and Ravello Festivals, Università Cattolica in Rome). He also performed in the most important European capitals, in South America, Japan, and Egypt. In 2000 he founded the SchuberTrio. Since then, he has performed in several chamber concerts, always getting remarkable appreciation of public and criticism. Described by many critics as one of the most brilliant violinists of his generation, he has played as soloist in some of the most renowned violin concerts (Bach, Locatelli, Vivaldi, Paganini, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn) and has played in chamber ensembles together with Bruno Canino, Alessandro Specchi, Denis Zardi, Salvatore Accardo, Domenico Nordio, Massimo Quarta, Isabelle Faust, Cristiano Rossi, Bruno Giuranna, Sylvie Gazeau, Anthony Pay, Emanuele Segre, and Giampaolo Bandini.