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Isotta Grazzi
Urbino Junior - baroque violin

Programme

The junior baroque violin course aims to experience the timbre of instruments instruments, learn about the articulations and playing styles of Baroque music and tackle this specific repertoire together with specialised musicians. The course is open to instrumentalists of any age, with at least one year's experience of studying their instrument. Particularly significant pieces will be focused on for each pupil according to individual level of preparation, pieces that, in the Workshop, will then be deepened and performed with the instruments and historical mounts made available by the Courses. Particular attention will also be paid to ensemble music and orchestra, also through the formation - according to age and level of preparation - of small ensembles of instrumentalists.

Bio

Isotta Grazzi brilliantly obtained the diploma in violin under the guidance of Carlo Fabiano at the Conservatorio L. Campiani of Mantova, then she attended advanced courses with Pavel Vernikov, Natalia Lomeiko e Dejan Bogdanovic. Her interest in the historically informed performance practice of the baroque and classical repertoire led her to deepen the study of baroque violin first under the guidance of Daniel Hauptmann and then at the Civica Scuola di Musica of Milan with Stefano Montanari. In 2019 she also participated at the orchestral training courses of the European Baroque Orchestra in Luxembourg. In 2011 she got the role of concertmaster in the Orchestra Barocca dei Conservatori del Veneto. In 2013 she obtained the II level degree in baroque violin under the guidance of Stefano Montanari at the Conservatorio E. F. Dall’Abaco of Verona. She plays with important orchestras and ensemble of ancient music. Particularly motivated regarding foundational music education, in 2010 she specialized in violin pedagogy, obtaining a second-level academic diploma in violin teaching at the Conservatorio C. Monteverdi in Cremona. Since 2012, she has begun her career as a violin teacher in lower secondary schools with a music curriculum; since 2015, she has been a tenured teacher. In Pesaro, her hometown, she has contributed to the founding of youth orchestras and ensembles for children, boys and girls. For the ROF (Rossini Opera Festival), she leads music workshops in schools. She holds workshops to introduce and raise awareness of music for teenagers and children of all ages. She is an accredited musician of the national program Nati per la Musica.

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