Martina Biondi is one of Italy’s most promising young cellists. At the age of 17 she made her solo debut performing Schumann’s concerto. Since then she has been regularly invited to important musical settings such as: Ravello Festival, Alfredo Piatti International Festival in Bergamo, Teatro di Tradizione A.Rendano, M. Quintieri Music Association, Mendelssohn Remise in Berlin, Cantiere Internazionale d ́Arte in Montepulciano, Berlin Philharmonie, Piano Salon Christophori, Appassionata music association in Macerata, Asolo Music festival, Lerici Music Festival, ICMF Garda Lake, Herbst Musicaux Festival in Verona, Accademia dei cameristi in Bari, Como Classica…

Born into a family of musicians, Martina began her studies at the age of four, graduating at 17 at the Stanislao Giacomantonio Conservatory with highest honours. In 2014 she perfected her studies with honours at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia with Giovanni Sollima. She then continued her training with Antonio Meneses at the Stauffer Academy in Cremona and with Peter Bruns at the Hochschule für Musik “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” in Leipzig.

In 2016 she moved to Berlin to continue her master’s studies at the prestigious Hochschule Hanns Eisler in Berlin with Nicolas Altstaedt. Her education was enriched through Masterclasses given by Jens Peter Maintz, Antonio Meneses (Accademia Chigiana), Gary Hoffmann in the famous Kronberg Academy, Franz Helmerson, Torleif Thedéen, and Norman Fischer.

Martina is the winner of international prizes including Pirazzi Stiftung Prize in Frankfurt, First Absolute Prize “Premio Crescendo” including also the prize for the best performance of Cassadó’s Suite and ” Best Cellist” prize, Second Prize Francesco Geminiani, and semifinalist at the Antonio Janigro Competition.

Prestigious appointments include her debut with the “Orchestra dei Pomeriggi musicali” of Milan with Beethoven’s triple concerto under the baton of Pavel Berman, in 2020 she was a guest of Daniel Hope in the Hope@home TV program for the French-German “Arte” television.

In 2020, in collaboration with guitarist Pietro Locatto, she formed “Duo Evocaciones” with a focus on the works of Cassadó, Albeniz, Granados and De Falla. This project has been released in 2022 by the label Stradivarius. The disc is well received by critics both in Italy and abroad (Rai Radio 3, Discover Classical, Amadeus Magazine, Musica magazine etc.).

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