Cattarossi Monica

Monica Cattarossi’s early musical training began in Treviso, her home town. She then studied piano at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice, completing her diploma with distinction.

Master courses with Jacques Rouvier (Paris) and Konstantin Bogino (Portogruaro) rounded out her artistic development. After further study with Andrea Lucchesini in Florence, she received her soloist diploma from the Conservatorio Claudio Monteverdi in Cremona in 2010 (Summa cum laude). For her dissertation in Musicology in 2006 in Cremona she also received the highest rank.

Monica Cattarossi early discovered her predilection for chamber music, and, in a wide-ranged concert activity as soloist, soloist with orchestra, chamber musician, she is a favoured partner of many distinguished artists. She performs since 2005 with the italian cellist Enrico Dindo and she is often invited to perform at festivals, e.g. the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Seoul, Radio France-Montpellier, Festival S. Riquier, Allegretto Albania, the Malta Arts Festival, the Kronberg Cello-Festival, the Asiago-Festival, the Festival delle Nazioni, Ohrid.

She plays concerts nationally and internationally, having performed, for example, in Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, Kuhmo Hall in Seoul, Kitara Hall in Sapporo, Beethoven-Saal in Vienna, La Pergola in Florence, Hubertussaal in München, Sala Verdi in Milan; among her partners: Julius Berger, Rocco Filippini, Dora Schwarzberg, Jing Zhao.

She enjoys associations with many orchestras, such as Sinfonica “G. Verdi” Orchestra and “Pomeriggi Musicali” in Milano.

Apart from performing, Monica Cattarossi holds a teaching position at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano; she is visiting professor in chamber music at Federico Ghedini Conservatory in Cuneo.

Numerous recordings and radio programs for RAI and for Radio France complete the list of her many achievements.