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2009
Twenty-third Season Performers
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Violin
Flute
Clarinet
Viola
Violin
Violin
Piano
Piano
Cello
Viola
Violin
Violin
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 Acclaimed throughout the music world as not just a performer, but an "artiste," Italian violinist Roberto Cani has been hailed by critics as "...a violinist of high caliber following the great Italian tradition of the virtuoso violinist, Paganini."
Roberto Cani launched his concert career when he won the prestigious Paganini International Competition in Genoa at the age of 21. In the same year, he won the Courcillon International Competition in France, and the Jeunesses Musicales International Competition in Belgrade, where he also captured a special prize for the best performance of a contemporary work. He also won the national Minetti Prize in Italy, and top honors at the Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow.
In addition to his native Italy, Roberto Cani concertizes throughout the United States as well as Germany, Belgium, Austria, Spain, Russia, Croatia, Poland, Serbia, France, Taiwan, Japan, and South Africa. He is a frequent soloist with orchestras and has performed, most notably, with the Moscow Philharmonic, La Scala Orchestra, RAI Symphony (Italy), Belgrade Orchestra, Zagreb Orchestra, and Missouri Chamber Orchestra. Roberto Cani has performed in major music halls worldwide including Los Angeles' Royce Hall, Belgrade's Lisinski Hall, Milan's La Scala, Paris' Gaveau Hall, Tokyo's Suntori Hall, and Moscow's Bolshoi Zal and Tchaikovsky Zal.
Roberto Cani premiered Gorecki's Fantasy for violin and piano. He has also premiered "Zigane and Kardos" by Randy Kerber — dedicated to him and renowned cellist Andrew Shulman — and "Vis Vitae" by Aaron Zigman.
Roberto Cani began his studies at the age of seven and made his solo debut at the age of nine. He is a graduate of the Milan Conservatory, the Gnessin Institute in Moscow, and the University of Southern California. He has studied with world renowned violinists Zinaida Gilels, Viktor Tretiakov, Abrahm Shtern, Pavel Vernikov, and Alice Schoenfeld. He has taught at summer festivals in Positano, Italy and Hvar, Croatia. Most recently, he was invited to be a Professor at the Portogruaro Summer Music Festival in Italy.
Roberto Cani plays on a Pietro Guarneri of Venice on loan from the ProCanale Foundation in Italy.
Circle of blue
We all cherish our children's future
We all are mortal
The splendor of virtuosity
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