{"id":1261,"date":"2021-02-27T18:13:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T17:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericapiccotti.com\/?page_id=1261"},"modified":"2024-06-12T15:48:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T13:48:15","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ericapiccotti.com\/en\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section dark has-mask mask-arrow\" id=\"section_209152274\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/ericapiccotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/header-PAG-interne-erica-piccotti-biografia.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1798461289\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1798461289 {\n  padding-top: 50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row align-equal align-center\"  id=\"row-1593899568\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1649020160\" class=\"col medium-2 small-3 large-2\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_670321145\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/ericapiccotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ghirigoro-sx-bianco.svg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_670321145 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1080107089\" class=\"col medium-3 small-6 large-3\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3972076124\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<p class=\"alt-font uppercase\">biography<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3972076124 {\n  font-size: 1rem;\n  text-align: center;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-3972076124 {\n    font-size: 1.75rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1541393345\" class=\"col medium-2 small-3 large-2\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1558068430\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/ericapiccotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ghirigoro-dx-bianco.svg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1558068430 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_209152274 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n  margin-bottom: 30px;\n  min-height: 350px;\n}\n#section_209152274 .section-bg-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\n}\n#section_209152274 .section-bg img {\n  object-position: 80% 52%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_209152274 {\n    min-height: 400px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n<div class=\"row align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-1850010082\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1856659781\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-10\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3991100280\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"alt-font\"><strong>&#8220;Erica Piccotti rightfully belongs to that selected category of emerging talents who are meant to become leading figures on the international\u00a0music\u00a0scene.&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>&#8211; Sistema Musica<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3991100280 {\n  font-size: 1.2rem;\n  line-height: 1.4;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1315154241\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_822731740\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/ericapiccotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Erica-piccotti-biografia.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_822731740 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n  min-height: 400px;\n}\n#section_822731740 .section-bg img {\n  object-position: 35% 56%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_822731740 {\n    min-height: 650px;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #section_822731740 {\n    min-height: 550px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1964381432\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>Erica Piccotti, born in Rome in 1999, has already a recording debut for the Warner Classics label. She got her diploma in cello at just 14 years old with top marks, honors and honorable mention. She made her debut with orchestra when she was 13 years old, live on Rai from Montecitorio, with Mario Brunello for the Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia in Rome and she was given the Title of Honor \u201cAlfiere delle Repubblica\u201d by the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano \u201cfor exceptional results in the musical field at a young age\u201d. She currently has an active career as soloist and chamber musician in Italy and abroad. Highlights of her 2023-2024 season include debut at the Sinopoli hall of the \u201cAccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia\u201d and debut at  Teatro Auditorium Manzoni in Bologna, both with the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Michael Laus.<\/p>\n<p>She won first prizes in national and international competitions including \u201cRassegna Nazionale d\u2019Archi di Vittorio Veneto\u201d, \u201cPremio Nazionale delle Arti\u201d run by Italy\u2019s Ministry of University and Scientific Research, earning herself the title of \u201cBest Cellist of the Italian Conservatories\u201d, \u201cPremio Citt\u00e0 di Padova\u201d, \u201cJugend Musiziert\u201d Nuremberg, \u201cNYIAA Competition\u201d whose victory allowed her to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York, \u201c10th International Competition Antonio Janigro\u201d for young cellists, \u201cCrescendo International Competition\u201d in Florence and \u201cMaura Giorgetti\u201d by Filarmonica della Scala in Milan. <\/p>\n<p>In 2017 she won the 2nd prize at the \u201cInternational Johannes Brahms Competition\u201d in P\u00f6rtschach, Austria. Recently, she has been selected as a YCAT 2020 Finalist and recently semi-finalist at Queen Elisabeth Competition.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1581349951\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>She received high recognitions such as the 2020 ICMA Award as \u201cYoung Concert Artist of the year\u201d, in 2019 the prestigious \u201cHonorary Diploma\u201d by Accademia Chigiana di Siena, and she also was awarded the \u201cLandgraf von Hessen Preis\u201d by Kronberg Academy, \u201cPremio Giannuzzi\u201d as the best cellist in the Santa Cecilia Conservatory, the \u201cRotary Club Cremona\u201d prize, the prize \u201cBanca Monti dei Paschi di Siena\u201d for young talents of the \u201cAccademia Chigiana di Siena\u201d, the \u201cInner Wheel\u201d prize.<\/p>\n<p>She was awarded the Scholarship of \u201cDe Sono Associazione per la Musica\u201d, \u201cFoundation Boubo-Music\u201d, since 2017 she is supported by the \u201cAssociazione culturale Musica con le Ali\u201d.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-1186848898\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-223844044\" class=\"col medium-7 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>She has appeared in prestigious festivals, such as \u201cJanigro Festival\u201d in Porec, \u201cSupercello Festival\u201d in Beijing, \u201cChamber music Connects the world\u201d in Kronberg, \u201cVerbier Festival Academy\u201d, \u201cSchloss Elmau Festival\u201d, \u201cLa Musica Festival\u201d in Sarasota, \u201cAurora Festival\u201d in Vanersborg, \u201cAl Bustan Festival\u201d in Beirut, \u201cCiao Festival\u201d in Chengdu, \u201cFestival de Cordas e Piano\u201d in Belo Horizonte, Festival \u201cLa lumi\u00e8re du Roman\u201d in Conques, Festival \u201cLes Nuits du Chateau de la Moutte\u201d in Saint Tropez, \u201cPaganini Genova Festival\u201d, \u201cInternational Cello Festival Alfredo Piatti\u201d in Bergamo, \u201cRome Chamber Music Festival\u201d, \u201cFestival dei Due Mondi\u201d in Spoleto, \u201cChigiana International Festival\u201d in Siena and \u201cIUC\u201d in Rome.<\/p>\n<p>She has performed in some of the most important Italian theaters such as Teatro Ponchielli di Cremona, Il Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari, il Teatro Ristori di Verona, il Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza. Abroad she has appeared at Konzerthaus Berlin, at Carnegie Hall in New York and in many other countries such as Sweden, Switzerland, France, England, Croatia, Lebanon, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Brazil, Mexico, China.<\/p>\n<p>As soloist she has played with \u201cZagreb Soloists\u201d, \u201cLa Verdi\u201d in Milan, \u201cI Pomeriggi Musicali Orchestra\u201d, \u201cSinfonica Abruzzese Orchestra\u201d, \u201cOrchestra della Toscana\u201d, \u201cTeatro Carlo Felice Orchestra\u201d, \u201cSerbian National Theater Orchestra of Novi Sad\u201d, \u201cKodaly Philarmonic Orchestra Debrecen\u201d, \u201cOrquestra Sinfonica del Estado del M\u00e8xico\u201d.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1260206845\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_891898513\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1140\" src=\"https:\/\/ericapiccotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/erica-piccotti-23.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_891898513 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n  min-height: 500px;\n}\n#section_891898513 .section-bg img {\n  object-position: 28% 45%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_891898513 {\n    min-height: 750px;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #section_891898513 {\n    min-height: 500px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-985479056\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>She has collaborated with Gidon Kremer, Sir Andr\u00e1s Schiff, Christian Tetzlaff, Antonio Meneses, Mario Brunello, Augustin Dumay, Louis Lortie, Miguel Da Silva, Massimo Quarta, Bruno Giuranna, Salvatore Accardo, Julius Berger, Andrea Lucchesini, Robert McDuffie.<\/p>\n<p>Erica currently studies with J.P.Maintz at the Universitat der Kunste in Berlin. She began her studies with Francesco Storino, graduated at the S. Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, and then continued her studies with Antonio Meneses at the Hochschule der Kunste in Bern, the W. Stauffer Academy in Cremona and the Accademia Chigiana in Siena. She then got her Master of Music degree with Frans Helmerson and the \u201cProfessional Studies\u201d course at the Kronberg Academy<\/p>\n<p>Erica Piccotti plays a cello by Ettore Soffritti, Ferrara, 1925<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1766267266\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ericapiccotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Biography-Erica-Piccotti.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button primary is-outline\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"padding:10px 40px 10px 40px;\">\n\t\t<span>DOWNLOAD ERICA\u2019S BIOGRAPHY<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-1551737663\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ericapiccotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bg-banner-prossimi-concerti-erica-piccotti-1.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">                                    \n\t<div class=\"is-border\"\n\t\tstyle=\"border-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);border-width:2px 0px 2px 0px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-654937660\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x95 lg-x5 y90 md-y50 lg-y25 res-text\">\n                     <div data-animate=\"none\">           <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n\t<div id=\"text-96069437\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"alt-font\">Follow Erica Piccotti's concert calendar<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-96069437 {\n  font-size: 1.5rem;\n  line-height: 1.2;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-96069437 {\n    font-size: 1.75rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ericapiccotti.com\/en\/concerts\/\" class=\"button white\" >\n\t\t<span>Upcoming concerts<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n       <\/div>                     \n<style>\n#text-box-654937660 {\n  width: 94%;\n}\n#text-box-654937660 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 150%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-box-654937660 {\n    width: 40%;\n  }\n  #text-box-654937660 .text-box-content {\n    font-size: 100%;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #text-box-654937660 {\n    width: 36%;\n  }\n  #text-box-654937660 .text-box-content {\n    font-size: 100%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1551737663 {\n  padding-top: 575px;\n}\n#banner-1551737663 .overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0,0,0,.5);\n}\n#banner-1551737663 .banner-bg img {\n  object-position: 17% 24%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-1551737663 {\n    padding-top: 368px;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #banner-1551737663 {\n    padding-top: 460px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-blank.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1261","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericapiccotti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericapiccotti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericapiccotti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericapiccotti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericapiccotti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1261"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ericapiccotti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1496,"href":"https:\/\/ericapiccotti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1261\/revisions\/1496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericapiccotti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}