ANNA MINELLA – Violin

She begins studying the violin at the age of five, at six she enters the Conservatory Verdi of Milan.

At thirteen she performs Paganini repertoire at the Teatro delle Erbe of Milan, as guest violinist in the Parade Rassegna Giovani Talenti.

As a member for seven years of the Teatro alla Scala Coro Voci Bianche, she takes part in many operas and concerts under the conduction of M. Ozawa, Gavazzeni, Sinopoli, Muti, and others.

For four years she attends the Composition Class at the Conservatory “Verdi”  of Milan.

In 1998 she gets Classical Matura with top marks at Liceo Classico Berchet of Milan.

At eighteen she enters the class of M. Massimo Marin at the Conservatory Verdi of Turin where the following year she gets the Compimento Superiore di Violino Diploma, being granted the Special Prize Berrino.

She’s admitted and attends violin international Master Classes taken by M. Enzo Porta, Felice Cusano, Giulio Franzetti, konzertmeister of the Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra.

She attends the International Academy of Florence and the international Asteria Academy of Milan in the class of Prof. Cristiano Rossi.

She gets scholarships at the International Accademia Chigiana of Siena, where for three years she attends the courses of Prof. Giuliano Carmignola and Boris Belkin. She gets a scholarship at the Manhattan School - New York, where she attends the stage held by M. Isaac Malkin.

 After her Italian Diploma, Anna is admitted to attend the Hochschule für Musik of Luzern, where in 2001 she gets the Konzertdiplom “Sehr Gut” in the class of Prof. Carmignola. The following academic year she enters the class of Prof. Boris Belkin at the Music University of Maastricht – Hogeschool Zuyd, where in two years she completes the full-time, four-years Bachelor Degree program of the department of music, getting in 2003 the Bachelor Degree and two years later, in 2005, she achieves the Master Performer Degree.

She gets several first prices and scholarships in national and international competitions, as Città di Stresa international competition, Rassegna Vittorio Veneto, Riviera della Versilia, Città di Macerata (first prize absolute – second and third prizes not assigned).

Since 1992,  in Duo violin - guitar she performs with success of public and critics alike through Italy, Germany (Bonn, Hamburg, Landshut, Regensburg, Eichstatt, Schweinfurt, Rheinfelden etc.), Switzerland (Settimane Musicali – Lugano) Romania, Canada (Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver…) and for three tours Japan (Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Tsuyama, Takamatsu, Tonosho, Kurashiki, Fukuyama, Kochi-Haruno, Okayama, Tokushima…). In Duo she plays also for Radios and Televisions (NHK Japanese National Television, Bucarest Televion, Romania). German Press writes about her “Everything seemed to be easy to this extraordinary violinistic talent…” “… she masters the hardest difficulty in the most virtuoso passages…” “… Sonata played with strength and artistic temperament…” “…wonderful were also passionate richness, expressive Gestus, cantabile style, beauty of the sound in the slow parts…” entitling, by the others, “How to give all the honors to the Devil Violinist”, “Inspiration”, “Fireworks virtuoso’s witchcraft” (Eichstätter Kurier, Weiler Zeitung, Sud Kurier… see Reviews).

In parallel with her Duo’s activity, she plays in many orchestras and chamber groups through Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, as Orchestra Cherubini, conducted by Riccardo Muti, Kamerorchestre van het Conservatorium Maastricht, Junge Philarmonie Zentralschweiz, Orchestra da Camera Tigullio, Orchestra  Pomeriggi Musicali - Milano, Cantelli Orchestra, I Solisti di Pavia, and others, under the conduction of M. Riccardo Muti, Jan Stulen, Thuring Bräm, Daniele Callegari, Danilo Marchello, Patrick Fournillier, Marc Andrae, Enrico Dindo, and others, many times holding leader or principal second parts. As both Konzertmeister and Principal Second she takes part in orchestral exchange projects with Mozarteum Salzburg, performing Mozart orchestral repertoire in the big hall at Conservatory of Turin.

She joins several groups in different formations, Duo with piano, Duo with Cembalo, Trio, Quartet, Sextet and Voice, and others, performing through many halls in principal cities as Milan, Turin, Luzern, Basel, Maastricht, Rotterdam and others. She attends as the first violin chamber Masterclasses held by M. Henk Guittart, from the Shoenberg Quartet van Amsterdam.

As first violin soloist, she performs Vivaldi’s four violins Concerto in the big hall of Verdi Conservatory, Turin, and Bach Double Concerto at the S. Rafael University of Milan.

In June 2005 she’s selected by International Academy of Music - Florence and records some Tartini and Paganini repertoire for a CD production in Scandicci, Italy.

With the chamber orchestra I solisti di Pavia, in May 2006 she’s in tour through Argentina and Chile, performing in great theatres like the Coliseum in Buenos Aires, El Circulo in Rosario, and others. In the same group in June 2006 she records a CD for Amadeus.

In July 2006, in Duo guitar violin she records a new CD for MAP label entitled La chitarra e il violino di Niccolò Paganini.

ALDO AND ANNA MINELLA – Duo

Since 1992,  the Duo performs with success of public and critics alike through Italy, Germany (Bonn, Hamburg, Landshut, Regensburg, Eichstatt, Schweinfurt, Rheinfelden etc.), Switzerland, Romania, Canada (Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver) and Japan (Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Tsuyama, Takamatsu, Tonosho, Kurashiki, Fukuyama, Kochi-Haruno, Okayama, Tokushima..), where the Duo’s been invited to come back for its fourth Japanese concert tour.

The Duo performs also for Radios and Televisions (NHK Japanese National Television, Bucarest Television, Romania).

The Duo is currently invited to perform through Australia (Sidney, Melbourne).

The Duo’s been recording a CD La chitarra e il violino di Paganini for M.A.P. productions.