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The Italian violinst, Enrico Gatti, has dedicated himself to the study of 17th and 18th century repertoire. A pupil of Chiara Banchini, he obtained the diploma in baroque violin at The Conservatory of Music in Geneva, Switzerland; he finished his studies under the guidance of Sigiswald Kuijken at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Netherlands.
Enrico Gatti has concertized extensively in Europe, Canada, America, Russia, Japan and Australia, performing with, among others, La Petite Bande (Director: Sigiswald Kuijken), Ensemble 415 (Director: Chiara Banchini), Concerto Palatino (Director: Bruce Dickey), Hespèrion XX (Director: Jordi Savall), La Real Cámara, as leader of Les Arts Florissants (Director: William Christie), Les Talens Lyriques (Director: Christophe Rousset), Taverner Players (Director: Andrew Parrott), The King's Consort (Director: Robert King), Ricercar Consort (Director: Philippe Pierlot), Bach Collegium Japan (Director: Masaaki Suzuki), Accordone Ensemble, Accademia Hermans (Director: Fabio Ciofini), Concerto Köln and ARTEK (Director: Gwendolyn Toth; New York City), as well as with directors such as Gustav Leonhardt and Ton Koopman. He directs the Ensemble Aurora, which he founded in Italy in 1986.
Enrico Gatti has recorded for Harmonia Mundi (France and Germany), Accent and Ricercar (Belgium), Fonit Cetra, Tactus and Symphonia (Italy), Arcana and Astrée (France), Glossa (Spain) as well as recording for the Italian, French, Swiss, Spanish, Dutch, Belgian, German, Swedish, Finnish, Russian Canadian and American radio networks. He was assigned the first prize “Antonio Vivaldi” in 1993 and 1998 and several times the “Diapason d’or”.
Enrico Gatti has developed a distinguished teaching career as professor of Baroque violin at The Conservatory of Music in Toulouse, France, the Conservatory of Geneva, the Schola Cantorum of Basel, Switzerland and the Civica Scuola di Musica in Milan. He teaches presently at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and at the Conservatorio “G.B. Martini” of Bologna. He has also given masterclasses at the Conservatories of Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Madrid, Amsterdam, Utrecht, at the Hochschule für Musik of Trossingen, the University of British Columbia, the University of Texas, the University of Salamanca, the University of Tokyo, the Accademia Chigiana of Siena, the Scuola di Musica of Fiesole, and has taught as well in many summer courses in Urbino, Erice, Venezia, Lanciano (Italy), Barbaste (France), Spa (Belgium), Béjar (Spain), Szombathely (Hungary), Amherst (USA).
Enrico Gatti was a member of the jury for the international early music competitions at Bruges (1993), Brescia (1995), Rovereto (1997 & 1998, president of the jury in 2010), “Symphonia en Perigord” (1998) and "Principe Francesco Maria Ruspoli" (2012, president of the jury in 2014). From 1997 to 2005 he has been artistic director of the Urbino Early Music Course. He is now member of the Scientific Committee for the national critical edition of the complete works of Alessandro Stradella and will be the President for the Scientific Committee for the international Symposium “Arcomelo 2013” which took place in Fusignano in November 2013 to celebrate Arcangelo Corelli's death tricentenary. He published several articles on early music performance practice as well as facsimile editions of Italian violin music, and more recently an essay on the history of diminution. |
