Rocco filippini haydn biography

Rocco Filippini
was born in Lugano to a family of artists. His father was the painter Felice Filippini, and his mother, who was a pianist, started him off to music when he was just a child.

In 1964, after his musical studies under the guidance of Pierre Fournier, he won the Internazional Competition in Geneva, which immediately opened the way to his career. Being open to all musical experiences, he has put together a vast repertory which varies from eighteenth century music to contemporary music. In 1968 he formed the Trio di Milano (with Bruno Canino and Cesare Ferraresi - after his death with Mariana Sirbun leader of I Musici) and more recentky the Quartetto Accardo. He regularly plays with the pianist Michele Campanella. In the last few years he devoted himself a great deal to conducting. He has performed hundreds of concerts in the major capitals of Eurospe, America, Japan and Australia, playng in the most famous halls (La Scala of Milan, Albert Hall and Festival Hall of London, the Théatre des Champs Elisées of Paris, the Philharmonie of Berlin, the Musikverein of Vien

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