GIOVANNI BARBATO - 1st Violin
Born in Neaples in the 1972,he started to play violin at the age of 7. He studied with Prof. Angelo Gaudino at the "Conservatorio di Musica San Pietro a Majella di Napoli". Since '96 he won national and international competitions. He made mastercourses with the Profs Corrado Romano(Geneve), Salvatore Accardo (Walter Stauffer-Cremona, Italy) and Franco Gulli (Indiana University - Bloomington, USA). He finished his studies with a Soloist Diploma at the "Musik Akademie der Stadt Basel" with Prof. Adelina Oprean. He was often invited to play solo-concerts with orchestra and recitals in South America (Argentina and Uruguay). Today he works with several ensembles in Europe, including the "Silencio Tango" and the "Marcelo Nisinman Trio". He plays in Sinfonie Orchester Basel with a zeit vertrag in the 1th violin, in the Aargauer Sinfonie orchestra and he is Concertmeister of the Orchestre Sinfonique du Jura.
His versatility and his musicality brings Giovanni Barbato to interpreted from Bach until the tango.
Today he works with several ensembles in Europe, including the "Marcelo Nisinman Trio".