Enrico Gatti

Enrico Gatti, after studying with Chiara Banchini and Sigiswald Kuijken, has concertized extensively all around the world performing with La Petite Bande, Ensemble 415, Concerto Palatino, Hesperion XX, La Real Cámara, as leader of Les Arts Florissants, Les Talens Lyriques, The Taverner Players, The King’s Consort, Ricercar Consort, Bach Collegium Japan, Concerto Köln, ARTEK (New York), De Nederlandse Bachvereniging and “Les Muffatti” (Bruxelles), as well as with conductors such as Gustav Leonhardt and Ton Koopman. He directs the Ensemble Aurora, which he founded in Italy in 1986; the ensemble was assigned the first prize “Antonio Vivaldi” in 1993 and 1998, the “Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik” and several times the “Diapason d’or”.

Enrico Gatti has developed a distinguished teaching career as professor of historical violin. He teaches presently at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague and at the Conservatorio “G.B. Martini” of Bologna. He has also given masterclasses in many universities of Europe, USA, Japan and Korea. President of the jury of important early music competitions, he has been director of the Early Music Courses of Urbino. Honorary citizen of Fusignano, home town of Arcangelo Corelli, he recently brought to light 12 unpublished sonatas by the composer to which he has dedicated a large part of his activity.