Matteo Cimatti
Wed 10 Mar 2027 1:00pm
Wed 10 Mar 2027 1:00pm
Matteo Cimatti
violin
Francesco Granata
piano
Wiltshire Music Centre
Wiltshire Music Centre Ashley Road Bradford-on-Avon UK
01225 860 100
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Rising star performs beloved violin works by Brahms and Ravel, and a new commission
Programme
BRAHMS Sonata No 1 in G major
ARTHUR KEEGAN (YCAT Composer Fellow) New Commission
MESSAIEN Theme and variations
RAVEL Sonata No 2 in G major
Prizewinning young Italian violinist performs an afternoon recital framed by two cornerstones of the violin repertoire: Brahms’s lyrical first Sonata, one of the best-loved works for the instrument, and Ravel’s brilliant, witty sonata with its famous jazz-inspired “Blues” movement. The programme also includes a new commission by a YCAT Composer Fellow.
About Matteo Cimatti
Praised for his “…refined playing and melodious and intense tone…” (ANSA), prizewinning Italian violinist Matteo Cimatti has featured alongside several European orchestras and at numerous festivals. An accomplished soloist and enthusiastic chamber player, he was selected to join the roster of the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) at the YCAT Live Final Auditions at Wigmore Hall in May 2025. Highlights from the 25/26 season include debuts at Wigmore Hall and Frankfurt Alte Oper as well recitals at Cambridge Summer Music, St George’s Bristol and concerto appearances with the London Firebird and Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestras. He also performed at festivals including Heidelberger Fruhling, Beethovenfest Bonn, Musikdorf Ernen Kammermusik and Bendigo Festival in Australia.
2026/27 continues apace for Matteo, with returns to Frankfurt Alte Oper, Wigmore Hall and Beethovenfest Bonn alongside debuts at Berlin Philharmonie and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, as well as concerto appearances with Plymouth Symphony Orchestra and the Opera North Youth Orchestra performing the Mendelssohn and Bruch Concertos respectively.
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