Silvia Mazzon

The violinist Silvia Mazzon began her violin studies at the age of four and, at the age of nine, was one of the youngest students admitted to lessons at the Academy of Santa Cecilia in Portogruaro. From 1999 to 2008 she studied at the Fiesole School of Music and in 2006 was awarded the higher Second Level Academic Diploma, with distinction, at the Antonio Buzzolla Conservatory of Music in Adria, followed in 2013 by her master’s degree with Professor Ilya Grubert at the Conservatorium Van Amsterdam. She has won a number of national and international competitions, including Stresa, Val Tidone, Luigi Nono, Zinetti, Vittorio Veneto and Società Umanitaria, and has appeared in concerts and recitals throughout Italy and abroad. She has played in chamber groups with leading musicians including Enrico Dindo, Francesco Manara, Simonide Braconi and Alessandro Specchi. Her repertoire includes works reflecting her interest in contemporary music. Since 2009 she has been a member of I Filarmonici di Roma, a chamber orchestra which performs with Uto Ughi, serving also as a soloist. She teaches the violin in Reggio Emilia at the Achille Peri Istituto Musicale Pareggiato.