Duccio Ceccanti
Violin

Duccio Ceccanti born into a family of musicians in 1974, began violin studies at age 5 under the guidance of his father, and received his diploma at the "Luigi Cherubini" Conservatory in Florence, Italy as a student of Andrea Tacchi. He continued his studies at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, working with Uto Ughi, Boris Belkin, Riccardo Brengola and Alain Meunier. At the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole he participated in the chamber music courses of the Trio di Trieste and the Trio di Milano. He pursued further violin studies with Stefan Gheorghiu, Felix Andriewski and Salvatore Accardo.

As soloist and chamber musician, Mr. Ceccanti has toured Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Brasil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. He has given first performances of solo and chamber works by composers Bussotti, Sotelo, Maxwell Davies, Corghi, Petrassi, Berio, Clementi and Vacchi.

His recordings include Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire" (Contempoartensemble) and the String Trio (Trio Artes) on the ARTS label, the complete violin and piano works of Dallapiccola for Naxos and a CD of Chopin's chamber music on the Brilliant label. Current CD projects include works of Maxwell Davies, Maderna and Vacchi.

Ceccanti is the first violinist of Contempoartensemble and of the Ensemble Strumentale of the Accademia Chigiana in Siena. With the Italian Chamber Orchestra founded by Salvatore Accordo, Ceccanti has recorded for EMI, FONE', e FONIT CETRA and has participated in tours of Italy, Germany, South America, China, Japan and the US.

Duccio Ceccanti plays a violin made by Nicola Amati from 1667.

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