Federico Agostini

Who is Federico Agostini?

Federico Agostini is an Italian violinist renowned as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher.

Agostini was born in Trieste, Italy. After early training with his grandfather, he studied violin at his hometown’s conservatory of music, in Trieste, then in Venice, and later at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena. Salvatore Accardo and Franco Gulli were among his teachers.

Agostini made his debut as a soloist at the age of 16, playing Mozart under the baton of the late Carlo Zecchi. Ever since he has performed throughout the world as a recitalist, soloist with orchestra and as concertmaster of the legendary Italian ensemble I Musici.

He has appeared in various international music festivals in Europe, United States and Japan and has performed chamber music with many distinguished artists including Bruno Giuranna, Jaime Laredo, Joseph Silverstein, Janos Starker as well as with members of the American, Emerson, Fine Arts, Tokyo and Guarneri quartets. Together with violinist Yosuke Kawasaki, James Creitz and Sadao Harada, Federico Agostini has recently founded the D’Amici String Quartet which began its activities in 2004.