Caterina Vannoni

Born in Rimini in a family of musicians, Caterina started playing the cello at the age of seven.

She began her studies with Claudio Casadei and obtained her diploma at Conservatorio G. Rossini in Pesaro in 2018, followed by a Master’s degree with full marks at Conservatorio G. Verdi in Milan in 2020 under Christian Bellisario. In 2023, she completed a Master of Music at Conservatorium Maastricht with Gustav Rivinius.

She has participated in masterclasses with renowned cellists including Natalia Gutman, Enrico Dindo, Patrizio Serino, and Alberto Casadei, and attended advanced courses at the Pavia Cello Academy with Jacopo Di Tonno and Andrea Agostinelli, Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo with Marianne Chen and Fondazione Musicale di Santa Cecilia in Portogruaro with Damiano Scarpa.

Caterina has won several national and international competitions, including first prizes at “Orchestra Sinfonica dei Giovani Musicisti Europei”, “Riviera dei Fiori”, “Luigi Zanuccoli”, “Città di Sinalunga”, “Città di Camerino”, and “Giovani Musicisti dell’Aquila”, as well as a second prize at the Làszlò Spezzaferri International Music Competition.

She performs regularly with many orchestras, such as Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, Filarmonica Toscanini di Parma, Orchestra Sinfonica Rossini, Filarmonica di Modena, Orchestra UniMi di Milano, the Wonderful Youth Orchestra, Orchestra dell’Accademia Teatro alla Scala, Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée, taking part in concerts and tours in Italy, Japan, France, Switzerland, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2021, she passed the auditions for both the National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands (NJO) and the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester.

Caterina plays a Celeste Farotti cello from 1906, thanks to the kind concession of the Fondazione Pro Canale of Milan.