Antonio Leofreddi was born in Rome, beginning his violin studies there at the age of seven. Admitted to the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome at the age of eleven, he studied there for many years with Beatrice Antonioni, later he continued his studies at the Accademia Santa Cecilia chamber music with Riccardo Brengola and in July 1982 he obtained the diploma in violin at Conservatorio S. Cecilia in Rome and in September 2000 the diploma in viola at Conservatorio G. Verdi in Turin.
As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with such renowned musicians as Antonio Meneses, Stanislav Ioudenitch, Rainer Honeck, Jonathan Williams, Kleidi Saatchi, the chamber orchestra I Virtuosi di Roma, the contemporary music ensemble Sentieri Selvaggi and as first viola, with the Orchestra da Camera di Mantova and l'Orchestre des Rencontres Musicales de Losanne and many other chamber orchestras. Though his performances have included radio and television broadcasts, recordings, solos with orchestras and chamber music concerts, he is best known as a quartet viola player.
Antonio has recorded for Bis of Sweden the complete Cherubini quartets (3 cd) and Verdi and Puccini chamber music works. Besides focusing on the traditional main repertoire, Antonio Leofreddi also enjoys collaborating with a number of living composers, jazz and pop artists such Ludovico Einaudi, Carla Marcotulli, Dick Halligan, Gino Pacifico, Michele Franzini, Luca Garro, Massimo Nunzi.
He teachs violin in Conservatorio di Musica G. Cantelli in Novara.
Education
1. Graduated in violin at Conservatorio S.Cecilia, Rome
2. Graduated in viola at Conservatorio G. Verdi, Turin
3. International summer courses, Lanciano, Italy
4. Accademia di S. Cecilia Chamber music course, Rome
5. Accademia Stauffer, Bruno Giuranna viola music course, Cremona
6. Gyorgy Kurtag, Chamber Music Course, Conservatorio di Milano
7. Britten Pears, Amadeus Quartet masterclass
8. Klagenfurt, Prof. S. Nissel, Amadeus Quartet masterclass
9. Conservatoire de Lion, Amadeus Quartet masterclass
10. Royal Academy of Music, London, Amadeus Quartet
Professional experience
Chamber music and String Quartet in:
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Montenegro, Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United States, Uruguay.
Concert Halls
Berliner Philarmonic Hall, Tonhalle Zurich, Royal Albert Hall London, Barbican Center London, Salle du Conservatoire Geneve, Carnegie Hall, Ouji Hall, Mozarteum Salzburg, Musikverain Wien, SSR Radio Suisse Berne, Copenaghen Tivoli Konzertsalen, Teatro Olimpico Rome, Teatro Coliseum Buenos Aires, Herkulessaal Munich, Theatre Municipal Lusanne, Auditorium Parco della Musica Rome, Teatro Manzoni Milan, etc.