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A new project involving my own string ensemble, KARAVAN Vivaldi
A new project involving my own string ensemble, KARAVAN Vivaldi
The pleasures in performing and recording the Violin Concerto & Sonatas
Dedicated to Lorenzo Gatto
Gatto is a violinist in the grand tradition, but he never lets his mastery of the flashy stuff overpower the taste and musical sensitivity
— Broadstreet Review Philadelphia
Le jury du Concours Reine Elisabeth a chaque année la responsabilité de décider de l’avenir professionnel d’environ 200 jeunes musiciens, une lourde tâche qui incombe à ces personnalités éminentes du milieu du violon, musiciens, professeurs, chefs d’orchestre et compositeurs.
Lorenzo Gatto connaît le Concours Reine Elisabeth comme sa poche. Il y a participé 2 fois en tant que candidat, avec à la clé un Deuxième Prix, meilleure performance à ce jour obtenue par un Belge.
Voor de laatste Smalltalk voor de zomerbreak blijven we dicht bij ‘huis’. Met violist Lorenzo Gatto belanden we op het terras van Café Belga, aan de voet van de BRUZZ-redactie. Na een sabbatperiode op een zeilboot zit Gatto vol plannen, zoals een wereldtournee met zijn nieuwe, avontuurlijke vioolensemble. Maar eerst speelt hij komend weekend met Brussels Philharmonic op het Walden Festival.
Lorenzo Gatto was born in Brussels in December 1986. He started playing the violin at the age of five with Dirk van de Moortel. At eleven years old, he enters the Brussels Royal Conservatoire of Music in the class of Veronique Bogaerts, where he graduates at seventeen only with the highest honour.
He then studied with Herman Krebbers in the Netherlands, Augustin Dumay at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgium and he finishes his academic journey by studying four years with Boris Kuschnir in Vienna. His work and determination are brilliantly rewarded as he won both the Second Prize and the Public’s Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2009.
‘Above all, I want to sound honest. There is fragility in my tone, it is a reflection of who I am as a person. That is what music is to me: an expression of human fragility.’
His nomination as a ‘Rising Star’ in 2010 allows Lorenzo to make his recital debut on major European stages including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Vienna Musikverein, the Cité de la Musique in Paris and many others. It further expanded the possibilities of collaboration with orchestras and conductors such as Philippe Herreweghe, Vladimir Spivakov, Walter Weller, Jan Willem de Vriend, Jaap van Zweden, Martin Sieghart, Angrey Boreyko and Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
In chamber music, Lorenzo shared the stage with, amongst others, Maria João Pires, Mischa Maisky, Martha Argerich, Menahem Pressler, Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden, Frank Braley and Gérard Caussé.
In 2015, Lorenzo started collaborating with the talented Belgian pianist Julien Libeer. Together, they recorded all of Beethoven sonatas and released a disc that was awarded with a Diapason d’Or of the year.
Lorenzo Gatto plays the ‘Joachim’ Stradivari from 1698.
In his spare time, Lorenzo enjoys a lifelong passion for everything that flies. Look up and see if you can spot him high in the sky, arriving at a concert flying a small plane or even a paraglider.
Lorenzo Gatto / Julien Libeer
Lorenzo Gatto / Julien Libeer
Lorenzo Gatto / Julien Libeer
Lorenzo Gatto / Orchestre de Chambre Pelléas / Benjamin Levy
Lorenzo Gatto / Liège Royal Philharmonic / Jean-Jacques Kantorow
Lorenzo Gatto / Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège / Patrick Davin
Lorenzo Gatto / Orchestre National de Belgique / Andrey Boreyko
Lorenzo Gatto / National Orchestra of Belgium / Gilbert Varga
Lorenzo Gatto / National Orchestra of Belgium / Walter Weller
Lorenzo Gatto / Diederik Suys / Sébastien Walnier
Lorenzo Gatto & Miloš Popović
Lorenzo Gatto / Diederik Suys / Sébastien Walnier
Bruno Suys / Diederik Suys / Griet De Geyter / Lorenzo Gatto / Pascal Mantin / Sébastien Walnier