ADA GUARNIERI

CELLO

Ada Guarneri graduated in 2018 from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Turin under the guidance of Massimo Macrì. Supported by the DeSono foundation, she furthered her training through masterclasses with Thomas Demenga and Stefano Guarino, and advanced studies at the Pinerolo Music Academy with Marianne Chen (cello) and Adrian Pinzaru (string quartet).

She completed orchestral training programs with the RAI National Symphony Orchestra and Teatro Regio in Turin. In 2020, she was admitted to the Royal College of Music in London in the class of Alexander Chaushian, earning a Postgraduate Master’s in Music Performance in 2022. During her time there, she performed as principal cellist with both the Symphony and Philharmonic orchestras, working with conductors such as Jac Van Steen, Kevin John Edusei, Ben Palmer, and violinist Maxim Vengerov.

She is a founding member of the Medea Quartet, established in 2020, and regularly coached by Simon Rowland-Jones and David Waterman. Since 2024, she has been pursuing a Master of Music in Chamber Music at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover with Oliver Wille.

The Medea Quartet is a member of Le Dimore del Quartetto and collaborates with the String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam on an European project aimed at making classical concerts accessible to people with attention disorders.

As a chamber musician, she has performed in renowned venues such as Wigmore Hall, Conway Hall, and Victoria Hall, and for institutions including the North Norfolk Music Festival, Il Circolo di Ave, Lingotto Musica, Unione Musicale di Torino, Around EstOvest Festival, and MiTo SettembreMusica.

She plays a 19th-century anonymous German cello.