JACOPO SOMMARIVA

CELLO

Jacopo Sommariva began studying the cello at the age of 4 at the Suzuki School in Pavia under the guidance of Liviana Pittau, later continuing with Marcello Rosa. After completing the Suzuki program with private lessons from Marco Decimo, he continued his studies at the “G. Verdi” Conservatory in Turin, where he studied with D. Destefano and later with C. Radic, graduating with top marks and honors.

He is currently enrolled in the Master of Arts in Music Performance program at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana, studying with Enrico Dindo, and continues his studies at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia with Giovanni Sollima. Over the years, he has taken part in numerous advanced masterclasses with musicians such as Luca Simoncini, Relja Lukic, Amedeo Cicchese, Ludwig Quandt, Paolo Bonomini, Jens Peter Maintz, as well as Antonio Meneses and Patrick Demenga, whom he met respectively at the Accademia Chigiana and the Accademia di Pinerolo.

In 2023, he joined the Quintetto Dedalo, studying with Claudio Bertola at the Turin Conservatory and with Bruno Giuranna at the Walter Stauffer Academy in Cremona. With the ensemble, he also took part in masterclasses with David Finckel and Wu Han, Andrea Lucchesini, and Enrico Pace.

He regularly collaborates with several orchestras, including the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Teatro Regio di Torino, the Turin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Accademia Perosi Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo, and I Solisti di Pavia.

As a soloist, he has performed Haydn’s Cello Concerto in D major with the Molise Symphony Orchestra and Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with the Orchestra of the “G. Verdi” Conservatory in Turin.