Elena Saccomandi
violin & viola
Elena Saccomandi was born in Torino, Italy, and graduated at the Music Conservatory of Cuneo under the guidance of Maestro E. Massimino. She followed the masterclasses in 1992 with top professors such as Massimo Marin (of which she was a violin pupil), in 1993 with Olga Aberin, in 1994 with James Creitz, in 1995 with Bruno Giuranna, and from 1996 with Davide Zaltron. She also participated in the Baroque training courses at the Academia Montis Regalis, followed by a masterclass with Ton Koopman.
She has performed together with the Youth Orchestra of Genoa, the Italian Youth Orchestra of Fiesole, the Turin Philharmonic Orchestra and the Montis Regalis Orchestra of Mondovì, with whom she continues to have regular collaborations. She has performed with the Orchestra of the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, the Italian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rai National Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Teatro Regio and with the Classical Orchestra of Milan.
She’s been playing a thriving concert activity with various Baroque formations including the duo ”Ad Libitum” – together with the Organist Walter Gatti, ”La Venexiana” and with the ”Accademia del Researche”. In chamber music ensembles she enthusiastically plays in duet with piano, harpsichord and organ, as well as in settings such as string quartet and the string quintet.
