Martina Biondi is one of Italy's most promising young cellists.
At the age of 17 she made her solo debut with the Orchestra conducted by Donato Sitoperforming Schumann's concerto. Since then she has been regularly invited to important musicalsettings such as: Ravello Festival, Alfredo Piatti International Festival in Bergamo, Teatro diTradizione A.Rendano, M. Quintieri Music Association, Mendelssohn Remise in Berlin, CantiereInternazionale d ́Arte in Montepulciano, Berlin Philharmonie, Piano Salon Christophori,Appassionata music association in Macerata, Asolo Music festival, Lerici Music Festival, ICMFGarda Lake, Herbst Musicaux Festival in Verona, Accademia dei cameristi in Bari, ComoClassica.
Born into a family of musicians, Martina began her studies at the age of four. At only 17, shegraduated at the Stanislao Giacomantonio Conservatory with highest honors.In 2014 she perfected her studies with honors at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia withGiovanni Sollima. She then continued her training with Antonio Meneses at the Stauffer Academyin Cremona and with Peter Bruns at the Hochschule für Musik "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" inLeipzig. In 2016 she moved to Berlin to continue her master's studies at the prestigiousHochschule Hanns Eisler in Berlin with Nicolas Altstaedt.Her education was enriched through Masterclasses given by Jens Peter Maintz, Antonio Meneses(Accademia Chigiana), Gary Hoffmann in the famous Kronberg Academy, Franz Helmerson, Torleif Thedéen, Norman Fischer..
Martina is the winner of international prizes including Pirazzi Stiftung Prize in Frankfurt, FirstAbsolute Prize "Premio Crescendo" including also the Prize for the best performance ofCassadó's Suite and " Best Cellist" prize, Second Prize Francesco Geminiani, semifinalist ofAntonio Janigro Competition.
Prestigious appointments include her debut with the “Orchestra dei Pomeriggi musicali” of Milanwith Beethoven's triple concerto under the baton of Pavel Berman, in 2020 she was a guest ofDaniel Hope in the Hope@home TV program for the French-German "Arte" television.In 2020, in collaboration with guitarist Pietro Locatto, she formed the “ Duo Evocaciones” with afocus on the figures of Cassadó, Albeniz, Granados and De Falla. This project has been releasedin 2022 by the label Stradivarius. The disc is well received by critics both in Italy and abroad (RaiRadio 3, Discover Classical, Amadeus Magazine, Musica magazine etc.).
Martina plays an 1881 Antonio Guadagnini entrusted to her by Gianni Accornero.