Constantin Riccardi
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 Constantin, born in 1996 in Luxembourg, began the violin at the age of four with Pierre Laurent. A year later he made his first appearance on stage at theVilla Louvigny.

At the age of ten, he played with Cyprien Katsaris during the International Festival of Echternach. He obtained a Grand Prix Sacem (Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de musique) unanimously from the jury, in the international competition of Union Grand Duc Adolphe.

After his premier prix in violin, chamber music and music theory from the CVL, Conservatoire of the city of Luxembourg, he became a student of Philippe Koch in 2010, and joined the structure for Young Talents of the Conservatoire Royal de Liège.

From 2010 to 2014, Constantin was the concertmaster of the CVL Symphony Orchestra.

Constantin started studying conducting at the age of 15 and got his premier prix three years later in 2013.

In December 2013, after auditions, he was offered to continue his studies at the Royal Academy of Music and he has been nominated for the prestigious Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music scholarship. He started at the RAM in September 2014 to study violin with Clio Gould.

Constantin enjoys playing in many chamber music groups, including a Trio with internationally acclaimed pianist Jean Muller and cellist Nora Braun.

Curious to extend the standard repertoire of his instrument he has played Tango composer Astor Piazzolla's Four Seasons of Buenos Aires for violin an orchestra with the Orchestre de Chambre de Luxembourg in February 2015. Later in October he has had the chance to work with American minimalist composer John Adams to perform his piece Road Movies for violin and piano at the Royal Academy.

Last February Constantin performed as a soloist with the Oltenia Philharmonic Orchestra in Craiova, Romania.

During masterclasses he had the chance to work with following great violinists: Maxim Vengerov, Pierre Amoyal, A.L. Breuninger, Svetlin Roussev, Dong-Suk Kang, György Pauk, Alexandru Tomescu and Alena Baeva.

Constantin plays a Landolfi from 1775.
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