Violin
Violinist Clarissa Bevilacqua is known to enchant audiences with her dazzling technical skills and deeply inspiring musicality. Her debut album Dream Catcher gained international recognition after being recommended by Gramophone Magazine and The Strad, which hailed her playing as “luminously elevated” and “elegant and nimble”. As a soloist, Clarissa has performed with Orchestre Philarmonique de Monte-Carlo, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Cape Symphony, Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, Filarmonica de Sibiu, Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Orchestra della Toscana, Orchestra Filarmonica di Benevento, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, El Sistema Orchestra, and at the opening concert of the Mozartwoche 2023 with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg.
Clarissa also performs regulary in a trio with cellist Giovanni Sollima and pianist Carlotta Maestrini. The trio recently recorded the album “Short Trio Stories” with repertoire that spans from classical to rock. Her debut album was released by Nimbus Records featuring Augusta Read Thomas complete works for solo violin, and Violin Concerto No. 3: “Juggler in Paradise” with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales directed by conductor Vimbayi Kaziboni.
Clarissa is the Artistic Director of the DYNAMIKfest, a yearly classical contemporary chamber music festival in the heart of Salzurg, Austria. Her aim is to showcase dynamic concerts that feature commissioned compositions, premiere programs alongside classical masterpieces, performed by outstanding international musicians under 30.
In 2024, Clarissa was selected as a laureate of the prestigious Fondation Gautier Capuçon. The previous year, she was selected to join the Classeek Ambassador Program and their artist roster, as a winner of the open application competition.
Winner of several international violin competitions, she was awarded First Prize, Audience Award and Special Bärenreiter Award at the International Mozart Competition Salzburg in 2020.
