Antonio Pellegrino

Antonio Pellegrino, born in Italy, began his musical studies at the Conservatory of Cosenza before continuing at the University of Stavanger in Norway. He later earned a master’s degree in performance from the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, Switzerland. Among his mentors are Enrico Dindo, Giovanni Gnocchi, Sandro Meo, Lucia Swarts, and Mieneke van der Velden. In 2022, Antonio was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in the United States. He also holds a master’s degree from the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, specializing in historical cello. He has worked closely with Alfredo Bernardini, Catherine Jones, Bruno Cocset, Lorenzo Coppola, Richard Egarr, and Clive Brown. Antonio is the winner of Early Music Vancouver’s 2025 Emerging Artist Competition (together with Agata) and the 2024 Kammermusikwettbewerb “À tre” in Trossingen, Germany. He has performed at major venues in the Netherlands, including the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, TivoliVredenburg Utrecht, and Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, and has appeared with ensembles such as the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century and PRJCT Amsterdam. In 2025, he served as principal cellist of the European Union Baroque Orchestra, performing under the direction of Shunske Sato, Dorothee Oberlinger, Enrico Onofri, and Dirk Vermeulen.