Livia Stanese

Born in 1977 into a family of musicians, Livia Stanese began studying the cello at Wenjiao Wang, born in Shenyang, China, in 1985, began playing the piano at the age of the age of seven and gave her first concert at the Villa Medici in Rome when she was eleven. She trained with Masha Janushewska, then studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Philippe Muller, graduating with top honours at the age of eighteen. She later earned a Master of Music from Rice University in Houston, studying under Paul Katz, and she was selected to play in a masterclass with legendary cellists such as Rostropovich, Yo-Yo Ma and Janos Starker. Her career was marked early on by competition successes: she won the Aspen Festival Concerto Competition (1999), took First Prize at the Potenza International Chamber Music Competitions (2001), as well as the Price Libero Lana for the best interpretation of a Brahms sonata, and was a semif inalist at the Rostropovich (2005) and Antonio Janigro (2008) competitions. A passionate chamber musician, she has shared the stage with Ivry Gitlis, Stephen Kovacevich, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, and Geneviève Laurenceau, and has performed at major festivals such as the Mozarteum Salzburg, Dartington, Saint-Riquier, Santander, and the Flâneries Musicales de Reims.Her commitment to contemporary music is illustrated by works written for her: Trois Esquisses by Éric Tanguy (1994) and Souffle sur les cendres by Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (2010), both of which were broadcast on France Musique. In 2007, she performed the complete Bach Suites in Paris at the Festival Intrada. Since 2004, Livia has been a permanent member of the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris. She plays a 1926 Celestino Farotto cello with a by Simon F.R.