Giulio Padoin

Giulio Padoin graduated with highest honors at the A. Steffani Conservatory in Castelfranco Veneto (Italy) under the guidance of Walter Vestidello. He specialized in early music performance with Marco Testori at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, where he obtained the Master of Arts in baroque cello, and with Christophe Coin at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, where he obtained the Master of Arts in music pedagogy. Also in Basel, he completed a Master of Arts in historical improvisation with Nicola Cumer and Dirk Börner.  Since 2023 he has been playing as principal cello with Il Giardino Armonico and Los Elementos Ensemble (Alberto Miguélez Rouco) and works with several groups and orchestras such as Accademia Bizantina, Café Zimmermann, Le Concert d’Astrée (Emmanuele Haïm), Il Pomo d’Oro, Abchordis Ensemble (Andrea Buccarella), Ensemble Estrovagante (Riccardo Doni), Concerto Scirocco (Giulia Genini). With these ensembles he has been playing in important festivals and music halls all over the world.  Since 2025, he has been teaching Baroque Cello and Chamber Music for Strings at the Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado in Milan.  His research for new authors and unreleased music led him to publish a critical edition of a manuscript by Giacomo Facco, with the Spanish label “Música Hispana” (Instituto Complutense de Ciencias Musicales, Madrid), featuring unpublished music for two cellos composed by the Paduan musician during his time in Madrid.  He plays a Carlo Annibale Tononi cello (Bologna, ca. 1710).