Vincenzo Starace – viola

Vincenzo Starace is the violist of the Wiener Kammersymphonie and of the Hefest Piano Quartet, he has collaborated on a regular basis with the Mantua Chamber Orchestra since 2015.
Since April 2020 he has been first viola of the “L’Appassionata” Chamber Orchestra,
In 2022 the II level Master in Chamber Music at the Arrigo Boito Conservatory of Parma – Trio di Parma, Pierpaolo Maurizi, Lukas Hagen ends with honors and mention.
In 2020 he was the violist of the César Franck Quartet with which he participated in the ECMA – European Chamber Music Academy session, with the following masters: Luc-Marie Aguera (Ysaÿe Quartet), Johannes Meissl (Artis Quartet), Hariolf Schlichtig (Cherubini Quartet ).
Graduated in 2017 with top marks from the Three-Year Advanced Course in Chamber Music with Carlo Fabiano at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome; previously he completed his studies at the “U. Giordano” of Foggia, under the guidance of Rocco De Massis, graduating with honors in 2011.
Also passionate about the contemporary music repertoire, he was part of the Ensemble Novecento of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia,
He collaborates with various European orchestras such as Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Orchestra Leonore, Europe Philharmonic Orchestra – Ezio Bosso, I Solisti Aquilani, Wiener Jeunesse Orchester and Orchestra Junge Philharmonie Wien with which he has toured in the most important halls of European capitals.