Valeria Vecerina, born in Italy on 27.03.2001, started studying violin at 5. She began her studies with different teachers, including the violinist Davide Alogna, who prepared her for admission to the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Como at the age of 11. Then she graduated with Enrico Casazza in July 2021 with 110 cum laude. She has attended numerous prestigious Academies such as the “Accademia di Alto Perfezionamento dei Musici di Parma” with Stefano Pagliani, the Imola “Incontri col Maestro” Academy and the “Fondazione Scuola di Musica di Fiesole” Academy with Professors Oleksandr Semchuck and Ksenia Milas and the “Stauffer Center for Strings” Academy with Professor Salvatore Accardo. With Salvatore Accardo she also participated in the summer masterclasses at the “Accademia Chigiana” in Siena in 2021 and 2022. She has attended masterclasses with Maestro Francesco Manara, Ilya Grubert, Shlomo Mintz, Leonidas Kavakos and Natalia Prischepenko. She has been awarded first prizes in the International Competitions of San Bartolomeo al mare, Vimodrone and London’s Grand Prize Virtuoso and performed in the Elgar Room of the Royal Albert Hall. Then, she took the scholarship to the Scimone Competition 2023 in Padua. She performed Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, at the Palazzina Liberty in Milan for the MiAmor Festival 2019 and Bach double concerto at Sale Apollinee of the Teatro La Fenice in Venice. In November 2022, she performed for “Camera con Musica” in the Sala Bianca of the Teatro Sociale in Como. In September 2023, she performed for the Fondazione Società dei Concerti in Milan and in chamber ensembles at the Lacmus Festival in 2023 and 2024. She has performed in chamber music for the Collégiale Festival in Neuchâtel, ExpoMus (Como), Settimane Musicali Internazionali in Alessandria, VIVAVERDI OFF in Matera, Visioni Urbane Rionero – Festival Schermi, Festival AsSud in Bari, and the Festival di Capo di Leuca. She has performed with Quartetto Ciak for the Istituto Italiano di Cultura of Zagbre, Berlin and Paris. She has collaborated with the Schweizer Jugend Sinfonie Orchester (SJSO) under the direction of Modestas Pitrenas. In 2023, she earned her Master of Arts in Performance at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana, studying with Klaidi Sahatçi, where she also had the opportunity to take chamber music masterclasses with Danilo Rossi, Enrico Dindo, and Jordi Pons. In 2025, she obtained her Master de Soliste at the Haute École de Musique of Geneva–Neuchâtel with Sergey Ostrovsky, and had the opportunity to perform J. Brahms’ Violin Concerto Op. 77 at the Auditorium Ansermet in Geneva. She plays a Paul Audinot on loan from the Lalive Foundation in Geneva.
Born in 1997, Emanuele Maria Rigamonti graduated with honours in Cello and with honours and special mention in Chamber Music at the Conservatory of Como, where he studied with G. Boselli, F. Valli and P. Beschi. He furthered his studies with S. Cerrato and E. Bronzi, with the Trio di Parma and P. Maurizzi (at Trio di Trieste School and through the Second-Level Master’s Degree in Chamber Music at the Conservatory of Parma, graduating with honours), as well as with the Atos Trio, the Quartetto di Cremona and within ECMA, studying with H. Beyerle, J. Meissl and P. Jüdt. He has attended intensive programmes and masterclasses at major institutions and festivals, including Scuola di Musica in Fiesole, ISA Festival, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris, Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague and Portogruaro Festival, where he was awarded a scholarship twice, studying with renowned teachers. For twelve years, he was a member of Trio Rigamonti, with which he won Second Prize at the prestigious Ysaye International Music Competition in Liège and Fourth Prize at the Rubinstein International Chamber Music Competition in Düsseldorf. He is cellist and Artistic Director of the On The Bridge Cello Ensemble, and cellist of the Achrome Ensemble, Quartetto Ciak, Trio Murr, Trio Helike, Società Cameristica Minium and the Project “Linea al Sud!”. He is also Principal Cellist and Artistic Director of I Solisti di Como. He plays with Orchestra Leonore, conducted by D. Giorgi, and with the Ensemble Solisti Lucani. He is also Music Director of the Società Cameristica Murgiana. As part of his work in historically informed performance practice, he has collaborated with Armoniosa, Accademia dell’Annunciata, R. Balconi, G. Cassone, M. Fumagalli and C. Colombo. He has performed at prestigious festivals and for major musical associations in Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, Romania, Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia, Belgium, Austria, France and Italy. He is currently attending a Second-Level Master’s Degree in Orchestral Conducting at the Conservatory of Matera, studying with M. Rondelli. He has taught Chamber Music at the Conservatories of Teramo and Matera and currently teaches at the Conservatory of Cosenza. In October 2026, he held a Chamber Music Masterclass at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki. His discography includes recordings released by Brilliant Classics, Stradivarius, Arcana, Vermeer, Da Vinci Osaka, UB Music and Sconfinarte. He plays a 1920 cello by G. Sgarabotto.
Pianist born in 2004, Andrea Di Cecca earned his First-Level Diploma in Piano with honors and honorable mention from the “E. R. Duni” Conservatory of Matera at just twenty years old, studying with Prof. Elvira Grilletti, with whom he continues his advanced studies. He is currently enrolled in the two-year program in Chamber Music with Maestro Sergio C. Vecerina. He has furthered his training with international teachers such as Benedetto Lupo, Roberto Plano, Alessandro Deljavan, Bruno Canino, Massimiliano Ferrati, Monica Cattarossi, Pierluigi Camicia, and Roberto Bollea (CSMA masterclass, Santeramo in Colle). For two years (2023–2025) he attended Boris Berman’s course at the Accademia del Ridotto in Stradella. Since 2025 he has been a student at the Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo, in Filippo Gamba’s class. In competitions: first prize at the “Carles & Sofia International Piano Competition” (performances in Granada and Barcelona 2025, recording in memory of Arrau); first prize at the “Emilia ed Elsa Giubitosi” Prize (2024); second prize at “Napolinova” and at the “Premio Oltregiogo.” In duo with saxophone, two absolute first prizes at the “Concorso Internazionale Musicale Mediterraneo” and at “Musica Mundi” in Taranto. He has performed as an orchestral pianist with the Matera Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Msgr. Marco Frisina) and with the Conservatory Orchestra in Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals. He is the pianist of Trio MURR (VIVAVERDI mulikulti, ACAM Beethoven, EXPOMUS/AM Re) and of Trio Helike, selected for the Livorno Music Festival 2026. He has deepened his clarinet-duo repertoire for the “Piero Farulli” Association (Rimbotti grant) and for “I luoghi che in…cantano” in Pisticci; and his repertoire for viola-and-clarinet trio in Gravina for the “I martedì del conservatorio” series and for “Camerata delle Arti ETS.” He has been active since 2023 in the “Chamber Music” season of the Matera Conservatory. As a soloist, he performed Beethoven’s Concerto Op. 15 with the Conservatory Orchestra, broadcast by TRM for the Festa della Repubblica in 2023. He has performed for PianoLab since 2023; in 2024 he gave a recital for “A. Toscanini” in Atripalda and was selected by the conservatory for the national showcase in memory of Pollini. In 2025 he was invited to PianoCity Napoli, Lecce, and Pordenone, and to the “Concerti del Tempietto.” He collaborates with Schulze Pollmann in the “Piano Concert Experience” series.
The Trio has been a student of the Fondazione Accademia di Musica since 2026.
