DIEGO RONCALLI

Diego Roncalli, born in Rome in 1965, was a student of Vito Vallini at the Conservatoire “F. Morlacchi” in Perugia, where he graduated with distinction in 1989. He perfectioned his cello playing under the guidance of Amedeo Baldovino and his chamber music skills with the Trio di Trieste at the Scuola di Musica of Fiesole and later at the Conservatoire “Rimskij-Korsakov” of Saint- Petersburg with Anatolij P. Nikitin and in London, with William Pleeth.
First cellist in the Young Italian Orchestra in 1988 and more recently of the Symphony Orchestra of Milan of RAI, he keeps playing for various chamber ensembles also as soloist in some of the most important centres and most prestigious halls.
He has recorded for various labels as well as for radio and television throughout the world. Dedicated to music on period instruments, he studied under the guidance of Roberto Gini at the Civica Scuola di Musica of Milan; since 2000 he has been regularly playing with Concerto Italiano under the direction of Rinaldo Alessandrini.
He played for a long time with H. Ulises Passarella, uruguayian “bandoneonista”, famous interpreter of the “rioplatense” Tango.  He plays a Raffaele Fiorini cello (Bologna 1880). He teaches chamber music at the Conservatoire “L. Perosi” of Campobasso.