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Matteo Cimatti is a prize-winning Italian violinist who has been praised for his “...refined playing and melodious and intense tone…” (ANSA).
Based between London and Switzerland, he has appeared alongside several European orchestras and at numerous festivals, and is also an accomplished and enthusiastic chamber player. In May 2025, he was selected as one of the winners at the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) International Final Auditions.
Matteo has appeared as a soloist with several orchestras, including the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, London Firebird Orchestra, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra and Orchestra Giovanile Italiana, and has performed in numerous festivals and concert seasons such as the Sion Festival, Festival dei Due Mondi, Amici della Musica di Firenze, Musica Insieme Bologna and Musikdorf Ernen, among others.
Upcoming highlights include debuts at the Alte Oper Frankfurt and Philharmonie Berlin, a return to Wigmore Hall, as well as appearances at several festivals including the Internationales Musikfestival Heidelberger Frühling and Beethovenfest Bonn.
Matteo is a Borletti-Buitoni Trust nominee and has won numerous awards and accolades at national and international competitions, including awards from the Fondation Leenaards, Rahn Kulturfonds, Concours d’Interprétation Musicale de Lausanne and the Premio Postacchini International Violin Competition.
An avid chamber musician since a very young age, Matteo enjoys a rich and varied concert life as a chamber player. He is a founding member of the Wendel Quartet, a piano quartet based in Basel, which was a prizewinner at the Orpheus Swiss Chamber Music Competition in November 2024 and has appeared at several festivals including Musikdorf Ernen and the Swiss Chamber Music Festival Adelboden.
Matteo completed a Soloist Master’s Degree at the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne (HEMU) in July 2024, where he studied with Janine Jansen and Tomo Keller. He previously earned Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from HEMU, studying with Svetlana Makarova and Pavel Vernikov. Matteo has also been mentored by David Takeno at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and has benefited from lessons with pedagogues such as Miriam Fried, Mihaela Martin and Gerhard Schulz.
> Download PDF (EN, FR, IT)Matteo has appeared as a soloist with several orchestras, including the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, London Firebird Orchestra, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra and Orchestra Giovanile Italiana, and has performed in numerous festivals and concert seasons such as the Sion Festival, Festival dei Due Mondi, Amici della Musica di Firenze, Musica Insieme Bologna and Musikdorf Ernen, among others.
Upcoming highlights include debuts at the Alte Oper Frankfurt and Philharmonie Berlin, a return to Wigmore Hall, as well as appearances at several festivals including the Internationales Musikfestival Heidelberger Frühling and Beethovenfest Bonn.
Matteo is a Borletti-Buitoni Trust nominee and has won numerous awards and accolades at national and international competitions, including awards from the Fondation Leenaards, Rahn Kulturfonds, Concours d’Interprétation Musicale de Lausanne and the Premio Postacchini International Violin Competition.
An avid chamber musician since a very young age, Matteo enjoys a rich and varied concert life as a chamber player. He is a founding member of the Wendel Quartet, a piano quartet based in Basel, which was a prizewinner at the Orpheus Swiss Chamber Music Competition in November 2024 and has appeared at several festivals including Musikdorf Ernen and the Swiss Chamber Music Festival Adelboden.
Matteo completed a Soloist Master’s Degree at the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne (HEMU) in July 2024, where he studied with Janine Jansen and Tomo Keller. He previously earned Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from HEMU, studying with Svetlana Makarova and Pavel Vernikov. Matteo has also been mentored by David Takeno at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and has benefited from lessons with pedagogues such as Miriam Fried, Mihaela Martin and Gerhard Schulz.
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