Mauro Iurato
Mauro Iurato(22 January 1977-) is an italian violinist academic teacher. Biography. Iurato was born in turino, Italy. in 1981, he started his career of music.he started to learn piano at age of 4, and violin at the age of 9 under professor Elena Guizzardi, his first educator. heahas honored several prizes as best violin player in his age. He also marked great result in academic studies. in 1992, he was admitted into Milan Conservatory and studied with Massimo Marin. he graduated with best honor in 5 years. in 1997, he graduated Milan Conservatory in only 5 years. Afte  his graduation, he was offered the scholarship of Music Association “De Sono” and learned from famous players such as Franco Gulli, Corrado Romano and Salvatore Accardo. In 1998, he was admitted into the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna(MDW). Then he met Professor Michael Frischenschlager and perfected his performing until May 2003. He also won prizes in several national and international competitions during the years.His prodigious records brought him out of Italy. he also performed in the whole Europe, Canada, USA and Japan. As a soloist, he have performed with great orchestras such as the Zagreb Soloists, the  Iași "Moldova" Philharmonic Orchestra and the Korean Chamber Orchestra. In this year, he also assemble a duo named “UniDuo” with Giuseppe Mariotti. "UniDuo" has been performing successful concerts in Italy, Austria, and Japan. In 1999, he has been selected　as the concertmaster of the Ensemble Salieri Wien.　This orchestra released two Oratorios under the label “Fonè” in 2000. In 2002, he formed WTV (Wien-Turin Virtuosi) International Chamber Orchestra　with the collaboration of the Vienna University of Music and Dramatic Arts, the University of Turin and the Turin Music Society “La Nuova Arca”. WTV performed concerts in famous music festivals  all over the world, such as the “Cervo International Chamber Music Festival” in Italy, the “Orford Festival” in Canada, the “Neues Künstlerforum Wien”. It met with success of critique and audience every single concert. he visited to Japan giving concert tour as the honored student of MDW. this is the first career in Japan, he loves and lives up to the present. In 2003, he was appointed as a Guest Professor of Violin at Tokushima Bunri University. He gived lessons at the school till 2009. In Japan, he had assigned important positions in several Japanese orchestra. he had assigned as  the Solo Concertmaster of the Ensemble Kobe from 2006 to 2016, as Guest Concert master of the “Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra” from 2007 to 2010, as the director of Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra from 2007 to 2009, and as the guest Concert master of the “Tokyo Symphony Orchestra”, the HPAC (Hyogo Performing Arts Center) Orchestra, and the “Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa”.He also performed in several live broadcasts national radio and TV programs. In 2011, he established a music project for music education in Kobe city, it is called “Harmonia Kobe”. In 2013, he founded a violin School, which is designed to create  a very vital, cross-generational music making environment and to give highly qualified lessons for talented young players. In 2015, he had a speech on TEDxYouth@Kobe. in the same year, he also collaborated with Yuzu, Japanese famous pop duo. Currently he is serving as Professor of Violin at the Osaka Soai University and as Lecturer of Violin at the Music Department of the Hyogo Prefectural Nishinomiya High School (Kobe). He regularly gives Master-classes in Europe as well as in Japan and he holds the position of Ordinary Professor at the “Internationale Sommerakademie Mozarteum Salzburg”. he also gave master class  and concert at Mcgill University in 2016 In 2019, he was given Kobe Art Award to his contribution to Japanese society through Artistic and educational activities. In 2020, under the COVID-19 pandemic. he eagerly joined several project of Kove city and performed to encourage stay-home situation. Instrument. Mauro Iurato owned Gioffredo Cappa “Colla Della Chiesa” dated 1690 (and once belonged to the greatest violinist Gaetano Pugnani) and a custom made bow by G. Lucchi. Further reading. Giuseppe Mariotti Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra External Link. Uniduo Mauro Iurato's Official Site