Marco Frezzato

Marco Frezzato studied cello under Mario Brunello, Antonio Meneses and Amedeo Baldovino, and chamber music with the Trio di Trieste and Maureen Jones at the Accademia Chigiana di Siena and at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole. He studied baroque cello with Gaetano Nasillo at the Scuola Civica of Milan, graduating cum laude in 2003. Since 2002 he has been principal cellistof the italian ensemble Accademia Bizantina, conducted by Ottavio Dantone. Marco Frezzato has made many recordings, performed in radio broadcasts, and at many important venues throughout Europe and America, working with artists such as Christophe Coin, Andreas Scholl, Sandrine Piau, Emma Kirkby, Bernarda Fink, Roberta Invernizzi, Sonia Prina, Georg Nigel, Maria Christina Kiehr, Giovanni Antonini, Sergio Azzolini, Vittorio Ghielmi, Enrico Onofri, Guido Morini, and many ensembles, among others Il Giardino Armonico, Ensemble Accordone, Ensemble Claudiana and Ars Musica Zurich. He also performs with the Alea Ensemble, a chamber music group performing classical and romantical music on period instruments.