He has been many times on tour with "I Musici" and "I Virtuosi di Roma" and performed together with celebrated artists such as Accardo, Ricci, Giuranna, Ferraresi, Filippini, Canino, Klein, Petracchi, Pay, Berger, Fabbriciani, Gazzelloni.

He plays in duo with the guitarist Massimo Scattolin, with whom he founded the " Paganini Consort" along with Marcello Defant and Walter Vestidello. He is also first violin of the famous "Quintetto Italiano".

Franco Mezzena is world famous for the many CDs he recorded for Dynamic, Symposium, Rivo Alto, Nuova Era, E.M.S. Arcobaleno. He is recording for Dynamic the complete concertos for violin and orchestra by G.B. Viotti, where he appears as soloist and conductor of the "Symphonia Perusina".

He is Professor at the Conservatory and Music Academy in Pescara and gives Master Classes in Italy (S. Antioco, "Musica Riva", Alghero, Naples) and abroad (Rotterdam, Académié d' été d'Andé, etc.).

He plays a 1721 Antonio Stradivari and also a copy of it by the violin maker Giovanni Osvaldo Fiori (Treviso 1996).

Contact details and further information

Management:
Ashley Pringle
International Concert Management
23 Farmleigh Avenue - Stillorgan
Co.DUBLIN - IRELAND
Telephone/Fax: 00353 / 1 / 2886251

E-mail Franco Mezzena

For further details, see Franco Mezzena's website