Laura Andriani studied at the Conservatory of Music G Verdi
in Torino where she graduated in Violin aged 17 under the tuition of Elena Guizzardi. Then she studied with Franco
Gulli, Adelina Oprean (Solisten-Diplom at the Akademie
der Stadt Basel, Switzerland) and Salvatore Accardo (Accademia
Walter Stauffer in Cremona).
First violin of the Andriani Quartet she studied in England
(Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh and Royal Academy of Music in London), in Austria
(Musikhochschule Wien) and in Italy (Scuola di Musica di Fiesole) with members of the
Amadeus Quartet, Smetana Quartet and
Quartetto Italiano.
Besides her musical life, she graduated in Humanities with the highest grade at the
Università degli Studi di Torino (Italy).
Since she was ten years old, Laura won first prizes in important italian
competitions.
In 1997 she won the most important italian competition for violin in Vittorio Veneto
and at the XLIV International Violin Competition Premio Paganini in Genova, she
obtained unanimously the Special Prize for the best interpretation of the XX century
violin composition playing the Sequenza VIII by Luciano Berio.
In 2003, she participated at the Concours international de Montréal: she was the
only italian violinist admitted and obtained a big success entering to the finals which
were live broadcasted by Radio Canada, Art Tv and diffused by internet.
In January 2010 the CD Chants de terre et de ciel, with music
by Messiaen, realized with Robert
Kortgaard and Suzie LeBlanc, won the Opus Prize.
Laura played as soloist with Basler Sinfonie-Orchester,
Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Orquesta
Sinfonica del Nuevo Mundo in Mexico, Orchestre symphonique du
Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean and Orchestre symphonique de
Montréal. As a chamber music player, she performed in Europe (Italy, France,
Germany, Austria, Spain, Belgium, Holland, England, Czech Republic), United States,
Canada, China and Korea. She also played in groups specialized in the performance of
contemporary music (Sentieri Selvaggi and Divertimento Ensemble) and she played in the Orchestra
Filarmonica della Scala, Teatro Regio di Torino and OCI
(Italian Chamber Orchestra).
Since the summer 2003, Laura Andriani is the first violin
of the Alcan Quartet.
Laura Andriani’s performance of the Tchaikovsky Concerto was lyrical and poetic. Although her playing
reminded the listener that she hails from Italy — where lyricism in violin
playing remains highly cherished and cultivated — she is an individual, with a
manner of expression uniquely her own. Andriani’ s
originality and affinity for the new was recognized in 1997 for her performance of
Luciano Berio’ s Sequenza VIII
at the Premio Nicolò Paganini International Violin Competition in Genoa. Throughout
this competition, Andriani again made it clear that she does
not merely re-iterate the precepts of old traditions. The sense of individuality and
newness that infuses her artistry makes her worth watching and listening to. —
La Scena Musicale, 2003, 5 June (Critique by Piotr Gawek and
Mary Katharine Wallbridge-Gawek)
