Martino Maina
Cello
Martino Maina graduated cum laude from Conservatorio di Torino with Massimo Macrì, then he obtained the master in music performance, again cum laude, at Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana, under the guidance of Enrico Dindo. Then he studied in Fiesole with Bruno Delepelaire, first principal cellist of Berliner Philharmoniker, and he attended the chamber music master held by Trio di Parma in Conservatorio A. Boito. He joined masterclasses by Antonio Meneses, Natalia Gutman, Thomas Demenga, and Alexander Baillie.
He was a member of Orchestra Giovanile Italiana and Orchestra Cherubini, working with Riccardo Muti. He founded Trio Juvarra and Quartetto Echos, with whom he attended courses with Trio Debussy, Trio di Parma, Quartetto di Cremona and with members of string quartets such as Belcea, Ysaye, Hagen, Artemis, Jerusalem, Alban Berg, Chiligiran, Prazak, Castalian. The two ensembles performed for some of Italy’s leading concert societies, as well as achieving brilliant results in competitions and important awards (the Quartet was awarded the Abbiati “Piero Farulli” prize from Italian critics).
He played chamber music concerts with artists such as Bruno Giuranna, Andrea Lucchesini, Quartetto di Cremona, Marco Rizzi.
He has an intense orchestral activity with some of Italy’s major orchestras, thanks to his brilliant results in numerous auditions. He is currently second cello with the Filarmonica Toscanini of Parma.
Always interested in different musical genres, Martino has a collaboration with the jazz singer Lucia Minetti, with whom he has recorded two CDs and given concerts at the Torino Jazz Festival and at the Palazzo del Quirinale in the presence of the President of the Republic Mattarella, live streamed on Rai1.
He plays a cello made by Antonio Guadagnini in Turin in 1881.