) is an Italian

Italy

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 classical violin

Violin

The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

ist.

Life

Zoffoli began to study the violin at age seven with Piero Raffaelli and first appeared on stage at the age of eight. He continued his studies at the Milan Conservatory

Milan Conservatory

The Milan Conservatory is a college of music which was established by a royal decree of 1807 in Milan, capital of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy. It opened the following year with premises in the cloisters of the Baroque church of Santa Maria della Passione. There were initially 18 boarders,...

 with Gabriele Baffero.

He has also studied at the Imola Academy with Pavel Berman, Konstantin Bogino and has participated to masterclasses of Zakhar Bron

Zakhar Bron

Zakhar Bron is a Russian violinist of jewish descent and violin pedagogue. He is considered one of the best.His students have included Vadim Repin, Gwendolyn Masin, Daniel Hope, Maxim Vengerov, Denis Goldfeld, Daishin Kashimoto, Tamaki Kawakubo, Mayuko Kamio, Mayu Kishima, Sayaka Shoji and Nikolai...

, Francesco Manara, Pavel Vernikov and Rodion Shchedrin

Rodion Shchedrin

Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin is a Russian composer. He was one оf the leading Soviet composers, and was the chairman of the Union of Russian Composers from 1973 until 1990.-Life and Works:...

.

He played with the soprano Wilma Vernocchi, the pianist Stefano Bollani

Stefano Bollani

Stefano Bollani is an Italian jazz pianist from Milan.He made his professional debut at fifteen and received his diploma in piano from the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini in Florence. He performs classical music, smooth jazz, avant-garde jazz, Brazilian jazz, and pop rock...

  and the violist Danilo Rossi.

He dedicates with attention to contemporary repertoire and he has played the "Menuhin

Menuhin

Menuhin, Menuchin is the surname of:* Hephzibah Menuhin , American-Jewish concert pianist* Joel Ryce-Menuhin , Jungian psychologist* Moshe Menuhin , teacher and author, father of Yehudi, Hephzibah and Yaltah Menuhin...

 Sonata

Sonata

Sonata , in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to a cantata , a piece sung. The term, being vague, naturally evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms prior to the Classical era...

" by Rodion Shchedrin as first Italian performance and the "Improvvisazione sul corale was mein gott will di J. S. Bach" by Ferdinand Weiss as world premiere.

He currently plays a violin made by Marino Capicchioni

Marino Capicchioni

Marino Capicchioni was an Italian musical instrument maker- Biography :...

, built in Rimini

Rimini

Rimini is a medium-sized city of 142,579 inhabitants in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It is located on the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia and Ausa...

 in 1962.

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