Germana Porcu Morano & Bruno Canino
Biography Germana Porcu Morano & Bruno Canino
Germana Porcu Morano
"A violinist of great skill and confidence, Germana Porcu possesses the flair of an accomplished artist who tackles pieces with great commitment, captivating the audience."
She began her musical studies at an early age under the guidance of F. Cusano. She graduated with top marks and honours and in 2010, as best graduate of the G. Donizetti Conservatory in Bergamo, she received the 'Rotary Prize' from the city of Bergamo. Since 2006, she has played in the Bergamo Musica Festival Orchestra of the Donizetti Theatre in Bergamo, with which she has toured Italy, Japan and Sweden. In 2009, he performed, under the guidance of composer Giya Kancheli, his composition 'In l'istesso tempo', gaining the author's warm appreciation. He has won numerous scholarships and first prizes including: 1st Absolute Prize at the "III Miryam and Pierluigi Vacchelli International Chamber Music Competition"; 1st Prize at the "XI International Music Competition Italian Festival", receiving the Special Prize "Soloist with Orchestra" thanks to which he performed W.A.'s Concerto No. 5 K 219. Mozart with the "Alessandria Classica" Orchestra; 3rd Prize at the 30th edition of the prestigious "Michelangelo Abbado International Competition for Violinists" (1st - 2nd Prize not awarded), 1st Prize, as soloist with orchestra, at the "26th European Music Competition".
In 2013, she was named 'Most distinguished violinist' at the 'World Music Competition Ibla Grand Prize'. In the same year, she won a scholarship donated by Claudio Abbado. In 2015 she won the 3rd prize at the "V Concurso Internacional y Festival de Músicos La Noche en Madrid", winning the appreciation of the jury president Victor Abramyan (Professor of Violin at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire) and the audience. She has performed in numerous concerts as a soloist and in chamber music ensembles in Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland, Spain and China. She has attended masterclasses with I. Volochine, S. Makarova, P. Vernikov, K. Bogino. She specialised with F. Cusano in Fiesole, with S. Gessner in Paris and with K. Sahatci in Lugano at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana. She played in a duo with pianist Sara Costa, with whom, in 2018, she recorded the complete sonatas for violin and piano by C. Nielsen, published on the OMK-Da Vinci record label, a record that met with critical acclaim. In 2016, he formed the Trio Carducci, with whom he played until 2018. As a trio he won the 2nd prize at the Grand Prize Virtuoso Competition in London and in April 2017 he made his debut at the Royal Albert Hall (Elgar Room).
The year 2018 was full of news for the Trio: in March a concert at the prestigious St. Martin in the Fields in London, in June a tour in China, performing in the most prestigious Chinese theatres (in Beijing at the National Library Arts Centre and Sunrise Concert Hall BUAA, Tianjin Grand Theatre Concert Hall, Yangzhou Concert Hall, Telunsu Concert Hall in Chengdu, Harbin Concert Hall), meeting with enormous success. December 2018 saw the release on the international record label Brilliant Classics of a disc dedicated to Russian composer A. Arensky. In 2019, a disc dedicated to the rediscovered duets for violin and guitar by Brescian composer Giacomo Merchi, in duo with guitarist Gabriele Zanetti, was released on the OMK-Da Vinci record label. A recording project of Antonio Vivaldi's concertos for 4 violins, with violinist Franco Mezzena and the Orchestra da Camera di Lecce e del Salento, for the record label Luna Rossa Classic will be released shortly. Since 2016 he has been playing with guitarist Roberto Porroni, with whom he has an important concert activity in Italy, Germany and Switzerland. Composer Pino Donaggio wrote and dedicated his composition 'Lo specchio del tempo', recently recorded, together with music by Morricone and Ortolani.
She holds the supporting role in the chamber group 'Le Soliste Italiane'. In 2019 she was chosen as the representative violinist in the Tiscali commercial by director Howard Greenhalgh, who has worked with great artists including Sting, George Michael and others. She plays a Gaetano Pollastri 1954 violin, kindly granted by a private individual.
