Matilda Colliard & Stefano Ligoratti
Biographie Matilda Colliard & Stefano Ligoratti
Matilda Colliard
began studying the cello at the age of 4, graduating with top honors from the Guido Cantelli Conservatory in Novara. In July 2024, she earned her advanced diploma (Level II) in viola da gamba with the highest distinction at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan.
She has won numerous international competitions, including the International Music Competition “Grand Prize Virtuoso,” which gave her the opportunity to perform during the award ceremony in the prestigious Royal Albert Hall (Elgar Room) in London.
Passionate about early music, she has specialized in the repertoire through the study of the viola da gamba and Baroque cello, refining her skills under renowned masters Paolo Pandolfo, Vittorio Ghielmi, Christophe Coin, and Lucile Boulanger.
The Italian cellist has gained international recognition through several important recordings. In 2018, she recorded the complete trios of A. Arensky with the Carducci Trio for Brilliant Classics, and in 2019 she recorded Beethoven’s complete works for cello and piano for Da Vinci Classics. In 2021, she recorded the six Suites by J.S. Bach, becoming the first Italian woman to record the complete set of this fundamental work of the cello repertoire. In 2023, she recorded Brahms’ sonatas for cello and piano, again for Da Vinci Classics.
Matilda Colliard is regularly invited to perform at major Italian festivals and concert institutions. She performs throughout Europe (France, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, and England) and Asia, including a tour of China (Beijing, Tianjin, Yangzhou, Chengdu, and Harbin).
She is also the president and founder of “Talestri,” an international feminist association aimed at combating gender-based violence in the world of classical music. Currently, she teaches cello at the Conservatory of Aosta.
Stefano Ligoratti
is a versatile artist who regularly performs as a solo pianist, chamber musician, and conductor.
He has recorded albums for several record labels, including Brilliant Classics, Da Vinci Classics, Limen, and Sconfinarte.
Among his most notable recordings are the complete cycle of Beethoven’s sonatas for violin and piano with Yulia Berinskaya, as well as the sonatas and variations for cello and piano with Matilda Colliard.
He is also very active as a music producer, a role that has led him to collaborate with orchestras such as Milano Classica, I Pomeriggi Musicali, and the Sinfonica di Milano, under the baton of distinguished conductors including Claus Peter Flor, Andrey Boreyko, Michael Sanderling, Stanislav Kochanovsky, Krzysztof Urbanski, Jader Bignamini, Ruben Jais, Pietro Mianiti, Alessandro Cadario, and Giuseppe Grazioli.
Since January 2024, he has been Professor of Score Reading at the “G. Verdi” Conservatory in Turin.
