High School of Music Forum Musikae

“I am impressed by his talent as a violinist and as concertmaster… His dedication to the music is amazing, as are his musical talents… He animates the music and his colleagues… I relied on his leadership and his great experience…. ” wrote for him Maestro Lorin Maazel.
For six years he was invited personally by Lorin Maazel to be concertmaster at his Castleton Festival Orchestra in Virginia (USA).
In 2016 and 2017 he was invited by Fabio Luisi to be the concertmaster at the Festival della Valle d’Itria.

He is guest concertmaster with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, Orquesta Sinfónica del Teatro Real de Madrid, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana (Les Arts), Spanish National Orchestra in Madrid, Orquesta del Teatre Liceu de Barcelona, Orquesta de Castilla y Leon in Valladolid, Vlaamse Opera and Symphony Orchestra in Belgium, Orchestra Filarmonica A.Toscanini in Parma, Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano, Real Filharmonia de Galicia…

He has performed with renowned conductors such as L. Maazel, G. Prêtre, M. Plasson, F. Luisi, V. Ashkenazy, E. Inbal, B. Bartoletti, Z. Pesko, A. Nanut, L. Shambadal, J. Tate, S. Mälkki, D. Robertson, G. Antonini, J. Axelrod, J. Falletta, D. Runnicles, J. López-Cobos…

He has collaborated with musicians such as P. Zukerman, J. Galway, A. Weilerstein, J. C. Gerard, Ch. E. Pahud, Hartmann, D. Formisano, A. Oliva, J. Perianes, L. Macias Navarro….

He has performed in the most important concert halls of Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada, Austria, France, Belgium, Spain, United States, Turkey, China…

From 2006 to 2015 he has been concertmaster at Petruzzelli Theatre in Bari, Italy, collaborating with musicians and conductors such as: R. Barshai, M. Maisky, A. Fisch, F. Vacchi, G. Neuhold, S. A. Reck, D. Oren…

From 2015 to 2021 he was concertmaster of Real Orquesta Sinfonica de Sevilla.

Particularly interested in contemporary music, he often performed compositions written for him : among them, the work by Wyner (Pulitzer Prize 2006), Paz, Gibran, Marzocchi and Tosi….it is to mention also the collaboration with Steve Reich, Ivan Fedele and Jesús Torres…

He graduated with honors at the Academy of Music in Tirana, won the audition to be member of the
Orchestra of Radio Television of Tirana and has taught violin and chamber music at the Academy of Music.
After leaving his country on 1992, he studied with N. Brainin, G. Monch, A. Lysy, A. Marwood, L. S. Larsen; following the studies for the role of concertmaster with R. Matacena and E. Borok.

He gives master classes at the Academy for Performing Arts in Hong Kong, Foundation Barenboim&Said, Academia Musicae di Vicenza, Scuola di Alto Perfezionamento of Saluzzo (CN), OJA (Orquesta Joven de Andalucia), the Accademia Musicale Umbra, Sebino SummerClass&fFestival, at the National Academy in Hamilton, Canada…
For over ten years he has been a guest professor at Showa University in Tokyo; in Japan had a busy concert schedule, performing in Tokyo (New National Theatre, Bunka Kaikan, Suntory Hall), Yokohama, Kyoto, Osaka…
He is part of Faculty at AYO (Asian Youth Orchestra) in Hong Kong. From 2019 he is Thomastik-Infeld
Performing Artisti.
Next engagements: professor in Hong Kong for AYO (Asían Youth Orchestra); Masterclass in Seúl (South Korea); Guest concertmaster with Orchestre Phlharmonique de Radio France; Chamber Orchestra of Paris; Orchestra Sinfónica do Porto, and also in different orchestras in Spain and Italy…