A 'Classically Contemporary' Performer

Federica Severini graduated in violin from the San Pietro a Majella Conservatory in Naples with top marks, honors and mention. She followed the specialization courses of Maestro Salvatore Accardo at the W. Stauffer Academy in Cremona and obtained the diploma of high specialization in both violin and chamber music, at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. He obtained the MAS (Master of Advanced Studies) at the Conservatory of Italian Switzerland in Lugano with Maestro Klaidi Sahatci. He studied at the Hochschule in Mannheim with Maestro Marco Rizzi for the master's degree in “Orchestersolist”.

She teaches violin at the C. Gesualdo da Venosa Conservatory in Potenza and has taught chamber music at the Martucci Conservatory in Salerno and violin at the Mascagni Higher Institute of Musical Studies in Livorno. She was the winner of the First Prize at the “American Protègè – International Concerto Competition” in New York, performing in the Weill Hall of Carnegie Hall and the Absolute First Prize at the “Dinu Lipatti” International Competition in Rome. As a member of the Pragma Trio he won the Jacopo Napoli European Competition and the Magliano Sabina International Competition.

A strong interest in contemporary music led her to collaborate with the Ensemble Biennale College of the Venice Biennale in 2015/16, with Divertimento Ensemble and Syntax Ensemble, as well as with the Ensemble '900 of the Academy. Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and the Bernasconi Ensemble of the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala in Milan.

She collaborated as a supporter with the orchestra of Padua and Veneto for the 2021 season. She was violinist at the Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra in Milan and was eligible for the Violin Competition of the RAI National Symphony Orchestra. He was part of the orchestra of the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala in Milan, also performing as a supporter. He has collaborated with the Cameristi della Scala, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro Verdi in Salerno, Orchestra da Camera Italiana, Solisti Aquilani, Tiroler Festspiele Orchesterakademie, Camerata Ducale. He plays a 1912 Romeo Antoniazzi violin.