Jacob Ventura

Jacob Ventura started his musical training at the age of four in Music School of Sanremo. At the age of seven, he moved to Tuscany where he continued to study violin with Lorenzo Borneo and later with Miriam Sadun at Cherubini Conservatoire in Florence. He graduated with top marks under the guidance of Alberto Bologni at the Boccherini Conservatoire of Lucca, and then was tutored by Professors Felice Cusano and Olexandr Semchuk. In 2016, after an inspirational masterclass in Sardinia, where he worked closely with great performers such as Roman Simovic, Gordan Nikolitch, Ivry Gitlis and Olga Sitkovetsky, he decided to move to London following a suggestion from Simovic, and is currently attending a master’s program in Violin Performance at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Alexander Sitkovetsky. Being in the UK from September 2017 he has already collaborated with the London Sinfonietta, Brandenburg Sinfonia, Hastings Philarmonic, Musica Poetica and performed in concerts with Edward Gardner, Pascal Rophé, Richard Lester, Joe Leader, Gary Levinson, Rachel Podger, Marie Pierre Laglamet, ecc... Before joining the UK, Jacob was involved in performing with several Chamber groups and Orchestras in many European Countries: France, Poland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. During his high formation he performed in concert with musicians like Giuliano Carmignola, Mario Brunello, Enirco Dindo, Thomas Muller, Giulio Plotino, Augusto Vismara, Lorenza Borrani, Denis Shapovalov and Alessandro Cappone, and collaborated with conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Herbert Handt, Ari Pelto, John Axelrod, Kevin Class, Massimiliano Caldi and Giovanni Reggioli. Jacob has played as Soloist with the Toscana Classica Orchestra, Artes National Orchestra, Bellagio Festival Orchestra, Mahler Academy Festival Orchestra and Castrocaro Classica Orchestra, performing Concertos and virtuoso pieces from W.A.Mozart, F.Mendelssohn, A.Vivaldi, J.S.Bach, P.Sarasate, N.Paganini, E.Morricone. He has won awards in the following competitions: Nelio Biondi of Macerata, Caffa Righetti Cortemilia, a competition in memory of Vittorio Chiarappa held in Florence, the contest Riviera della Versilia and the Chianti Music Competition. As a chamber musician he has lead the Monsignani String Quartet, playing classical and romantic repertoire in many Italian Festivals. In addition, he performed contemporary repertoire between Pierrot Lunaire of Schoenberg (1912) and the most recent premieres with "In Flame Artists" in Florence and with the artists of "Teatro Valle" in Rome.