Enrico Dindo became principal cellist of the Teatro alla Scala Orchestra at the age of 22. In 1997 he won First Prize at the Rostropovich Competition in Paris and has since performed with many prestigious orchestras worldwide with conductors including Riccardo Chailly, Daniele Gatti, Paavo Järvi, Valery Gergiev, Riccardo Muti and Mstislav Rostropovich. In May 2000, he was awarded the ‘Abbiati’ Prize and the ‘Vittorio De Sica’ Prize for Music. He plays a Pietro Giacomo Rogeri cello of 1717 (ex Piatti).