Salvatore Accardo began violin lessons at six and studied with Luigi d’Ambrosio at the Naples Conservatory, working to a strict regime of scales and Ševčik exercises. He undertook additional studies at the Accademia Chigiana, Siena, with Yvonne Astruc (a pupil of Enescu), where he was able to play with the likes of Pablo Casals and Alfred Cortot. He later became a teacher there himself but bemoaned the dearth of chamber music, considering this fundamental to a musician’s experience and development. Throughout his career he has been instrumental in setting up various festivals, academies, master-classes and ensembles designed to encourage the highest levels of achievement amongst string players, and his relaunching of the Orchestra da Camera Italiana in 1...

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ACCARDO, Salvatore: Masterclass in Cremona, Vol. 1
ACCARDO, Salvatore: Masterclass in Cremona, Vol. 1
Composers: Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Sarasate, Pablo de
Artists: Accardo, Salvatore -- Bellochio, Maria Grazia -- Luque, Lucia -- Marzadori, Laura
Label/Producer: Dynamic
ACCARDO, Salvatore: Masterclass in Cremona, Vol. 2
ACCARDO, Salvatore: Masterclass in Cremona, Vol. 2
Composer: Beethoven, Ludwig van
Artists: Accardo, Luigi -- Accardo, Salvatore -- Bellocchio, Maria Grazia -- Dego, Francesca -- Falasca, Fabrizio -- Leonardi, Francesca
Label/Producer: Dynamic
ACCARDO, Salvatore: Masterclass in Cremona, Vol. 3
ACCARDO, Salvatore: Masterclass in Cremona, Vol. 3
Composers: Bach, Johann Sebastian -- Szymanowski, Karol
Artists: Accardo, Salvatore -- Cattarossi, Monica -- Demetz, Caterina -- Kim, Dami
Label/Producer: Dynamic
ACCARDO, Salvatore: Masterclass in Cremona, Vol. 4
ACCARDO, Salvatore: Masterclass in Cremona, Vol. 4
Composers: Brahms, Johannes -- Ravel, Maurice
Artists: Accardo, Salvatore -- Bellocchio, Maria Grazia -- Gelsomini, Sofia -- Giorgini, Saskia -- Zosi, Edoardo
Label/Producer: Dynamic
VERBIER FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS 2008
VERBIER FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS 2008
Composers: Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Brahms, Johannes -- Bruch, Max -- Dohnanyi, Erno -- Prokofiev, Sergey -- Ravel, Maurice -- Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich -- Schubert, Franz -- Shostakovich, Dmitry
Artists: Accardo, Salvatore -- Angelich, Nicholas -- Argerich, Martha -- Bashmet, Yuri -- Bell, Joshua -- Capucon, Gautier -- Elschenbroich, Leonard -- Frost, Martin -- Gringolts, Ilya -- Guerrier, David -- Honeck, Manfred -- Kraggerud, Henning -- Lugansky, Nikolai -- Madzar, Aleksandar -- Maisky, Mischa -- Power, Lawrence -- Pressler, Menahem -- Quatuor Ebene -- Rachlin, Julian -- Tamestit, Antoine -- UBS Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra -- UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra -- Wang, Yuja
Label/Producer: EuroArts
VIOLINS OF CREMONA (THE) - A Tour with Salvatore Accardo
VIOLINS OF CREMONA (THE) - A Tour with Salvatore Accardo
Artist: Accardo, Salvatore
Label/Producer: Dynamic