Carlotta Malquori

Carlotta Malquori (*1995) grew up in a musical environment in Rome and began her violin studies at the Conservatorio 'G. Morlacchi' in Perugia under the direction of Maestro Patrizio Scarponi.

At the same time she took part in several masterclasses with Marco Fiorentini and Stefano Pagliani.

At the age of 19, she graduated with top marks from the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia and in 2016 won a scholarship to study with Maestro Noé Inui at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf.

Since the age of 17, she has performed internationally in various chamber music ensembles (Panama, Poland, Greece, Germany, China).

She is member of the Neue Philharmonie Berlin, the Französische Kammerphilharmonie and co-founder of the Ares Trio, with whom she completed a Masters at the Avos Project Academy.

In recent years, she has participated in the "Classiche Forme" festival with artistic director Beatrice Rana, among others, and presented the Ares Trio's debut CD in concerts, recorded in collaboration with the German label "Coviello Classics".

Andrea D'Amato

Born in Rieti (Italy) in 1993, Andrea D'Amato completed his Master Degrees in Piano Performance and Chamber Music (both with honours) at the S.Cecilia Conservatory of Rome under the tutelage of Giovanni Auletta and Monica de Matteis.

He then pursued his studies with Lisa Smirnova at the Robert Schumann Musikhochschule in Düsseldorf. He has earned several prizes in both national and international competitions: “Musica Giovani” (Bettona, 2013); “DocMusiContest” (Rieti, 2013 und 2014); “Padre Damiano da Bozzano” (Massa, 2014); “Concorso Pianistico Città di Spoleto” (Spoleto, 2017).

He was also invited to participate in many masterclasses in Germany, Holland and Italy, where he had the opportunity to refine his piano playing with renowned artists, such as Boris Berman, Georg Friedrich Schenck, Frank Peters, Boguslaw Jan Strobel, Giulio De Luca, Mario Montore and Avos Project.

He is a founding member of Ares Trio with which he recorded a CD produced by the German record company 'Coviello Classics' in 2022 - music by A. Babadjanian and D. Shostakovich.