Edoardo Zosi, violin.
Liù Pelliciari, violin.
Benedetta Bucci, viola.
Stefano Cerrato, cello.

“They play with one mind, beauty of sound, intonation, precision and beautiful musical ideas and expression.”
Geraldine Walther - Takács Quartet, 2017

Quartetto Adorno won the Third Prize, the Special Prize for the best performance of a contemporary piece and the Public’s Prize at the International String Quartet Competition “XI Premio Paolo Borciani”. During the thirty-year history of the Competition, no other Italian quartet has ever achieved such important recognition.

In 2018 Quartetto Adorno was the winner of the X International Competition for String Quartet “V. E. Rimbotti” and they also became the associate artist in residence at the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth in Brussels. In 2019 Quartetto Adorno received the prestigious Prize “Una vita nella musica giovani 2019”.

From 2019 Quartetto Adorno is supported by CIDIM.

Quartetto Adorno was founded in 2015.
Their name is a tribute to the great philosopher Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno who, in an age of musical and social decline, saw chamber music as the only path to salvation. Adorno claimed that this genre kept the relationship between human beings and music authentic, upholding values such as respect and a desire for perfection.

Despite their recent foundation, Quartetto Adorno has already performed for important promoters such as “London Chamber Music Society Series at Kings Place” and “Wigmore Hall” London, “Ravenna Festival”, “La Società dei Concerti” Milan, “Fondazione I Teatri” Reggio Emilia, MITO Festival, “Unione Musicale” Turin, Festival di Portogruaro, “Fazioli Concert Hall” Sacile, “Podium für junge Solisten” Tegernsee, “ACM Chamber Music” Trieste, “Amici della Musica” Perugia,“Festival Musique Chalosse” France, “Allegro Vivo Festival” Altenburg,“Musica Insieme” Bologna, “Amici della Musica” Campobasso, ”Amici della Musica” Firenze, “Appassionata Festival” Macerata, “Società del Quartetto” Bergamo ,“Micat in Vertice – Fondazione Chigiana” Siena, “Associazione Scarlatti” Naples, MUCH Brussels, “Soireès Musicales” Grimaud, “Fondazione Cini” Venezia, “Musikerlebnis” Munich, “Amici della Musica” Padova, “Richmond Concert Society” London.

Important collaborations include great artists such as P. Badura-Skoda, G. Bandini, E. Bronzi, B. Canino, A. Carbonare, F. Di Rosa, S. Gramaglia, L. Lortie, F. Meloni, P. Meyer, A. Oliva, F. Ragghianti, G. Sollima.

In 2019 the first CD is published by the Label Decca Italia with the A. von Zemlinsky No. 3 String Quartet and the J. Brahms Clarinet Quintet Op. 115 together with Alessandro Carbonare.

In 2019/20/21 they are engaged in the performance of the complete Ludwig van Beethoven quartets at “Associazione Musicale Lucchese”, “Viotti Festival” in Vercelli, “Amici della Musica” in Cagliari,”Festival di Musica da Camera” Urbino, “Musikamera” at Sale Apollinee in Teatro La Fenice in Venice.

Special thanks to Asmana Wellness World Firenze for supporting Quartetto Adorno’s activity.

EDOARDO ZOSI PLAYS HIS ANSALDO POGGI 1929 VIOLIN.

LIÙ PELLICIARI PLAYS HER STEFANO SCARAMPELLA 1917 VIOLIN WHICH BELONGED TO THE AMERICAN VIOLINIST SERGIU LUCA.

BENEDETTA BUCCI PLAYS THE VIOLA IGINO SDERCI 1939 WHICH BELONGED TO, AND WAS PLAYED BY, PIERO FARULLI DURING A FORTY YEAR CAREER WITH THE QUARTETTO ITALIANO. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS TO ANTONELLO FARULLI.

STEFANO CERRATO PLAYS HIS CELLO, ANONYMOUS 1920S.