Silvia De Rosso is an Italian violist. She studied with Roberto Gini at the Conservatory of Music in Parma and graduated with honors in 2015. She participated in master classes given by Alfredo Bernardini, Christophe Coin, Roy Goodman, Monica Hugget, Ton Koopman, Bettina Hoffmann and Matteo Cicchitti. She is interested in Baroque singing and follows courses and master classes with Lia Serafini and Patrizia Vaccari. She plays in important baroque music festivals in Italy and in Europe like: York Early Music Festival, Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik, Festival de Música Antigua de Granada MAG, Festival Musik am 13, Muzyczny Festiwal w Lancucie, Imago Sloveniae, Festival de Música de Compostela e os seus Camiños, Festival Stare Glasbe Early Music Festival Brezice, Festival of Ancient Music in Warsaw, Anima Mea Festival, Grandezze & Meraviglie, Ravenna Festival, Bologna Festival and many others. Extremely flexible, she plays with all kinds of viols: bass, tenor, sopran, pardessus de viole, fiddle, G violone, D violone and baroque doublebass. She was directed by important conductors and musicians including: Alessandro De Marchi, Enrico Gatti, Luca Guglielmi, Roy Goodmann, Monica Hugget, Ton Koopman, Alfredo Bernardini, Roberto Gini, Sergio Balestracci, Federico Maria Sardelli. With Musica & Drama ensemble, D.S.G. ensemble and the Orchestra of Cappella Musicale Arcivescovile of the St. Petronio Basilica in Bologna she participated in the recording of “Messa a 12 G. A. Perti in S. Petronio” (Dynamic). She was part of the Ensemble Modo Antiquo for the “Frescobaldi Madrigals Book 1 vol. 6” recording (Brilliant Classics) and playing in the San Pietro Ensemble she took part in the recording of “Sacred Liturgy in Bologna” (Urania Records). She also recorded “A French Odyssey” with the UnderStories Ensemble (Challenge). In 2023 she recorded her first solo CD edited by Da Vinci Publishing: “Recueil de pieces pour basse de viole seule” dedicated to the music of Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe. At the present, she teaches viol at the historical “Scuola Musicale of Milano” (Italy), in which she deals with the design of personalized paths for the improvement of professional and amateur musicians and she directs “ArcoVerso Ensemble”, a consort of viols composed by her students.
