viola
Martina Forni
The Italian violist Martina Forni grew up surrounded by many kinds of music. The equally diverse musical activities she would later employ, from baroque to contemporary music passing through jazz and Argentinian tango, turned her into an eclectic musician.
Martina Forni graduated magna cum laude at both the Conservatory of Verona and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Among her teachers and mentors were Nobuko Imai, Michael Gieler, Umberto Forni and Anner Bylsma.
She was a member of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and played with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Asko|Schönberg for many years. In 2013 Forni joined the viola section of the Concertgebouworkest.
In the 2007/2008 season, she was a member of the Academy of the Concertgebouworkest.
Martina Forni is co-founder of the prize-winning Ensemble Lumaka, she was member of th eGoYa Quartet for five years and plays now with Il Faro Quartet. She also plays baroque viola and has been principal violist of Anima Eterna Brugge, Ensemble Zefiro and La Chambre Philharmonique.
Martina enjoys teaching viola and chamber music. In 2019 and 2020 she gave masterclasses to the South African Youth Orchestra and since 2020 she is teaching 'Music performance on original instruments' at the Mahler Chamber Orchestra Summer Academy in Dobbiaco.
Since 2022, Martina has been playing a Giovanni Rota via Foundation Concertgebouworkest
The Italian violist Martina Forni grew up surrounded by many kinds of music. The equally diverse musical activities she would later employ, from baroque to contemporary music passing through jazz and Argentinian tango, turned her into an eclectic musician.
Martina Forni graduated magna cum laude at both the Conservatory of Verona and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Among her teachers and mentors were Nobuko Imai, Michael Gieler, Umberto Forni and Anner Bylsma.
She was a member of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and played with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Asko|Schönberg for many years. In 2013 Forni joined the viola section of the Concertgebouworkest.
In the 2007/2008 season, she was a member of the Academy of the Concertgebouworkest.
Martina Forni is co-founder of the prize-winning Ensemble Lumaka, she was member of th eGoYa Quartet for five years and plays now with Il Faro Quartet. She also plays baroque viola and has been principal violist of Anima Eterna Brugge, Ensemble Zefiro and La Chambre Philharmonique.
Martina enjoys teaching viola and chamber music. In 2019 and 2020 she gave masterclasses to the South African Youth Orchestra and since 2020 she is teaching 'Music performance on original instruments' at the Mahler Chamber Orchestra Summer Academy in Dobbiaco.
Since 2022, Martina has been playing a Giovanni Rota via Foundation Concertgebouworkest
The Italian violist Martina Forni grew up surrounded by many kinds of music. The equally diverse musical activities she would later employ, from baroque to contemporary music passing through jazz and Argentinian tango, turned her into an eclectic musician.
Martina Forni graduated magna cum laude at both the Conservatory of Verona and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Among her teachers and mentors were Nobuko Imai, Michael Gieler, Umberto Forni and Anner Bylsma.
She was a member of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and played with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Asko|Schönberg for many years. In 2013 Forni joined the viola section of the Concertgebouworkest.
In the 2007/2008 season, she was a member of the Academy of the Concertgebouworkest.
Martina Forni is co-founder of the prize-winning Ensemble Lumaka, she was member of th eGoYa Quartet for five years and plays now with Il Faro Quartet. She also plays baroque viola and has been principal violist of Anima Eterna Brugge, Ensemble Zefiro and La Chambre Philharmonique.
Martina enjoys teaching viola and chamber music. In 2019 and 2020 she gave masterclasses to the South African Youth Orchestra and since 2020 she is teaching 'Music performance on original instruments' at the Mahler Chamber Orchestra Summer Academy in Dobbiaco.
Since 2022, Martina has been playing a Giovanni Rota via Foundation Concertgebouworkest
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Martina Forni - image: Mladen Pikulic -
Martina Forni on a film set. image: Renske Vrolijk/Concertgebouworkest -
Martina Forni and Honorine Schaeffer with a camera crew during the opening of the new Concertgebouw Orchestra office. image: Renske Vrolijk/Concertgebouworkest -
Martina Forni has fun backstage with colleague Edith van Moergastel. image: Anne Dokter -
Martina Forni during a concert. image: Milagro Elstak -
Martina Forni during a concert. image: Milagro Elstak
