Clarissa Bevilacqua, violin

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Violinist Clarissa Bevilacqua is known to enchant audiences with her deeply inspiring musicality, and her playing has been described as “luminously elevated” (Gramophone) and “elegant and nimble” (The Strad).

Clarissa’s 2025/26 season features several highly anticipated debuts as a soloist, most notably with the Münchner Symphoniker and the Münchener Kammerorchester. She will perform in some of the world’s most renowned venues, including the Isarphilharmonie, Schloss Elmau, Beethovensaal Stuttgart, Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, Elbphilharmonie, Prince Mahidol Hall in Bangkok, Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris, and Victoria Hall in Geneva.

Clarissa's debut solo album, Mozartiana, has been released in Spring 2026 by Berlin Classics, in collaboration with Bayerischer Rundfunk. Her album featuring Augusta Read Thomas complete works for solo violin and the world premiere of her Concerto #3: ‘Juggler in Paradise’, was released by Nimbus Records in collaboration with BBC Radio 3. Through her close collaborations with contemporary composers, several new works have been written for and dedicated to her, including Sun Plaits by Augusta Read Thomas, Clarissa’s Tango and Colombina by Richard Blackford, and Trazomby Giovanni Sollima.

Highlights from the past seasons include performances with Orchestre Philarmonique de Monte-Carlo, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Cape Symphony, Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Orchestra della Toscana, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, El Sistema Orchestra, and at the opening concert of the Mozartwoche 2023 with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. Clarissa also performs regularly in a trio with cellist Giovanni Sollima and pianist Carlotta Maestrini. The trio recently recorded the album Short Trio Stories with repertoire that spans from classical to rock.

Beyond performing, Clarissa is also the founder and Artistic Director of DYNAMIKfest Salzburg, an annual classical contemporary chamber music festival dedicated to championing emerging, under 30 artists and composers. The only one of its kind in Salzburg, the festival presents dynamic concerts that juxtapose fresh, innovative works with timeless masterpieces, commissions and premieres compositions, and engages the community through charity and educational initiatives.

Winner of several international violin competitions, Clarissa was awarded First Prize, Audience Award and Special Bärenreiter Award at the International Mozart Competition Salzburg. She was also awarded the Grand Prize at the Cape Symphony International Violin Concerto Competition, and second place at the Monte-Carlo Music Masters. In 2023, Clarissa was selected to join the Classeek Ambassador Program and their artist roster, as a winner of the open application competition. She currently a laureate of the prestigious Fondation Gautier Capuçon.

An avid and enthusiastic learner, Clarissa received her Bachelor of Music at age sixteen, graduating summa cum laude. She completed her Master of Music in Violin Performance at the Mozarteum University Salzburg with Pierre Amoyal, and a Master of Violin Solo Performance at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" Berlin with Antje Weithaas.