ALDO CICCHINI
Violino
Musician and speaker, born in Montevideo in 1988, he started playing the violin at just 5 years old, performing in public for the first time two years later. Even as a child, he explored different musical genres, from classical to tango, rock, and pop, playing the violin, guitar, and singing.
His education continued in Italy at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan under the guidance of Maestro Daniele Gay, where he graduated with top honors and special mention. He later refined his skills at the University of Music in Vienna with Dora Schwarzberg. A winner of numerous awards and scholarships, he has performed worldwide as a soloist and orchestral musician in prestigious venues from Argentina to Hong Kong.
In 2014, he joined the RAI National Symphony Orchestra as first violin section member. During the 2020 pandemic, his 36 balcony concerts in Milan became a viral phenomenon, attracting over 300,000 daily viewers on social media from all over the world.
In 2022, he was a speaker at the world’s largest TEDx, at the Movistar Arena in Buenos Aires, blending music and words in front of 12,000 people. Since then, his speaking career has continued in Italy, with appearances at the Assago Forum in Milan for the International Day of Happiness 2024, at the World Happiness Summit 2025 in Miami, and at various corporate and institutional events.
GIULIO CAZZANI
Cello
Born in 1988, cellist of the Milan Symphony Orchestra, he graduated in Como with top honors.
He continued his studies at the Teatro alla Scala Academy and later at the Conservatory of Italian Switzerland, where he obtained a Master of Arts in Music Performance under the guidance of Johannes Goritzki.
He also studied with Massimo Polidori, Umberto Clerici, Giovanni Sollima, Enrico Bronzi, and Giovanni Gnocchi.
He served as principal cellist in several Italian youth orchestras and passed auditions for the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester in Vienna, the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento, the Teatro Comunale of Bologna, and the Arena di Verona Orchestra, where he also collaborated as assistant principal cellist.
He has performed in Europe, America, and Asia under the direction of some of the world’s greatest conductors.
Alongside his classical career, he has a deep passion for modern music, experimenting with electric bass and synthesizers both as an arranger and composer, performing at major festivals and music events.
MARCO VENTURI
Viola
He graduated with top honors in viola and violin at the Milan Conservatory and pursued further studies at prestigious advanced music academies in Siena (Chigiana), Cremona (Stauffer), and Pinerolo.
By the age of 30, he had already performed in four continents, appearing in theaters across New York, Boston, Washington, Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Taipei, Hong Kong, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, Hanoi, Berlin, Madrid, London, Paris, Prague, Budapest, Zagreb, Vienna, Lisbon, Barcelona, Tel Aviv, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Munich, Jerusalem, and many other cities in Italy and abroad.
He worked for 10 years with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Orchestra, and collaborated with Teatro San Carlo in Naples, La Fenice in Venice, and as principal viola with La Toscanini Orchestra in Parma and I Cameristi della Scala.
Beyond the concert halls, he spent two years as a viola professor at the Monza Music High School and performed in stadiums in front of more than 60,000 people per venue as part of Ultimo’s Band, as well as in the bands of Levante and Malika Ayane, accompanying them on multiple Italian tours.
In the pop music world, he has played for Battiato, Mika, Cocciante, Pausini, Ramazzotti, Biondi, and Tony Hadley, among others.
