Uto Ughi

Italian Classical Violinist

Italian violinist and conductor. Born January 21, 1944 in Busto Arsizio, Italy. He studied under the guide of M° George Enescu and M° Corrado Romano. He is the founder of several music festivals, namely "Omaggio a Venezia", "Omaggio a Roma" and "Uto Ughi per Roma". In 1997 he was commissioned Knight Grand Cross by the Italian President and in 2002 he received a degree honoris causa in Communication studies. He has won various awards, the most prestigious being "Una vita per la musica - Leonard Bernstein" in 1997, "Galileo 2000" and the international "Ostia Mare" in 2003. He plays two fine instruments: the Van Houten-Kreutzer (1701) by Antonio Stradivari and the Cariplo-Hennel-Rosé (1744) by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù.