Biography

  Alessandro Sacchetti began studying cello when he was 6 y.o. He is currently a student of the Performance Diploma course in Cello with Prof. Frans Helmerson at the Stauffer Academy in Cremona. From 2020 to 2024 he attended the High Specialization Course by Prof. Meneses at the Stauffer, Chigiana and Biel Academies. In 2024, he was selected by the Kronberg Academy for the cello masterclasses with Prof. Hecker, by the Cello Akademie Rutesheim with Prof. Bohorquez, where he played in the young talent’s final concert, and by the Pavia Cello Academy with Prof. Dindo.  Alessandro will be one of the selected students in the 2026 Verbier Festival Academy for the Soloist Programme. He is also attending the G. Briccialdi Conservatory in Terni (Italy) and the International Musical Academy AvosProject (Rome), where he is taking Academic Courses from Prof. Pianelli and Chamber Music course with the Avos Piano and Prometeo Quartets. He participated in Masterclasses with Prof. Geringas, Hoffman, Maisky, Soltani, Cho, Demenga, Dindo, Gabetta, Fung, Koranyi, Ferrandez, Rosenfeld, Sollima, Rousi, Brunello, Fenyo. He won international and national awards like the XIX National Prize of Arts, run by Italy’s Ministry of University and Scientific Research, where he was selected as “Best Cellist of the Italian Conservatories” and the International Prize “Cattedrali letterarie Europee” as young talent in 2025; the 1st prize and final Concert at the YOM Cello Competition in Livorno, the Special Prize and honorable Mention at the Virtuoso&Belcanto festival and the 1st prize at the Lugano International Music in 2024; the 1st prize at the Crescendo international in 2022; the 1st prize overall, scholarship, final concert at the Clara Wieckman Schumann, the 1st prize (overall) at the Riviera Etrusca, Note sul mare International and Rotary Club Teramo in 2019.  In November 2025, Alessandro Sacchetti was selected for the final rounds at the Isang Yun Competition in Tongyeong, South Korea. As soloist, Alessandro made his debut at the age of 11 y.o. with Antonio Vivaldi’s cello concerto in C major with the Frentana Festival’s orchestra, directed by S. Pagliani. He played concerts for young interpreters in the International Music Festival in Cittadella, the “Sonates et figures” in Biella and several recitals organized by Avos Project International Music school. Also, he performed Tchaikovsky’s Rococò Variations with the Budweis Philarmonique Orchestra, directed by David Švec, in Switzerland. He also performed Beethoven’s Triple concerto with Conservatorio Briccialdi Symphony orchestra and with the OLES orchestra in Salento. He just made his first appearance with the LGT Young Soloists in Vienna at the Stadtpalais Liechtenstein and he is going to perform as soloist with the Haydn Foundation Orchestra in Trento. In chamber music groups, he has played Messagesquisse by Pierre Boulez with Maximilian Hornung, directed by D. Geringas and also in the Festivals Rome Chamber Music in Rome and Florence with M° Robert McDuffie, “I tramonti di Tinia” and Villa Pennisi in Musica with the pianists Beatrice Rana and Massimo Spada, the opening concert “Music for Nature” of the Frentana Festival, Portogruaro and Mantova Chamber Music Festival for young artists. In Lucca, at the Virtuoso&Belcanto festival, he performed the Brahms sextet with Erik Schumann, Wenting Kang and Paolo Bonomini. At the Tuscia Festival, he played the new Kian Soltani’s album, Cello Unlimited, with the author himself. As an orchestral player, he started at 7 y.o. in the JuniOrchestra of the Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome.  At 11 y.o., he was selected to be part of the JuniorOrchestra Young, reserved for young artists up to 21 y.o., where he played as 1st principal cello. In 2020, he was the only cellist to win a scholarship offered by the same Academy and in 2021 and 2022 he was ranked first among all the participants. Photo: Flavio Ianniello