Lorenzo Gatto

Lorenzo Gatto was born in Brussels in December 1986. He started playing the violin at the age of five. 
 His work and determination are brilliantly rewarded as he won both the Second Prize and the Public’s Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2009. 
 His nomination as a ‘Rising Star’ in 2010 allows Lorenzo to make his recital debut on major European stages including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Vienna Musikverein, the Cité de la Musique in Paris and many others. 
 In chamber music, Lorenzo shared the stage with amongst others Maria João Pires, Mischa Maisky, Martha Argerich, Menahem Pressler, Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden, Frank Braley and Gérard Caussé. Lorenzo started collaborating with the talented young Belgian pianist Julien Libeer in 2014. Together, they recorded all of Beethovens sonatas and released three discs including one that has already been awarded with a Diapason d’Or of the year. 
 Lorenzo Gatto plays the ‘Joachim’ Stradivari from 1698. 
 In his spare time, Lorenzo enjoys a lifelong passion for everything that flies... ✈️