Desiderio Quercetani, born in Parma on November 7th 1961, studied at the Scuola di Liuteria at the Academy of Music in Parma under the direction of Maestro Renato Scrollavezza taking a diploma of Maker of Stringed Instruments in 1985. 

He began his professional activity opening  a workshop in the heart of the city of Parma, in Borgo delle Colonne 32, in1987. Since June 2002 he works in "Bottega di Parma" School, Via Trieste 84 , Parma.

His instruments are played by many professional players in Italy and abroad and used for quite as many recordings. He built most of the instruments of the chamber orchestra “Europa Galante”, conducted by Maestro Fabio Biondi.

To know more: www.quercetani.com

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Some customers:

Fabio Biondi - director and violin solo orchestra "Europa Galante"
Raffaello Negri - violin "Europa Galante"
Silvia Falavigna - violin "Europa Galante"
Robert Brown - viola "Europa Galante"
Maurizio Naddeo - cello "Europa Galante"
Antonio Fantinuoli - cello "Europa Galante"
Alfonso Ghedin - prima viola  "Santa Cecilia" in Rome
Elisabeth Blumenstock - violin solo "Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra" of Philadelphia
Anthony Martin -  violin "Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra" - director of the San   Francisco Conservatory Baroque Ensemble - lecturer of baroque violin at the Standford University
Sally Butt - violin "Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra"
Sara Usher - violin "Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra"
Michael S. Feldmann - violin "The New York Collegium"
Stephen Hammer - violin "The New York Collegium"
Nizan KettaneK - violin "The New York Collegium"
Carter D. Crawford - violin "Houston Orchestra"
Toshaki Katsura - violin "Kobou Orchestra"
Bing Whang - winner Premio Paganini 1995

Some recordings:

Vivaldi, Salve Regina - Gerard Lesne - Fabio Biondi, Virgin
Mozart, Violin Sonatas - Fabio Biondi violin - Olga Tverskaya piano, Opus 111
J.S.Bach, Les six concerts brandebourgeois - Jordi Savall, Astrèe
J.S.Bach, Sonatas for violin and harpsichord - Fabio Biondi - Rinaldo Alessandrini, Opus 111
Caldara, La Passione di Gesù Cristo Signor nostro - Fabio Biondi Europa Galante, Virgin
Scarlatti, Cain - Fabio Biondi Europa Galante, Opus 111
Vivaldi, L'estro armonico - Fabio Biondi Europa Galante, Virgin
Scarlatti, Maddalena - Fabio Biondi Europa Galante, Opus 111
Marin Marais - Sainte Colombe, Tous les matins du monde - Jordi Savall, Valois
Locatelli, Concerti grossi, Europa Galante Fabio Biondi, Opus 111
Vivaldi, La tempesta di mare - Fabio Biondi Europa Galante, Virgin
Boccherini, Quintetti - Europa Galante Fabio Biondi, Opus 111
Joseph Haydn, Les Sept Dernieres Paroles de notre Redempteur sur la croix - Jordi Savall, Astrée
Castello, Sonate concertat- Europa Galante Fabio Biondi, Opus 111
Vivaldi, Sonate a violino e basso per cembalo - Ancient Music, Nuova Era
Pergolesi, Salve Regina - Europa Galante Fabio Biondi, Opus 111
Geminiani, Concerti grossi Op. 3 - Europa Galante Fabio Biondi, Opus 111
Handel, Arie e duetti d'amore - Fabio Biondi Europa Galante, Opus 111
Schubert, Sonatas for violin e fortepiano - Fabio Biondi - Olga Tverskaya, Opus 111
Handel, Poro opera - Europa Galante Fabio Biondi, Opus 111
Veracini, Suonata per violino and harpsichord - Fabio Biondi Rinaldo Alessandrini, Opus 111
Vivaldi, Concerti - Europa Galante Fabio Biondi, Opus 111
The poet-violinist, Fabio Biondi violino solo, Opus 111

        

    

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