Jeunes Talent de la saison 2026

Catherine Anushka White

  • LISA SPINELLI

    Lisa Spinelli, born in 2001 in Florence, began her violin lessons at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole at the age of 8. As orchestral player she took part of the OGI (Italian Youth Orchestra) and from 2025 plays regularly with the Baltic Sea Philarmonic. She also had the privilege of performing in an orchestral setting with violist Amihai Grosz and Diemut Poppen.

    In 2020, she began studying under the guidance of Antonello Farulli, with whom she graduated with top honors in her undergraduate studies at Scuola di Musica di Fiesole. In 2022, she participated in the Erasmus+ project, studying for a year in Helsinki, under the mentorship of Atso Letho. Since 2024, she has been pursuing her studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London under the guidance of Paul Silverthorne.

    Lisa has performed in numerous major international concert halls including the Musikverein, the Berlin Philharmonie, and the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Lisa has attended masterclasses with Nobuko Imai, Timothy Ridout, Bruno Giuranna, Lawrence Power, Luc-Marie Aguera, Christophe Gioaninetti, and Andrea Nannoni.

    As a chamber musician, Lisa was the violist of the Shaborùz Quartet, which won two scholarships from the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole and the Walton Foundation as "best quartet of the year." She has also had the honor of performing with Bruno Giuranna, Timothy Ridout, Alexander Lonquich and Christophe Gioaninetti.

    Lisa has participated in numerous national and international festivals, including the Cervo Music Festival, Chigiana International Festival & Summer Academy, Usedomer Musikfestival, Virtuoso & Belcanto Music Festival.

  • Fabia Simini

    Description goes herFabia Simini, born in Lucca to a German, Italian, and French family, she began studying the cello at the age of four. She graduated in Cello Performance from the Conservatorio di Musica “L. Cherubini”, Florence under the guidance of Andrea Nannoni. She has furthered her studies with renowned musicians including Francesco Dillon, Alessandro Cappone, Raphael Wallfisch, Massimo Polidori, Alain Meunier, Ilmari Hopkins, Torleif Thedéen, Adrian Brendel, Sandro Meo, Natalie Clein, Claudio Bohórquez, Jan Bjøranger, Luc-Marie Aguera, Alexander Baillie, Tristan Cornut, Simão Alcoforado Barreira, Daniel Grosgurin, Alessandro Palmeri, and Christophe Coin.

    She performs regularly with orchestras and is a member of the Baltic Sea Philharmonic, with which she has appeared at the Usedomer Musik Festival and in major concert venues across Germany.

    As a continuo cellist, she has performed alongside soloists including Enrico Bronzi, Paolo Taballione, and Lucie Horsch. Alongside her orchestral work, she performs chamber music with a variety of ensembles and has collaborated with artists including Alberto Bologni, Michael Guttman, Luca Pieruccioni, and, as part of the Klassisk i Sentrum Festival (Norway), Anke Schittenhelm, Jan Bjøranger, Paul Cortese, and Alexander Baillie.e