| Biography | Luigi Bianchi was an Italian viola player and violinist.
Menuhin invited him to play at the Bath Festival in 1968, involved him in chamber music projects, wrote an introduction for his LP of the two Brahms Sonatas; played and recorded the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante with him. Meanwhile Bianchi had won the Carl Flesch Competition in 1970, playing the Walton Concerto in the presence of the composer, was a member of the Quartetto di Roma piano quartet for eight years, became principal viola of the Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI, all the while building a reputation as a viola soloist. |