Richard Tognetti
- January 4, 2024
- Violinist
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Richard Tognetti Biography
| Name | Richard Tognetti |
| Birthday | Aug 4 |
| Birth Year | 1965 |
| Birth Country | Australia |
| Birth Sign | Leo |
Richard Tognetti is one of the most popular and richest Violinist who was born on August 4, 1965 in Australia. Violinist who was the Artistic Director and Leader for the Australian Chamber Orchestra. He also worked as a composer as well as a violinist.
Many works by He has arranged many works by Maurice Ravel for the Australian Chamber Orchestra. have been arranged for the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
Richard Leo Tognetti, AO (born 4 August 1965) is a leading Australian musician recognised internationally as a violin soloist, ensemble player, leader, composer and arranger, conductor and artistic director. He is currently artistic director and leader of the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) and artistic director of the Festival Maribor in Maribor, Slovenia.
Born in Australia’s capital city Canberra, Tognetti was already playing the violin at the age of four. He was raised in Wollongong where he began his violin studies with Harold Brissenden, the retired English violist William Primrose and his wife Hiroko who was a Suzuki method specialist. At the age of 11 he was admitted to the Sydney Conservatorium High School and continued his tertiary studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. His teacher was Alice Waten, herself a graduate of the Moscow Conservatoire and former student of Valery Klimov and David Oistrakh. While there Tognetti became leader and soloist of the chamber orchestra conducted by John Painter who was the Conservatorium’s Director and later founder of ACO. In 1980 he won the National Youth Concerto Competition held in Brisbane by the Queensland Youth Symphony.
He was born in Canberra, and was raised in Wollongong.
Richard Tognetti Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Violinist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Richard Tognetti is one of the richest Violinist from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard Tognetti 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He started his studies with William Primrose, a well-known violist. After that, he moved to Sydney Conservatorium High School and the Bern Conservatory for post-graduate study.
He was given the title of National Living Treasure in Australia in 1999.
Tognetti uses a number of violins according to need, most frequently the 1743 Guarneri del Gesù violin he has on extended loan from an anonymous owner. Others include period, modern and electric instruments. For example, in 1999 he and Australian rock musician Iva Davies co-wrote for an international millennium broadcast a work called The Ghost of Time for electric violin and orchestra and he performed it with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra on 31 December of that year.
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Along with his busy schedule with ACO, Tognetti has appeared with other ensembles such as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Academy of Ancient Music, the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Handel and Haydn Society (Boston), the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, the Camerata Salzburg, the Tapiola Sinfonietta, the Irish Chamber Orchestra, the Nordic Chamber Orchestra and all the major Australian symphony orchestras, particularly the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra with whom he has appeared as soloist and director. He has also performed with various musicians from different genres including an appearance with Scottish classical accordionist James Crabb at the Opening Ceremony of the 2003 Rugby World Cup. At the 2001 Sydney Festival he made his debut as an opera conductor with Opera Australia’s production of Mozart’s Mitridate, re di Ponto, K 87.
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Richard Ranked on the list of most popular Violinist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Richard Tognetti celebrates birthday on August 4 of every year.
Other works by Tognetti include The Red Tree for children’s choir, chamber orchestra and projected images, co-written with Australian composer Michael Yezerski and inspired by Shaun Tan’s illustrated book of the same name, music for Peter Weir’s motion picture Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World co-written with Iva Davies and Christopher Gordon, and his music integrated with that of other composers in his documentaries such as Musica Surfica, The Reef, The Glide, The Crowd and Mountain. Musica Surfica, his film about music and his hobby surfing, won Best Feature at the 2008 New York Surf Film Festival.
What violin does Richard Tognetti play?
Tognetti uses a number of violins according to need, most frequently the 1743 Guarneri del Gesù violin he has on extended loan from an anonymous owner. Others include period, modern and electric instruments.
How old is Richard Tognetti?
56 years (August 4, 1965)
How much is a Guarneri violin worth?
The Vieuxtemps Guarneri Violin This Guarneri del Gesù instrument is now the most expensive violin in the world, selling for an estimated $16million (£10.5million). Its new owner anonymously donated the historic instrument to violinist Anne Akiko Meyers on loan for the rest of her life.
How many Stradivarius violas exist?
Only about 650 surviving Stradivarius violins exist, and many of them are in the hands of private collectors, safely hidden from public view. There are even fewer cellos, about 55, and about 12 violas. One of the biggest factors in price is how good they sound.
Is there a 20 million dollar violin?
The Messiah violin by Antonio Stradivari is estimated to have a value of $20 million what makes it the most expensive violin in the world. It is a violin made in 1716 and is labeled “as new” condition. Violinists such as Nathan Milstein and Joseph Joachim have played the Messiah Stradivarius.