Born in 1982 in Nancy, France, Aurelien Pederzoli began to study violin at the age of three. At the age of seven, he gave his first concert as soloist with the Philharmonic Orchestra in Nancy. One year later, he played his first recitals in Paris and Lyon. Mr. Pederzoli has performed extensively in Europe and the U.S. Aurelien Pederzoli has played at music festivals all around Europe: Oleg Kagan Festival in Kreuth, Verbier Festival, Al Bustan Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, La Folle Journée, Gulbenkian Music Festival and Foundation, Lanaudière Music Festival, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Saint Riquier Festival, Sully sur Loire Music Festival. In 1993, Mr. Pederzoli was accepted at the Paris Conservatory. At age 17, Mr. Pederzoli entered the Bern Hochschule, Switzerland in the master class of Prof. Igor Ozim. In the year 2001, Mr. Pederzoli was invited to study at the Julliard School of Music in New York as well as the Curtis Institute of Philadelphia, an offer he turned down to study with Shmuel Ashkenasi in Chicago. Mr Pederzoli has played under such conductors as Pierre Boulez, Kent Nagano, Daniel Barenboim, Valery Gergiev, Cliff Colnot, Alan Gilbert, Alan Heatherington, Emmanuel Krivine and Lorin Maazel. Mr. Pederzoli is a founding member of the ANAPHORA Ensemble. Mr Pederzoli holds a soloist diploma from the Bern Hochschule, a Master’s Degree in Violin Performance from DePaul university and a Master’s degree in American Music from the University of Metz. Mr. Pederzoli plays on a Della Fonte violin made in Napoli in 1873 in gracious loan by Liz Stein.