Roberto Salvatore Cani was an Italian classical violinist based in Los Angeles, where he was concertmaster of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra from 2011.
23 Facts About Roberto Cani
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Roberto Cani gave concerts as a soloist and a chamber musician in Europe, the United States, Asia and South Africa.
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Roberto Cani was born on 17 October 1967 in Milan, to parents of Sicilian descent.
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Roberto Cani attended the Milan Conservatory, where he was awarded the Minetti Prize in 1986.
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Roberto Cani studied further at the Gnessin State Musical College in Moscow, and the Thornton School of Music of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
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Roberto Cani studied with Zinaida Gilels, Miroslav Roussine, Alice Schoenfeld, Abrahm Shtern, Viktor Tretiakov and Pavel Vernikov.
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Roberto Cani made his debut at the Salle Gaveau in Paris conducted by Daniele Gatti on 16 January 1987.
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Roberto Cani received a prize at the 1990 Paganini Competition in Genova, at Jeunesses Musicales in Belgrade in 1991, and at the Courcillon International Competitions the same year.
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Roberto Cani was honoured at the 1994 Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow.
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Roberto Cani played concerts in Italy, Russia, Poland, Croatia, Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Serbia, Spain, the United States, Japan, Taiwan, and South Africa.
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Roberto Cani performed as a guest concert master with the La Scala Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti, Roberto Cani played with the American Youth Symphony, the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, the Missouri Chamber Orchestra, the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, the Oregon Symphony, the RAI National Symphony Orchestra, the Symphony of the Americas and the Zagreb Soloists.
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Roberto Cani performed with the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano, the Volgograd Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra Cantelli and the Italian Consort.
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Roberto Cani played in venues such as Royce Hall in Los Angeles, Bolshoi Hall and Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, the Lisinski Hall in Belgrade, at St George's Church, Brandon Hill in Bristol, and Tokyo's Suntory Hall.
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Roberto Cani played the premiere of Henryk Gorecki's Kleine Phantasie for violin and piano with Swann in 1997.
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Roberto Cani was first violinist of the New Hollywood String Quartet and formed the Hollywood Piano Trio with pianist Inna Faliks and cellist Robert deMaine.
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Roberto Cani played at chamber music festivals at the West Coast of the United States, and in Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna, and the Canary Islands.
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Roberto Cani performed on a 1735 Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu ex Baron Knoop.
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Roberto Cani served as concertmaster of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra from 2011 until his death.
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Roberto Cani was on the faculty of California State University, Northridge.
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Roberto Cani was a skilled violin maker, especially of bows.
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Roberto Cani had an older sister, Silvana, and a younger sister, Sandra.
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Roberto Cani lived with pancreatic cancer for the final two years of his life, but he continued to perform.
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Roberto Cani died from cancer in Los Angeles on 9 April 2025 at the age of 57.