Augusto Vismara

Augusto Vismara is an Italian classical violist, violinist and conductor, born in Florence in 1953. Active since 1983, conducting recordings since 2015. Before he devoted his talent to playing the violin and conducting, he had a viola solo career with the major European orchestras under the baton of conductors such as Giuseppe Sinopoli, Christian Thielemann, Antonio Janigro, Peter Maag and Luciano Berio. He held the position of principal violist with the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra in his native Florence, with the Santa Cecilia Orchestra in Rome, with the Orchestra della Scala in Milan and with the Orchestra della Fenice in Venice. Outside of Italy, he was the principal violist of the Montecarlo Opera Orchestra and of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. A very active chamber musician, Augusto Vismara has toured Australia, Japan, the USA, Brazil, Europe, Russia and North Africa with various ensembles both as a violinist and as a violist.