Pablo Valetti

The Argentinean violinist, Pablo Valetti, and studied violin in Buenos Aires. In 1991, he entered the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis to study with Chiara Banchini, John Holloway and Jesper Christensen.

Pablo Valetti performs regularly as soloist or first violin with major Baroque ensembles and orchestras (Le Concert des Nations, Les Arts Florissants, Concerto Koln, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Hesperion XXI, Concerto Vocale, Les Talens Lyriques, etc.) on the most prestigious European stages. In February 2000, he was invited to join the Musiciens du Louvre as violin soloist on their tour in Asia. Pablo Valetti is Artistic Director of Cafe Zimmermann ensemble together with the harpsichordist Celine Frisch.

Pablo Valetti has participated in several recordings for various music labels and radios such as Astree, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, WDR, Harmonia Mundi France and Archiv Produktion. In a violin duet with Manfred Kraemer in the The Rare Fruits Council ensemble, he received the international critics’ main prize for their recording of Biber (Diapason d’or in 1998, Repertoire, Grammophon, Grand Prix de l’Academie du Disque...).

Pablo Valetti plays a violin made by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini in Milan in 1751.