First prize winner at the 2016 International J.S. Bach Competition in Leipzig, Paolo Bonomini leads an active international career as a chamber musician, soloist, and teacher. He is currently principal cellist of the Salzburg Camerata.
Since his debut at the age of 15, he has given recitals across Europe, South America and Australia, and performed as soloist with Camerata Bern, Sinfonie Orchester Biel, Pauliner Kammerorchester, Odessa Chamber Orchestra, Virtuosi di Praga, among others.
His first solo CD “Violoncello Italiano”, published by Genuin Classics, received glowing reviews and was chosen as “CD of the month” by Fono Forum, one of Germany’s most respected music journals.
As founding member of Boccherini Trio, a string trio with whom he recorded the complete Beethoven Trios for Genuin Classics, Paolo Bonomini has performed in prestigious venues such as Wigmore Hall, Konzerthaus Berlin, Bach-Archiv Leipzig, MITO Festival, Enescu Festival and Engadin Festival. He has performed alongside Salvatore Accardo, Bruno Giuranna and Franco Petracchi, and played together with Giovanni Sollima as part of the project “Tenebrae, il Principe dei musici” in some of the most important Italian theatres.
Paolo has been a guest principal cellist at the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, Berlin and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Additionally, he collaborates in the same role with Camerata Bern and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie in Bremen. He has played with the Bayerischen Rundfunks and Luzern Festival orchestras, under the direction of Claudio Abbado, Mariss Jansons, Riccardo Muti, R. Chailly, Sir Elliot Gardiner and Herbert Blomstedt.
He teaches advanced courses at the Fiesole Music School and became assistant to Jens Peter Maintz at UdK, Berlin. He is regularly invited as assistant to Antonio Meneses at the Hochschule der Künste, Bern. He holds masterclasses at the Real Conservatorio de Música de Madrid and in the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Aragón.
Always interested in philological research, Paolo Bonomini has edited the critical edition of “Six Sonatas for Two Cellos” by Tommaso Giordani, published by Armelin Musica. His major artistic influences come from musicians including Mario Brunello, Antonio Meneses, Jens Peter Maintz, Rainer Schmidt.
Frontside Chamber Music Association has existed since 2019 and is largely driven by volunteer efforts, but we are highly dependent on additional financial sponsors and fundings. All contributions are used to engage fantastic musicians, rents of venues and all other things that make the festival a magical experience.
If you are interested in chamber music that goes beyond the ordinary, you should become a member! As a member, you are invited to the association’s annual meeting and participate in electing the board. You can also suggest activities for the association, thereby influencing future festivals and other events we organize. You also have the opportunity to volunteer during the festival, allowing you to enjoy wonderful chamber music without paying an entrance fee.
How do I become a member and support Frontside? Submit your information in the form below and pay the membership fee, and we will register you as a member immediately. Please also indicate which chamber music you love the most. Together with your personal information, this helps us better understand who our members are. How we handle your information can be read under the GDPR section.
You renew your membership every fall term – we’ll remind you! Alternatively, you can purchase a lifetime membership and thus become a permanent member with a one-time fee.
If you join as a new member in the spring, your payment also covers the following year’s membership.
How do I do it and what does it cost? You can pay the membership fee to Bankgiro 5318-7969 or via Swish 123 356 63 95. Always include your name and, if paying via bankgiro, your mobile number.
Welcome as a member!
For requests, feedback, and additional information, fill in your message in the form at the bottom or send an email to info@frontside-festival.se
The General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR, came into force within the EU on May 25, 2018.
How does Frontside handle its membership register? In our membership register, we store your name, address details, email address, phone number, and birth year. If you leave the association, we will retain your information for a maximum of seven (7) years before deleting it.
Who has access to my information? We register your details digitally in our membership register. Only you (first party) and individuals with trusted roles in the association (second party) have access to your information. No information is shared with third parties.
You can request to see what information we have collected about you at any time.
Validity? By becoming a member of the association, you enter into an agreement regarding which information about you can be stored with us and who has access to this information, as described above. This agreement is valid indefinitely, as long as you are a member of the Frontside Chamber Music Association.
Do I have the right to have my information deleted? According to GDPR, you have the right to have your information deleted, but you will also lose your membership in the association. To request this, send an email to info@frontside-festival.se and ask for your stored information to be deleted.
