ludovicominasi.com Ludovico Takeshi Minasi was born in Rome in 1984. A student of Mario Centurione and Luigi Piovano, he continued his study of historical instruments with Gaetano Nasillo and Bruno Cocset. Awarded at the Van Wassenaer competition in 2003, he is principal cellist of Il Pomo d'Oro (M. Emelyanichev, F.Corti) of which he is a member from the foundation, Concerto Italiano (R.Alessandrini), and he collaborated with Il Complesso Barocco (Alan Curtis), Ensemble Claudiana (L.Pianca), Cappella Gabetta, Les Musiciens du Prince, Teatro alla Scala and others, working also with musicians such as Enrico Onofri, Dmitry Sinkovsky, Boris Begelman, Rolf Lislevand, Zefira Valova, Andres Gabetta. the Album Del Cinque three cellos sonatas was acclaimed by the international critic and it was awarded with Gramophone's Editor's Choice , being included by the English magazine among the best classical music albums of the year, obtaining the "Diapason Découverte", the 5 stars of Classica and Musica, "Recording of the Month" by MusicWeb-International and "Disco del Mese" by Classic voice" Presto etc etc ludovicominasi.com