ENZO LIGRESTI - violin

CORRADO GENOVESE - violin

GAETANO ADORNO - viola

BENEDETTO MUNZONE - cello

The Archimede String Quarttet was founded in 1999 by Sicilian musicians.

The four members of the string quarttet are all musicians with several concert experiences both as international soloists and as chamber musicians. The Archimede String Quarttet collaborates with great artists such as Alirio Diaz, Augusto Vismara, Michael Kugel, Sergej Girschenko, Cecilia Chailly, Boris Petrushanski, Aldo Ciccolini, Maxence Larrieu, Josè Carreras, Michiko Tsuda, and with orchestras such as Solisti Veneti, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra da Camera di Mantova, Orchestra da Camera Italiana, I Solisti di Pavia and Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania.

The Archimede String Quarttet has been awarded in several international competitions and it regulary performs in wellknow European festivals such as Settimane Musicali Bresciane, Emilia Romagna Festival, Ost-West Musikfest, Ljubljana Festival and in several cities like Genova, Gressoney, Vittorio Veneto, Imola, Forlì, Estoril, Huy, Nafplion, Korčula... The Archimede String Quarttet has recorded for Radio Vaticana and Euroradio. They registered also CDs for record companies such as City Record, Classico Olufsen Records, Dauphine - Italia, Phoenix and Dynamic.

All musicians of Archimede String Quarttet also teach in differents Sicilian Conservatories.