Violinist Clarissa Bevilacqua is known for enchanting audiences with her deeply inspiring musicality; her playing has been described as “luminously elevated” (Gramophone) and “elegant and nimble” (The Strad). Her 2025/26 season features several highly anticipated solo debuts, most notably with the Münchner Symphoniker and the Münchener Kammerorchester. She will perform in some of the world’s most renowned venues, including the Isarphilharmonie, Schloss Elmau, Beethovensaal Stuttgart, Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, Elbphilharmonie, Prince Mahidol Hall in Bangkok, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, and Victoria Hall in Geneva.
Clarissa’s debut solo album, Mozartiana, will be released in spring 2026 by Berlin Classics in collaboration with Bayerischer Rundfunk. Her album of the complete solo works by Augusta Read Thomas, which included the world premiere of the composer’s Concerto No. 3 “Juggler in Paradise,” was released by Nimbus Records in partnership with BBC Radio 3. Through close collaboration with contemporary composers, several new works have been written for and dedicated to her, including Sun Plaits by Augusta Read Thomas, Clarissa’s Tango and Colombina by Richard Blackford, and Trazom by Giovanni Sollima.
Highlights from recent seasons include performances with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Cape Symphony, Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Orchestra della Toscana, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, El Sistema Orchestra, and the opening concert of Mozartwoche 2023 with the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg. Clarissa also performs regularly in a trio with cellist Giovanni Sollima and pianist Carlotta Maestrini; the trio recently recorded the album Short Trio Stories, featuring repertoire that ranges from classical to rock.
Beyond performing, Clarissa is the founder and Artistic Director of DYNAMIKfest Salzburg, an annual festival for contemporary chamber music dedicated to championing emerging artists and composers under 30. The only festival of its kind in Salzburg, DYNAMIKfest presents dynamic concerts that pair fresh, innovative works with timeless masterpieces, commissions and premieres, and engages the community through charitable and educational initiatives.
A winner of several international violin competitions, Clarissa was awarded First Prize, the Audience Award and the Special Bärenreiter Award at the International Mozart Competition Salzburg. She also won the Grand Prize at the Cape Symphony International Violin Concerto Competition and placed second at the Monte-Carlo Music Masters. In 2023 she was selected as a winner of an open application competition to join the Classeek Ambassador Program and its artist roster. She is currently a laureate of the prestigious Fondation Gautier Capuçon.
An avid and enthusiastic learner, Clarissa received her Bachelor of Music at age sixteen, graduating summa cum laude. She completed a Master of Music in Violin Performance at the Mozarteum University Salzburg with Pierre Amoyal, and a Master of Violin Solo Performance at the Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler” Berlin with Antje Weithaas.
Clarissa Bevilacqua
Violinist Clarissa Bevilacqua is known for enchanting audiences with her deeply inspiring musicality; her playing has been described as “luminously elevated” (Gramophone) and “elegant and nimble” (The Strad). Her 2025/26 season features several highly anticipated solo debuts, most notably with the Münchner Symphoniker and the Münchener Kammerorchester. She will perform in some of the world’s most renowned venues, including the Isarphilharmonie, Schloss Elmau, Beethovensaal Stuttgart, Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, Elbphilharmonie, Prince Mahidol Hall in Bangkok, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, and Victoria Hall in Geneva.
Clarissa’s debut solo album, Mozartiana, will be released in spring 2026 by Berlin Classics in collaboration with Bayerischer Rundfunk. Her album of the complete solo works by Augusta Read Thomas, which included the world premiere of the composer’s Concerto No. 3 “Juggler in Paradise,” was released by Nimbus Records in partnership with BBC Radio 3. Through close collaboration with contemporary composers, several new works have been written for and dedicated to her, including Sun Plaits by Augusta Read Thomas, Clarissa’s Tango and Colombina by Richard Blackford, and Trazom by Giovanni Sollima.
Highlights from recent seasons include performances with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Cape Symphony, Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Orchestra della Toscana, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, El Sistema Orchestra, and the opening concert of Mozartwoche 2023 with the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg. Clarissa also performs regularly in a trio with cellist Giovanni Sollima and pianist Carlotta Maestrini; the trio recently recorded the album Short Trio Stories, featuring repertoire that ranges from classical to rock.
Beyond performing, Clarissa is the founder and Artistic Director of DYNAMIKfest Salzburg, an annual festival for contemporary chamber music dedicated to championing emerging artists and composers under 30. The only festival of its kind in Salzburg, DYNAMIKfest presents dynamic concerts that pair fresh, innovative works with timeless masterpieces, commissions and premieres, and engages the community through charitable and educational initiatives.
A winner of several international violin competitions, Clarissa was awarded First Prize, the Audience Award and the Special Bärenreiter Award at the International Mozart Competition Salzburg. She also won the Grand Prize at the Cape Symphony International Violin Concerto Competition and placed second at the Monte-Carlo Music Masters. In 2023 she was selected as a winner of an open application competition to join the Classeek Ambassador Program and its artist roster. She is currently a laureate of the prestigious Fondation Gautier Capuçon.
An avid and enthusiastic learner, Clarissa received her Bachelor of Music at age sixteen, graduating summa cum laude. She completed a Master of Music in Violin Performance at the Mozarteum University Salzburg with Pierre Amoyal, and a Master of Violin Solo Performance at the Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler” Berlin with Antje Weithaas.
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