SONIA MAURER: born in Rome in 1970. " Supervised by Antonio De Rose, Mario Gangi and Angelo Gilardino, she reached the guitar diploma in 1991 at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatorium in Milan. Later on, she reached the mandolin diploma at the Alfredo Casella Conservatorium in L’Aquila. She reached also the Letters degree at the University of Rome, La Sapienza. CO-OPERATIONS, CONCERTS, SOLOIST PERFORMANCES AND RECORDS: She took part to the realization on soundtracks working with authors such as Ennio Morricone, Nicola Piovani, Armando Trovajoli, Dario Lucantoni, Carlo Siliotto, etc. She played at the Auditorium of Santa Cecilia in Rome the Vivaldi Mandolin Concerts, with the prestigious Europa Galante Orchestra, director Fabio Biondi. The concerts have been recorded for Virgin Classic with a copy of an ancient Mandolino Lombardo. As soloist: at the Bilkent Musicology Faculty of Ankara and at the Cemal Concert Salonu of Istanbul. CHAMBER MUSIC WITH: Sara Modigliani (singer): They realized together the CD "Barcarolo Romano" (ed IIII Millennio). It is the first monography about Romolo Balzani, the most famous composer of Roman popular songs around the early ’20s. Luca Mereu (composer, orchestra directors, performer): they together play in ENSEMBLE MEREUER, a plectrum quintet. THEIR RECORDS: Mandulinata ’e Napule (S. Paolo Audiovisivi) Mandolini di Natale (S. Paolo Audiovisivi) Racconti sulle otto corde (Enap Musica) Serenata Passacaglia (Ed. III Millennio) The last CD also includes music composed by Ennio Morricone, who dedicated to her the evocative piece for plectrum quintet Serenata Passacaglia. She co-operates with Teatro dell'Opera of Rome, and International Chamber Music of Rome. She performs for several Italian music associations such as Euterpe and Agimus of Rome, Positalta of Positano (Neaple), N. Rota of Brindisi, and others. She joins concerts of Antonio De Rose, Paolo Pietrangeli, Lucilla Galeazzi, playing guitar and mandolin. She participated as mandolin player to the show "Semo o nun semo" ("Are we o are we not?") dedicated to Rome by Nicola Piovani, realizing the homonymous CD. She took care of the musical choice of the show "Caro Nonno" ("Dear Grandpa") , dedicated to Aldo Fabrizi from his niece Cielo Pessione. She cooperates with the Circolo Mandolinistico "Costantino Bertucci" Plecrtum Instrument Orchestra and the Youth Plectrum Orchestra of Rome. She teaches mandolin at the specialization summer classes, organized by Beethoven Society A.C.A.M. of Crotone (Calabria, Italy). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sonia+Maurer">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.