Pablo Valetti, violin
Born in Buenos Aires where he carried out his violin studies, Pablo Valetti entered the Schola Cantorum of Basel in 1991 in the classes of Chiara Banchini, John Holloway and Jesper Christensen.
As a soloist and first violin he has performed in the major concert halls in Europe, Japan, North and South America, with baroque ensembles such as: Café Zimmerman, Le Concert des Nations, Hesperion XXI, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Concerto Vocale, and Les Talens Lyriques.
Pablo Valetti has taken part in recordings for Astrée, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Harmonia Mundi France and Archiv Produktion, as well as broadcast programmes such as West Deutsche Rundfunk.
In violin duo with Manfred Kraemer and The Rare Fruits Council, he was awarded the highest international critics’ awards for their recording of works by Biber (Diapason d’or de l’année, Répertoire, Gramophone, Grand Prix de l’Académie du Disque, etc.).
In 1998, Pablo Valetti founded the ensemble Café Zimmerman, subsidised by the Région de Haute-Normandie and the French Ministry of Culture. With this ensemble, he regularly records for Alpha in Paris. He received international acclaim for his recordings of the Concerti by J.S. Bach, the Concerti Grossi by Charles Avison after Domenico Scarlatti’s “Lessons for the harpsichord” and the Sonatas for violin and harpsichord by Johannes Mattheson.
His future projects include the continuation of the Concerti, the Orchestral Suites and the Sonatas for violin and harpsichord by J.S. Bach, recordings of works by C.P.E. Bach, as well as a series dedicated to the history of the string quartet, all of these projects in collaboration with Alpha Productions.
