Equally accomplished on modern and Baroque violin, Giuliano Carmignola is highly regarded for his broad repertoire, which encompasses Baroque, Romantic, Classical, and 20th-century works.A native of Treviso, Italy, Mr.

Carmignola began his studies with his father and graduated from the Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello in Venice where he studied with Luigi Ferro. He attended master classes with Nathan Milstein and Franco Gulli at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena and with Henryk Szeryng at the Geneva Conservatory.

A professor of violin at the Venice Conservatory for ten years, he was appointed professor of violin at the Lucerne Hochschule in 1999, and is currently a professor of music at Siena's Accademia Musicale Chigiana.

He frequently collaborates in recital with pianists Yasuyo Yano, Bruno Canino and Andrea Lucchesini, cellist Mario Brunello, and violists Bruno Giuranna and Danilo Rossi. In the performance of Baroque music, Mr.

Carmignola plays a 17th-century Italian violin that has never been modernized. For music other than Baroque, he plays a 1733 Pietro Guarneri.