PILAR POLICANO

 

Born in Buenos Aires (Argentina) in 2007, Pilar Policano, began playing the violin at the age of six and since she was 11, she studies with maestro Rafael Gíntoli, one of the most important pedagogues of Argentina.

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Aged only 14 years old, she has been awarded in several international competitions, among others: Grand Prix (Yankelevitch International Violin Competition 2022), First Prize (Violin Internacional Competition 2021, St. Petersburgo – Russia), First and Special Prize (Nouvelles Etoiles, París, 2022), First Price (International Competition Philarmonia Pitesti, Romania/ CMS Vienna 2021), Grand Prix (Istra Star 2021 – Slovenia Croatia), First Place – (“Musical Interpretation Contest - Las Notas de Guido” 2021 – Mexico) and First Prize (“International Online Music Competition 2020 OPUS ARTIS PARIS”, France).

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Pilar has performed as a soloist at several distinguished music halls worldwide, such as the Teatro Colón, the CCK, the San Martín Theatre and the Coliseum Theatre in Buenos Aires, and with several important orchestras, among others, Buenos Aires Philarmonic at Teatro Colón, the Argentine National Symphony Orchestra, Argentine Youth National Symphony Orchestra, the Salta Symphony Orchestra and Bahía Blanca Symphony Orchestra and Serbian Radio and TV Orchestra.

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From September 2022, Pilar continues her studies in Vienna with the famous Maestro Boris Kuschnir, and during Summer 2023 she participates in the Perlman Music Program in New York.