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Clelia Saffirio, USO cellist, brings Conservatorio “Giuseppe Verdi” training with maximum marks and a deep, nearly decade-long teaching focus.
Clelia Saffirio is a cellist at USO, trained at the Conservatorio “Giuseppe Verdi” in Turin with maximum marks for her diploma and master’s degree.
She studied with Dario Destefano and continued her formation with international musicians including Luca Magariello, Enrico Bronzi, Julia Hagen and Asier Polo. Further training includes the Fondazione Accademia di Imola, the Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo, and the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana, where she is currently completing a Master in Music Pedagogy.
Her career includes First Prize at the International Competition “Talenti in Canavese” and the National Competition “Ozegna”, as well as scholarships from the Fondazione CRT and the association De Sono.
She also plays with Italian orchestras such as the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Teatro Regio di Torino, the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa and the Orchestra dei Talenti Musicali of the Fondazione CRT. Alongside performing, she has worked in music education for almost ten years: she holds Suzuki level-one certification with Antonio Mosca and teaches music in Turin middle schools.