MISIA
IANNONI
SEBASTIANiNI
Misia Iannoni Sebastianini is a Violin Professor at the "Morlacchi" Conservatory of Perugia. She graduated with top marks, honors, and special distinction from the "Santa Cecilia" Conservatory in Rome, and later earned a Master’s degree in Chamber Music from the "Arrigo Boito" Conservatory in Parma, also with honors and distinction.
Winner of the "Annarosa Taddei" Competition in 2016, she furthered her studies with Marco Fiorini, Oleksandr Semchuk, Ksenia Milas, Pavel Berman, and later with Leonidas Kavakos, Massimo Quarta, Felix Ayo, Dora Schwarzberg, Mariana Sirbu, Natalia Prishepenko, and Virgilio Gori.
At the Hochschule für Musik in Basel, she completed her Master’s in Performance and Soloist Studies in 2024 under the guidance of Rainer Schmidt, supported by the De Sono Association. Her graduation recital was awarded Best Exam of the Year, and she concluded her studies performing Tchaikovsky’s Concerto with the Sinfonieorchester Basel at the Stadtcasino in Basel.
She is a founding member of the Quartetto Werther, with which she won First Prize at the "Brahms" International Competition in Gdańsk (2025), the Abbiati–Farulli Critics’ Award (2020), Third Prize at the "Trio di Trieste"International Competition, First Prize at the Alberto Burri Competition (2019), and Third Prize at the Città di PineroloCompetition (2023).
With the quartet, she has performed for institutions such as the International House of Music in Moscow, Teatro la Fenice in Venice, Unione Musicale in Turin, Bologna Festival, Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Società dei Concerti di Milano, and Società del Quartetto di Milano.
Graduating with honors and special mention from the chamber music courses at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Quartetto Werther received the Sinopoli Prize from President Sergio Mattarella.
She has served on juries for international competitions (Farulli Prize 2020, Annarosa Taddei Competition 2023 and 2025), and held an Erasmus+ masterclass for students from Skopje (2023).
She is regularly invited as concertmaster by the chamber orchestra I Solisti di Pavia.