harpsichord, organ, fortepiano

Giulia Ricci is a specialist in early keyboard instruments, at home on the harpsichord, organ and fortepiano in repertoire from the Renaissance through the Romantic era to the present day. One of her particular interests is developing innovative programmes showcasing music on multiple instruments in unusual combinations.

Born in 1994, she began piano and organ lessons in her home city of Forlì, before studying piano with Giovanni Valentini and harpsichord with Maria Luisa Baldassari at the Conservatorio “G. Rossini” in Pesaro. After graduating in 2016 with distinction, she studied piano at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole with Andrea Lucchesini and harpsichord at the Conservatorio “L. Cherubini” in Florence with Alfonso Fedi, where she in 2019 received a Master’s degree in harpsichord with distinction.

She then studied at the Schola Cantorum in Basel where she in 2021 received a Master’s degree with distinction in harpsichord and organ, studying with Andrea Marcon (harpsichord), Tobias Lindner (organ) and Jörg-Andreas Bötticher (continuo). She completed further studies with distinction at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in 2023 in harpsichord, organ and fortepiano (with Edoardo Torbianelli), playing a recital on three instruments.

She has performed solo concerts on all three instruments in a range of prestigious festivals around Europe including the Festival Concertistico Internazionale di Vicenza, Amici della Musica di Padova, Armoniosamente - Modena Organ Festival, Trame Sonore - Orchestra da Camera di Mantova, Teatro Bibiena di Mantova, Teatro Salieri di Legnago, Musica in Abbazia - Vallombrosa, Amici della Musica di Forlì, in the Teatro Borsi Prato, Antiqua Vox, Orgues de Poblet, La Cetra Musikalische Wellness Basel, Leonhardskirche Basel and Stadtkirche Bremgarten.

She won prizes at harpsichord competitions in Pesaro in 2017 and Bologna in 2019, and in the organ competition for the Paul Hofhaimer prize in Innsbruck in 2022. In 2022 she recorded her first solo CD, ‘Nel segno di Bach’, as a part of Foundation Cariverona’s project ‘Opera Prima’. The programme features sonatas by Bach, Beethoven and Mendelssohn on harpsichord, fortepiano and organ.

She is organist of the reformed church in Wallisellen, Switzerland.