Markus Placci
Lecturer in Music, Violin
Praised for having “a magnificent personality, a superb energy, a total command and an extremely convincing taste” (La Libre Belgique), violinist Markus Placci is enjoying a growing international reputation with solo and recital performances in renown concert halls throughout Europe, South America, Asia, and the United States.
Since his solo debut at age thirteen with the Bologna Symphony, Mr. Placci has appeared in solo performances with major symphony orchestras such as the Barcelona Symphony, the Philharmonie Baden-Baden, the Annapolis Symphony, the Teatro Argentino La Plata Symphony Orchestra, the St. Petersburg State Philharmonic and many others.
Winner of the prestigious “XXVI Vittorio Veneto Competition”, Placci is the recipient of numerous other international awards and prizes, such as the Brahms-Preis and Foundation Carl Flesch Preis in Germany and the Jules C. Reiner Violin Prize at Tanglewood.
In September 2005, collaborating with Maestro Mund and Spain’s Radio Television Orchestra (RTVE), Placci world-premiered to great acclaim the Violin Concerto written by Catalan composer Jordi Cervelló, and several other composers have also written Concertos and violin pieces for him.
Placci has performed with artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Levin, Joseph Silverstein, and has recently embarked on an international two violins recital project with Gil Shaham.
He has recorded for Nascor Recordings and been heard on radio stations throughout Europe and the US.
At age twenty-six, Placci was the youngest ever faculty to have been appointed at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and in In 2016, he was presented with both the Boston Conservatory Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award and the Massachusetts America Strings Teachers Association (ASTA) Best Studio Teacher of 2016 Award.
He has given Masterclasses at top international Universities and Institutions across the world, and has been guest faculty at the Modena Conservatory where he has had regular residencies since the 2021/2022 Academic Year.
He joins the Violin Faculty of Boston University’s School of Music in 2026.
Placci makes his home between Boston and Bologna, Italy. He plays on an 1871 J. B. Vuillaume violin, a copy of the “Alard” Stradivarius.
