Luigi Mazzocchi was born in Venezuela where he studied music in “El Sistema,” the “Sojo” Conservatory, and the Latin American Violin Academy with José F. del Castillo. Mr. Mazzocchi was a founder of several Venezuelan orchestras as well as a member of the “Simón Bolívar” Symphony Orchestra. He has performed as soloist with all the leading Venezuelan symphony orchestras, attended international music festivals in the US, Panama, Spain, France, and Australia, and has been a prizewinner in solo competitions in Latin America, the US, and Puerto Rico.
Since 1996, Mr. Mazzocchi has been living in the United States where he studied violin with Liliana Ciulei and Helen Kwalwasser at Rowan and Temple Universities. He has been a member of many ensembles in the region. Currently, he is a member of the reborn Philly Pops, is the Concertmaster of the Pennsylvania Ballet Orchestra, Concertmaster of the Ocean City Pops, Associate Concertmaster of the Delaware Symphony, and Acting Concertmaster of the Lancaster Symphony and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. He regularly plays on instruments kindly loaned by Dr. William Stegeman.
