Boris Borgolotto, violinist and winner of many international solo prizes, stands out thanks to the liveliness and sensitivity of his interpretations and his communicative stage presence. In 2011, Boris won the 1st prize of the IBLA Foundation in New York, as well as the “American Fine Arts” 1st prize. He made his Carnegie Hall debut and toured the US in 2012. He was also invited as "Rising Star” at the Great Music Festival in South Korea. His work has lead him to collaborate with artists such as Vadim Repin, Kyung-Wha Chung, Mihaela Martin, Pavel Vernikov, Kyung-Sun Lee, Ivry Gitlis et Patrice Fontanarosa, and he has played under the baton of masters like Ton Koopman and Myung-Whun Chung. 

Among the prestigious halls Boris has played in, we can name the Châtelet Theater, the Paris Philharmonic, Salle Pleyel, Salle Cortot, Salle Gaveau, the Radio France Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Haydn Hall in Vienna, the Podgorica Theater in Montenegro, the Macao Concert Hall, Shanghai City Theater, the Harbin Opera House, the Seoul Art Center and the Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles. 

Boris began playing the violin at the age of seven with Chantal Crenne at the Toulouse Conservatoire. He received his violin diploma with a special mention from the jury at the National Paris Conservatoire in 2012. He then studied at the Music University of Vienna with Dora Schwarzberg. 

With the American pianist Ian Barber, and his childhood friend Marc Girard Garcia, Boris created the Zadig Trio. Since its foundation in 2014, the Trio has won 11 international prizes in France, the USA, Austria and Italy, and is regularly invited to play in great halls worldwide. The Zadig Trio is currently a resident of the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, under the tutelage of Artemis Quartet.

Boris Borgolotto plays a 1750 violin by the famous Italian maker Carlo Antonio Testore.


Boris Borgolotto | Violin, France

Boris Borgolotto | Violin, France