Biography

Lucrezia Lavino Mercuri (2005) received her first music lessons from her mother when she was 3 years old.

Owes her violin education to the professors Raffaele Schiavone, Silvia Marcovici (2017/18, University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, being awarded two scholarships) and Pavel Berman (2018/2021, L. Perosi Academy in Biella and 2020/2021, at the ‘Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana’ in Lugano, Switzerland).


She graduated from The Yehudi Menuhin School (UK) in 2023 while also obtaining a Bachelor’s degree with honours at  ‘Conservatorio Santa Cecilia’  in Rome. 
In 2025, she graduated with her Master’s degree with top marks from the same institution in Prof. Marco Domini’s class. During Master’s period, she spent two semesters studying at ‘Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln’ in Prof. Michael Foyle’s class, as an Erasmus student. 

Since 2018, she’s attended the International School of Music “Avos Project” in Rome, following the chamber music course.

She has played in various chamber ensembles, including piano trios, piano and string quartets, piano quintets, sextets, and octets, addressing repertoire ranging from 1700 to 2000 and performing in Italy, UK, Switzerland and more. To name a few, performing Dvorak “Dumky” Piano Trio at the Auditorium “Gonfalone” in Rome in 2019; in 2023, performing Franck Quintet in F minor at the Razumovksy Academy in London alongside the artists Ashley Wass, Maxim Rysanov and Oleg Kogan, in front of an audience that included, among others, composers Gabriel Prokofiev and Dobrinka Tabakova; at Kings Place in London, performing contemporary repertoire for piano quintet.

In 2023 she performed with the LGT Young Soloists at the Stadtpalais Liechtenstein in Vienna, in the presence of the Princes of Liechtenstein, and at the Luxembourg Philarmonie.

Since 2014 she has performed as a soloist in Italy and abroad (Lithuania, Portugal, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Austria, USA, Switzerland, Hungary, UK). Among these: in 2014 at the Ministry of Education in Rome; in 2018, she performed Mendelssohn Concerto in D min. with “I Musici” in Cremona; in 2019 she performed at Carnegie Hall in New York; in 2025, she toured in Germany as a soloist with Junge Philarmonie Köln under the baton of Maestro Volker Hartung, performing in venues such as Kölner Philarmonie.

She’s participated to the masterclasses of Professors Viktor Tretiakov, Zakhar Bron, Pavel Vernikov, Boris Kuschnir, Igor Petrushevski, Patinka Kopec, Svetlana Makarova, Andrey Baranov, Petru Munteanu, Marco Fiorentini, Stefan Milenkovich, Roman Simovic and Gordan Nikolitch.

Winner of 44 National and International Competitions:

2013 (8 years old)

1st Absolute Prize (100/100) “Note sul Mare” Competition (Rome, IT)

1st Prize “Luigi Zanuccoli” International Competition (Sogliano al Rubicone – Forli Cesena, IT)

2014 (9 years old)

1st Prize “Chroma” Competition (Rome, IT)

1st Prize “Clivis” International Competition (Rome)

1st Absolute Prize  (100/100) “7  Note Romane” on all categories and instruments with a Special Mention (Rome-IT)

1st Prize V International Competition “Premio Crescendo” (Florence, IT)

1st Absolute  Prize at the “Giovani Musici” in the category up to 18 years and on all the categories and instruments, performing in the Aula Magna of the University “La Sapienza” of Rome in the presence of the Rector Prof. Frati.(Rome-IT)

2015 (10 years old)

1st Prize “Euritmia” International Competition  (Povoletto – Udine, IT)

1st Absolute Prize “Riviera della Versilia Daniele Ridolfi” Competition (Viareggio – Versilia, IT)

1st Prize”Narnia Arts Academy” International Competition  (Narni – Terni, IT)

2016 (10/11 years old)

3rd Prize  “Grumiaux” International Competition (Namur, Belgium)

1st Prize “Josef Micka” International Violin Competition and Award for the best Interpretation’s Study of  J. Micka (Prague, Czech Republic)

1st Absolute Prize (100/100) “8th Giovani Musicisti” International Competition (Treviso, IT)

1st Absolute Prize (100/100) “Riviera Etrusca” National Competition (Piombino-  Livorno, IT)

1st Absolute Prize “Chroma” Competition in the older category 12/14 years (Rome-IT)

1st Prize “Grand Prize Virtuoso” International Music Competition (London, GB)

1st Absolute Prize (100/100) “Euterpe” International Competition in the older category 13/16 years (Corato – Bari, IT)

1st Prize (100/100) “V.Marchitelli” National Competition in the older category  13/14 years (Rome-IT)

1st Absolute Prize (100/100) VII International Competition “Premio Crescendo” (Florence, IT)

1st Prize 14th  Internazional Competition “Premio Città di Padova” (Padua,IT)

1st Absolute Prize at the 17th International Competition Valsesia Musica Juniores “Monterosa-Kawai prize” of all categories up to 23 years with a scholarship of € 1,000 and special prize “Paola Materozzi Rosa” as the best talent. (Varallo Sesia-VC, IT)

Grand Prix Winner 100/100 International Competition “Flame” with a scholarship (Paris – France)

Prize “Campus of Arts” Edition 2016 (Bassano del Grappa – VC- Italy) with award-concerts and the audience award.

2017 (11/12 years old)

1° Prize Winner “Central International Music Competition” (Valletta, St.Julian’s- Malta)

1st Prize 27th International Competition “Città di Barletta” (IT) in the older category 13/15 years.

3rd Prize ” L. Kogan” International Competition (Brussels-Belgium)

1st Absolut Prize ” IX Music Competition City of Filadelfia” ( Filadelfia IT)

1st Absolut Prize (100/100) ” Ciro Pinsuti Competion” of all categories ( Sinalunga- IT).

1st Prize Giovani Talenti “Premio Rovere d’Oro” (San Bartolomeo al Mare- IT)

2018 (13 years old)

1° Absolute Prize (100/100)” Citta Isola del Liri” ( IT) with a scholarship and final concert.

1st Absolute Prize (100/100) “Chroma” Competition  (Rome, IT).

1st Absolute Prize ( 100/100) “Gewa Young Contest” with a scholarship and final concert with ” I Musici”.( Cremona- IT)

1st Absolute Prize (100/100) 27th “International Music Competition “Premio Vittoria Caffa Righetti” ( Cortemilia-IT)

2nd Prize ” Inter- Cordes” International Competition ( Paris-  Bobigny-F.)

1st Prize (30/30) American Competition “Crescendo International Music Competitions” ( Padua- It).

2019 (14 years old)

1st Absolute Prize ” Premio Liuteria Classica ( Jesi- AN- Italy)

3rd Prize “VIIth Gavrilin Governor’s International Competition” ( Vologda- Russia)

Silver Medal 3th Berliner International Music Competition. (DE)

1st Absolute Prize 100/100 “4th Danubia Talents” International Music Competition ( Budapest- Hungary)

2020

1st Prize 28th  International Competition “G. Campochiaro”  Special prize with scholarship.( Catania- Italy)

1st Absolute Prize Premio Musicale ” M. Candino” (Rome- Italy)

1st Absolute Prize (100/100)  12th Internazional Competition  “Esecuzione Musicale Giovani Musicisti” (Treviso- Italy)

1st Absolute Prize (30/30) “Crescendo Competition Italia” ( Padua, Italy)

1st Absolute Soloist Prize (100/100) IX  International Music Competition    “Note sul mare” (Rome,Italy).