Madeleine Carruzzo

Madeleine Carruzzo was born in Sitten and studied at the Detmold Academy in the class of Tibor Varga. She obtained her concert diploma with distinction in 1980. From 1979 to 1981 she was assistant to Tibor Varga. From 1978 to 1981 she played first violin in the Tibor Varga Chamber Orchestra. In 1982 she became the first woman to be accepted as a full member of the Berlin Philharmonic under the direction of Herbert von Karajan.

Madeleine Carruzzo has participated in numerous chamber music festivals, including Salzburg, Lockenhaus, Berlin and Jerusalem. She has performed chamber music with pianists such as Elena Bashkirova, Yefim Bronfman, Andràs Schiff, Radu Lupu, violinists Nikolaj Znaider, Renaud Capuçon, violists Nobuko Imai, Gérard Caussé, cellists Frans Helmerson, Boris Pergamenschikov and flautist Emmanuel Pahud. Madeleine Carruzzo was awarded the Rünzi Foundation Prize in 2001 and the City of Sitten Prize in 2012.