Uto Ughi is a famous and renowned Italian violinist and conductor. Born in 1944, he was the music director of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia between 1987 and 1992. He is considered one of Italy's greatest living violinists and is also active in the promotion of classical music in today's culture. He started to play the violin at only «5 or 6 years» he said, and he made his debut at 7 years old, at the Teatro Lirico di Milano. At 12 years he was considered a mature artist.
In this extract of the concert happened in the Abbey of Santa Maria in Follina (TV, ITALY) he plays Camille Saint Saens Introduction et Rondò, Capriccioso OP.28, accompanied by "I filarmonici di Roma".