The violinist had been a member of the orchestra’s first violin section since 1991
The Orchestra of Maggio Musicale in Florence, Italy, has announced ‘with sadness and pain’ the death of its first violinist, Anna Noferini, on 1 December 2025.
Noferini was a member of the orchestra’s first violin section, a position she had held since 1991.
She won first prize with distinction in violin at Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles in 1986, where she studied with Arthur Grumiaux. She also graduated from Conservatorio di Milano in 1990, before joining the Orchestra of Maggio Musicale. Later in 2010, she received a diploma in viola from the Cherubini Conservatorio in Florence.
Noferini came from a musical family. Her father was the Italian composer, conductor and pedagogue, Giordano Noferini, and her mother Maria Grazia was a pianist. She played chamber music with her brothers; Andrea, a cellist, and Roberto, a violinist, as well as her partner, the violinist Luigi Cozzolino.
She was an active early music practitioner, performing and recording with Auser Musici and Semperconsort. She played on a G.B. Gabrielli violin from 1754.
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