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Klaidi Sahatçi, (born May 29, 1972 in Tirana, Albania) is an Albanian professional violinist.

Biography
Klaidi Sahatci is an albanian violinist born in 1972 in Tirana.He is first Concertmaster of Tonhalle Zurich and violin professor at Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana in Lugano.He is one of the most famous albanian artists ,appreciated for his musicality and his beautiful and rich sound. Until 1992 he study in his country with Mamica Abazi and after moved to Italy  at the “G. Verdi” Conservatory in Milan studying with Gi.Maestri and obtaining his diploma with the highest grade cum laude and a mention of honour. After that, he study with Salvatore Accardo at the “W. Stauffer Academy” in Cremona and Boris Garlitzky in Lyon.

Prior to joining the prestigious position of the First Concertmaster of the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zürich in 2009, he was Violon Solo of National Orchestra of Lyon, Second Concertmaster of Italian Switzerland Orchestra, First Concertmaster of Chamber Orchestra of Zurich and First Concertmaster of the Orchestra of Scala Theater Milan and Scala Philharmonic Orchestra.

Simultaneously with his activity as Concermaster, Mr.Sahatçi has performed as a soloist with Tonhalle Orchester Zurich, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Zürcher Kammer Orchester, Virtuosi Italiani, Orchestra da Camera di Milano, Orquesta Sinfonica de Chile, Cameristi della Scala, under the baton of D.Zinman, E.Krivine, A.Lombard, M.Tang, H.Griffiths, M.Nesterowitz,G.Herbig. His intensive chamber music and recital activity he has appeared in venues in Europe,South America,China and Japan. His partners in chamber music was artists such Rafael Oleg,Claire Desert, Bruno Giuranna,Bruno Canino, Dmitry Sitkoveski, Julian Ratlin, François-Frederic Guy, Fazil Say, Yuja Wang and with many others. Mr. Sahatci is one of the founding members of Altus Trio with cellist Sandro Laffranchini and pianist Andrea Rebaudengo. Klaidi Sahatçi plays an Antonio Stradivarius violin, the “Wieniawsky, Bower” of 1719 offered by Mercedes-Benz Zurich.

Discography

 * Music of Giorgio Koukl 2005


 * Albanian Memories 2013


 * Altus Trio - Bernstein,Gershwin,Stravinsky 2014


 * Altus Trio - Schumann,Donizetti 2014


 * Altus Trio - Works of K.Nishizawa 2015


 * Works of Alexandre Tansman 2015