DINO DE PALMA - Violinist and violist, he achieved the diploma in violin at the Frosinone Conservatory of music with full marks and honours (10/10 and lode), the diploma in viola at the Bari Conservatory of music with full marks (10/10) and he is graduated as bachelor of Arts with a major in fine art, music and drama from the Roma Tor Vergata University with full marks and honours (110/110 and lode) with a research thesis on the history of the music in the unpublished diaries of Umberto Giordano.

First violin of the Solisti Dauni for over fifteen years, he toured abroad and gave concerts in important Italian locations, as well as numerous records and premier performances worldwide. First violinist of the Petruzzelli Theatre Orchestra from Bari, the Marchigiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Bologna, the Umberto Giordano symphonic Orchestra, the Daunia Philharmonic Orchestra, he also collaborated with the symphonic orchestras of RAI in Rome, Turin and Naples and with the chamber group "I Solisti Aquilani" with which he went on tours abroad (Germany, Spain, Turkey, Egypt, etc.) and he played numerous concerts during the four years of collaboration. He collaborates with the chamber group “The Philharmonics of Rome” already known as the “Chamber orchestra of Saint Cecilia” with which he performs many concerts with Uto Ughi in various tours in Italy and abroad (Spain, Malta, Japan, etc.) and he is a violinist of the group "I solisti di Pavia" directed by Enrico Dindo with which he went on important tours that brought him to perform in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vilnius, New York and other capital cities.

At the same time he carries out solo and chamber activities and in this role he has played for important concert societies in Italy and abroad (Australis, Taiwan, Turkey, Sweden, Lithuania, India, France, Japan, Korea and other nations).

Presently he collaborates with the orchestras of the Royal Theatre of Parma, the Fenice in Venice and the Symphonic Institution of Abruzzo with the roles of first violin of the second section and first viola.

For cinema he collaborates with musicians such as Morricone, Bacalov, Piovani together with which he realised soundtracks for movies by Oliver Stone, Warren Beatty, the Taviani brothers, Adrian Lyne, Pupi Avati and many other film writers.

For theatre he realised important productions with Gigi Proietti (Histoire du Soldat), Vittorio Gassmann (Cantata per l’Europa), and also collaborated with Sergio Castellitto, Michele Mirabella, Roberto Benigni, Margaret Mazzantini, Michele Placido and many other artists.
He toured with prestigious people such as Jerry Lewis, Bart Bacarach, Liza Minnelli and others. He also collaborated with the Festival di Umbria Jazz playing with Charlie Haden.

He has recorded for BMG, Bongiovanni in Bologna, Velut Luna from Padua and many other Italian record companies. In the future he will play in U.S.A., Europe and Korea (2010-2011).

In December 2009 it was published the CD “Le canzoni di Ludwig” (Ludwig’s Songs) for the most important Italian magazine of the sector, the monthly “Amadeus” with the ensemble “U. Giordano” from Foggia (Dino De Palma, violin).

He is a violin professor at the Conservatory "U. Giordano" in Foggia and professor of "history and analysis of the repertoire", "Mood music", "Ethnic musicology"; "Psychology of music". He is also professor at the University of Sungshin in Seoul (Korea) for master classes in violin and chamber music and professor of History of music and performing arts in the University of Foggia (Italy).