Freiderikos Voloninis(1895-1970)
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Greek violinist. The son of the Italian violinist Federico Bolognini Sr., who at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries worked in Greece and taught at the Athens Conservatory. He studied there, graduating from the course in 1917. A student of Joseph Bustidui. Then he improved his skills in Paris. He is best known as the concertmaster of the Athens State Orchestra from 1942 till 1963. From the end of the 1920s and until 1950 he also performed as part of the Athens Trio, founded by Dimitris Mitropoulos, initially with the cellist Ahilleas Papadimitriou; since 1931, the pianist Spyros Farantatos and the cellist Lida Kouroukli have played in the trio. He collaborated as a soloist with foreign orchestras and gave many concerts in various cities in Europe and America.