Musical Education
1988-1993 H.v.Kunsten Utrecht, violin (UM - Soloist Diploma, 1993)
1982-1987 Conservatorio di musica Milano, violin Diploma, 1987)
1977-1981 Conservatorio di musica Sassari, composition, piano
1972-1981 Conservatorio di musica Sassari, violin

Masterclasses
1993 Yehudi Menuhin, Igor Oistrak, Berl Senofsky, Pierre Amoyal, Hermann Krebbers 
La Hulpe, Belgium - Masterclass Jury of Queen Elisabeth Competition 
1990 Victor Liberman, Utrecht
1990 F. Mezzena, Vacanze Musicali Alghero
1988 Boris Belkin, Accademia Musicale Chigiana, scholarship winner
1985-1989 Felice Cusano, Piero Guarino (Castelsardo)

Forced Pause
Feb. 1991 - Feb. 1993 had to stop playing due to injury (fell on ice)

Awards and Scholarships
1992 Scholarship - Regione Sardegna
1990 First Prize - ‘Concorso Internazionale di Pescara’ 
1990 Second Prize - ‘Premio Sassari’ 
1990 Second Prize - ‘Concorso Europeo Citta’ di Moncalieri’ 
1988 Scholarship in competition - Accademia Musicale Chigiana 
1980 Scholarship - Conservatorio L. Canepa Sassari

Soloist
2008 Utrechts Kamerorkest Trajectum (Beethoven Triple Concerto) 
2001-2002 Amsterdam Bach Soloists (Vivaldi, different concerti)
1997-1998 European Community Chamber Orchestra (Vivaldi, Bach Double)
1996-1997 Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia 
(Beethoven Romanze, Schnittke Moz-art a la Haydn)
1991 Orchestra Sinfonica ‘Mario Gusella’ Pescara (Wieniawsky n.2 )
1990 Orchestra Sinfonica Città di Moncalieri (Mozart n. 4)

Chamber Music
2006-2018 Camenae Collective (2 to 9 musicians)
2008-2010 Oryx (violin, cello, harpsichord)
2001-2011 Trio Telesto (violin, cello, bayan)
2006 Documentary for the Bravo television network, North America (Chausson 
Concerto for violin, piano and string quartet) 
2004-2006 Duo with Makiko Goto (koto)
1999- 2000 Trio with Jeremy Findlay (cello) and Elena Braslavsky (piano)
1993-2002 Duo with piano - Jeroen Bal, Stefano Mancuso, Alexander Schmalcz 

Guest in Chamber Music Groups
2010-2011 A(i)rco (leader)
2008-2010 Asko-Schönbergh  
2004-2007 Insomnio (leader) 
2005 Zephyr Kwartet (leader, concerts in the Concertgebouw Chamber Hall)
1996-1998 Ives 
1997-1998 Combustion Chamber (leader)

Concertmaster
2010 - 2018 Amsterdam Chamber & Symphonic Orchestra, Promenade Orkest, 
1994 - 1999 Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, Fermo (with conductors such as Lu Jia, Franco 
Petracchi, and soloists such as Vittoria Mullova, Michele Campanella, Igor Oistrakh)
Kamerphilharmonie, Salzburg
1992 - 1994 Dutch Theater Orchestra (soloist such as Giora Feidman)

Second Concertmaster and Principal Second Violin
2010 - 2017 Amsterdam Chamber & Symphonic Orchestra, Promenade Orkest, Amsterdam
Holland Symphonia, Ballet Orkest, Amsterdam
2010 - 2015 Holland Symphonia, Ballet Orkest, Amsterdam
1990 - 2010 Holland Symfonia, Nederlands Ballet Orkest, Amsterdam
Noord Holland Philharmonisch, Haarlem
Gelders Orkest, Arnhem
Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, Nederlands Kamerorkest, Amsterdam
1993 - 1999 European Community Chamber Orchestra (Based in the UK, world tours)

Director (Concertmaster without conductor)
1995 Camerata, Amsterdam 
1982 - 1987 Orchestra della Cooperativa Teatro e/o Musica & Orchestra Sinfonica, Sassari
1983 -1984 Laboratorio Cameristico, Milan

Tutti 
1993 - 2015  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam
(playing in the most prestigious halls, such as: Carnegie Hall - New York, Musikverein - Austria, Philharmonie - Berlin)
The Hague Philharmonic, The Hague
Dutch Philharmonic Orchestra, Amsterdam
Rotterdam Philharmonic, Rotterdam
Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt
1988-1995 Dutch Radio Chamber & Philharmonic Orchestra, Hilversum
The Hague Philharmonic, The Hague
Dutch Chamber Orchestra, Amsterdam
1982-1987 RAI, Milan
Pomeriggi Musicali, Milan

Tiziana Pintus - PRESS QUOTES Musician

2013
CD Luigi Nono, La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura, SubRosa, DDD

Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 05/2013, Raphael Smarzoch
The focus is on the violin, played by Tiziana Pintus. With full and clear sound she interacts with soprano, clarinet and electronics. Each gesture is planned down to the last detail…

Musicalifeiten.nl, 08/2013, Jan de Kruijff

Tiziana Pintus commits herself with great conviction and understanding of this music. With the necessary imagination, she makes a real living, lively experience of it."

Opusklassiek.nl, 10/13, Aart van der Wal:
Performance and recording are of a high level. 

2010
PZC Hengstdijk, Zeeland, 18 January 2010, Jeanette Vergouwen: 

High quality concert by Camenae 

"Schubert's Octet was originally commissioned by Count von Troyer, himself a clarinet player. Camenae, an ensemble of high-quality musician, are in full command of the material and musical techniques. The sound they produce is beautiful and their interpretation crystal-clear. The dialogues between the first violin and the wind instruments were well executed." 

2009
Dagblad van het Noorden***** Assen, 14 December 2009, Paul Herruer: 

"It was clearly audible that the leaders of Camenae Collective are Gubaidulina's music specialists: the 'Hommage' could not have been performed with greater style or richer tension. The piece requires a balanced texture of timbre more than dramatic gestures, but when played with such concentration, its impact is impossible to misunderstand. The contribution of soprano Claron McFadden was a study in concentration in itself, from her radiant heights to almost whispered, yet clearly sung declamation of poetry" 

2008
Resonate Magazine The Rocks, Sydney, Australia, May 2008,Tristan Louth-Robins:

Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide Contemporary Music Festival

"Saturday's ‘Tour De Force’ program featured works by Sofia Gubaidulina, Willem Jeths, Henk Badings and Tristram Cary, performed by the Telesto Duo, Gabriella Smart and soprano Greta Bradman. The opening performances of Gubaidulina's Rejoice! (1981/88) and Chiasmos (2000) showcased the technical virtuosity and dexterity of the Telesto Duo and Smart, ... Badings's Capriccio (1959) – one of the first works written for concert instrument and electronics – was stunning as Pintus's violin ducked and weaved its way around a rhythmic barrage of clicks and drones pulsing from stereo channel speakers…" 

Real Time Magazine Sydney, Australia, June-July 2008, Jon Dale:

Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide Contemporary Music Festival

"...a festival highlight: the Telesto Duo’s breathtaking performance of Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina’s sonata for violin and cello, Rejoice!...Particularly affecting was a series of harmonics, quietly wrung from the violin by Tiziana Pintus, which held the collective breath of the Artspace audience and briefly transformed the space’s antiseptic vibe into an ennobled zone—reflective and smart, without any recourse to pious display."

Rip It Up, Adelaide, Australia, April 2008, Barry Lenny:

Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide Contemporary Music Festival

"Modern writing pushes performers to their limits, expecting the highest of technical standards to make performances possible. With the musicians on stage for this concert there was no shortage of technical excellence or musical maturity (...). The result was a truly exciting and captivating concert of great music.."

2007
CD Telesto Trio (Camenae 1)

Whole Note Toronto CA, October 2007, Andrew Timar:

"The Telesto Trio was founded by three accomplished chamber musicians (...) in order to perform the music of Sofia Gubaidulina and they certainly do the works proud, playing with passion and secure musicianship of the highest order. The recorded sound is clear and dynamically full. Recommended."

Luister (Eindhoven, NL) September 2007, Emanuel Overbeeke, Performance 9:

"The first piece was composed for Natalia Gutman and Oleg Kagan: two musicians who are not averse to sweeping, dramatic gestures in their playing. In contrast, the cellist and violinist of the Telesto Trio avoid demonstrative emotional display as much as possible, yet they succeed in accomplishing the same level of intensity as the duo that commissioned the work. This is much to the credit of the musicians, while it also testifies to the versatility of the composition… Listening to this CD, which features several of her finest works, it is above all the music that one hears and scarcely the musicians: a testament to this trio’s musical dedication and insight."

The Strad Magazine (London, UK) Juli 2007, Peter Quantrill: “Fidelity to the notes and dedication to the cause can be taken as read…Microtones and fragile resolutions, Ligeti and Shostakovich, uncertainty and faith are all present and correct” 

Jyllands-Posten (Viby DK) June 2007, John Christiansen: "...such a significant CD…"

2006

"I have never heard the piece (Rejoice!) played so well, Telesto succeded in grasping the essence of the piece and with amazing fantasy bring it to life.."

Sofia Gubaidulina 14 oktober 2006, Amsterdam

CD Telesto Trio (Camenae 1) "This is playing that really inspires: there's no disguising the spirit of a composer who transcends the mundane and takes us to deeply spiritual worlds. A treasure of a release!"

Heather Kurzbauer, Corresponding Editor Strad Magazine London

Trouw (The Netherlands) 21 October 2006, Anthony Fiumara:

"Telesto trio love for Gubaidulina's music splashes out of the performances …In Silenzio one hears the trio inching forward towards heaven with rhythmic tautness and mysterious whispered tones.“For Sofia, on the occasion of her 75th birthday”, is the festive announcement on the CD cover. Her portrait on the cover calls to mind the famous print of Che Guevara. Gubaidulina as the spiritual heroine of contemporary music."

Het Parool (The Netherlands) 16 october 2006, Michel Khalifa

" … impeccable performance from the violinist Tiziana Pintus and the cellist John Addison.."

2001

La Nuova (Italy) September 2001, Antonio Ligios:

"Telesto Trio offered a lucid interpretation of these three works (Gubaidulina) and at the same time succeeded in creating in the listener the emotions aroused by the music of the composer."

BN/De stem (The Netherlands) September 2001, JeanetteVergouwen:

"Telestro Trio bewitched the listener with sounds. It was a display of diverse techniques, with a palette rich in colours and nuances. The performance was captivating and the musicians played with full conviction."