Da Won Ghang, violin
Marina del Fava, violin
Elisa Barsella, viola
Rachele Nucci, cello

The Quartet ‘Dulce in corde’ was born in 2018 out of the pleasure of making music together and the love for this chamber ensemble. The Latin name, whose literal meaning is ‘sweetness in the heart’, plays on the misunderstanding given by the word ‘corde’, which means ‘heart’, but is reminiscent of the strings of instruments. Sweetness, therefore, of the heart that is reflected in the sweetness of the sound.
The ensemble consists of violinists Da Won Ghang and Marina del Fava, violist Elisa Barsella and cellist Rachele Nucci.
They began their training with Maestro Gabriele Bellu in Lucca and with Maestro Jorg Winkler in the chamber music courses of the ‘Centro Studi Musica e Arte’ in Florence.
They took part in the ‘IMOC 2020 Festival’ in Chianciano Terme, following the Masterclasses of M° Patrizio Serino and M° Jorg Winkler.
He also studied with musicians of the calibre of Eckart Runge (Artemis Quartet), Sergei Bresler and Kyril Zlotnikov (Jerusalem Quartet), Giulio Rovighi and Francesco Dillon (Quartetto Prometeo) and Sarah McElravy.
From 2019 to 2022 he attended the Advanced Course for String Quartet held by the Cremona Quartet at the Stauffer centre for Strings in Cremona.
In 2020, he was selected to join the Le Dimore del Quartetto network.
The Quartetto “Dulce in corde” performs regularly in Tuscany in festivals such as “Lucca Classica Music Festival”, “Il Settecento musicale a Lucca” and “Il Canto degli Alberi”, collaborating with the Associazione Musicale Lucchese Onlus and the Sagra Musicale Lucchese. He has collaborated with the F. Busoni Centre of Musical Studies in Empoli, the L. Boccherini Centre of Studies in Lucca, the Opera Barga Festival and various realities in the Lucca area.
He collaborates with the Fondazione Gioventù Musicale d’Italia for which he has performed in Sesto Calende, San Benedetto del Tronto, Todi and Camerino.
He participated in the fourth round of ‘Che Musica Ragazzi!’, organised by the Fondazione Musica Insieme of Bologna at the Ponchielli Theatre in Cremona.
In June 2021 he premiered the composition “Di Candele e di Lumi” written by Daria Scia on the occasion of the project “Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso – 150 anni”, conceived by Le Dimore del Quartetto.
They participated as Ensemble in residence at the “Ticino Musica Festival 2021” in Switzerland, performing within the Festival and taking part in the “Opera Studio” project.
In September 2021 it was invited to Budapest to perform as part of the ‘Festival Quartettissimo’.
In summer 2022, he took part in the ‘Musica con Vista’ Festival organized by Le Dimore del Quartetto, the Associazione Musicale Lucchese, the Amur Committee and the Associazione Dimore Storiche Italiane.
He is currently attending the specialisation course for string quartet with the ‘Quartetto Casals’ and Heime Müller at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole.