Quartetto Felix, winner of ‘Premio Sinopoli 2017’ awarded by the President of the Italian Republic, was founded by Marina Pellegrino, Vincenzo Meriani, Francesco Venga and Matteo Parisi in 2015 within the Specialization Courses of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.

His name, in addition to identifying happiness as indispensable condition of making music, is a tribute to Campania, called “felix” by the ancient Latins, that is the home region of all its components.