Umberto Clerici was born in Turin in 1981 and he began the study of cello when he was five at the Suzuki School of Turin. Winner of several prizes, national and international competitions (among many:

Umberto Clerici attended the courses of Mario Brunello at the “Romano Romanini Foundation” in Brescia, and of David Gèringas in Fiesole. He took part at master classes with Georg Faust,