Andrea Oliva (Italy)

Andrea Oliva was born in Modena, Italy in 1977. He got a diploma in flute in five years with full marks at the Istituto Musicale Pareggiato “O. Vecchi” in Modena with the guidance of G. Betti and he attended the specialization courses held by M. Marasco and C. Montafia and J. Galway. He won several national and international contest both in duet with piano and as soloist, such as the International Flute Competition “A. Ponchielli” CR-2000, in 2004 the 3rd prize at the ARD competition in Munich and in 2005 the 1° price in the prestigious competition in Kobe-Japan, the first italian that won this competition.

In 1999 he became member of the »GMJO« under direction of C. Abbado and, in the festival of Tanglewood, of S. Ozawa. He collaborated with various lyrical and symphonic Orchestras such as the Teatro alla Scala in Miland, the ORT in Florence, the “Arturo Toscanini” in Parma, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra Mozart in Bologna (with C. Abbado) and the Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich.

He continued his musical studies in the flute class of J.C. Gerard in Stuttgart before entering in 2000/2001, the Academy “H. von Karajan” of the Orchestra of the Berliner Philarmoniker (with the guidance of the flautists A. Blau and M. Hasel) At the age of 23 he plaied as first flute in the Berliner Philharmonik orchestra under the direction of C. Abbado and M. Jansons (for TDK, DVD: »Night’s Encore«).

In 2001 he became Solo flute in »Teatro dell’Opera of Rome and actually he is the First Solo-Flute at the Symphony Orchestra of Santa Cecilia in Rome (conductor A. Pappano). He is often invited in various musical exhibitions all over in the World such as »Flautissimo« in Rom, »the Falaut day« in Mailand the »Slovenian flute festival« in Lubiana and the »NFA flute festival« (this year in Pittsburgh, USA).

He is also member of the »Nuovo quintetto italiano« wind quintett doing tournee in all the World. The next July he’ll do a soloist tour throght Japan.

“Andrea Oliva is one of the best flutists of his generation and a rising star in the world of the flute” Sir James Galway.