WORLD OF FLUTE: Italy

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luni, 5 ianuarie 2009

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.

Antonio Di Giamberardino (Italy)

Antonio Di Giamberardino Nato ad Avezzano (AQ) il 29 marzo 1982 si è diplomato in flauto traverso presso il Conservatorio Santa Cecilia di Roma nel 2004 sotto la guida del M° Gianluca Petrucci e nel 2007 acquisisce il diploma/laurea di II° livello in “Discipline musicali” con il massimo dei voti e la lode. Ha partecipato in qualità di allievo effettivo alle master class del M° Antonio Amenduni e del M° Bruno Cavallo. Ha partecipato ai corsi internazionali di alta formazione orchestrale e di musica da camera organizzati dall’associazione “Amici della musica” di Lanciano. Si è esibito più volte sia in qualità di solista che di orchestrale presso la Capitale. Attualmente sta frequentando il corso di flauto con il M° Michele Marasco e il corso di ottavino con il M° Nicola Mozzanti presso L’ A.I.F. a Roma. E’ vincitore di concorsi nazionali e internazionali.

miercuri, 31 decembrie 2008

Davide Formisano (Italy)

In 1997, Davide Formisano became the youngest-ever principal flutist of the orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. Born in Milan in 1974, he graduated with the highest marks plus distinction under the guidance of M° C. Tabarelli, further perfecting his abilities with Bruno Cavallo, Jean-Claude Gerard at Stuttgart Musikhochschule and Aurele Nicolet in Basel.
While still a teenager, he won the First Prize at the Galileo Galilei competition and at the Stresa International Competition, earning high honors in all the major international competitions. At seventeen, he took part in the Jean-Pierre Rampal Competition in Paris, gaining the “Prix Special du Jury”. During the next few years he was awarded the 1st prize at the Budapest Flute Competition, and 2nd prize (the 1st was not awarded) at the renowned ARD Competition in Munich.
As the First Italian Flautist to receive such honors, the young Davide Formisano had already performed with the major European youth ensembles, such as the Italian Youth Orchestra, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra and the European Community Youth Orchestra, led by such prominent conductors as Lorin Maazel, Carlo Maria Giulini and Kurt Sanderling.
In 1995 he obtained the principal flute position at the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra, getting the same position in the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra one year later. Now he is Principal Flute in the Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala. In this capacity he has worked with major conductors, including Carlo Maria Giulini, Zubin Mehta, Wolfgang Savallisch, Valery Gergev, Myung wun Chung, George Pretre, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Riccardo Muti, Daniel Baremboim, Daniele Gatti and Riccardo Chailly.
Davide Formisano combined his orchestral role with a brilliant and growing career as chamber music player and soloist. He performed all around Europe and Japan with such partners as Bruno Canino, Radovan Vlatkovic, Phillip Moll, Sergio Azzolini and Fabio Biondi, and has been soloist with distinguished orchestras; among them the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Dresdner Kapellsolisten, St. Petersburg Philharmonic and Tonhalle Ensemble in Zurich. From the autumn of 2007 he hold a professorship for flute at the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart, as successor to Jean-Claude Gérard .