Alessandro FANTINI

Pupil of Antony Pay, he studied at the International Superior Academy of Music in Italy achieving an International Superior Academic Diploma with first-class degrees, for both Clarinet Soloist and Chamber Music studies. Winner of many National and International Contests, he attended various courses among which those of the “Chigiana” Musical Academy in Siena, Courses of Chamber Music with Bruno Canino and Pier Narciso Masi, and some of the most important Courses of Symphony Orchestra Performance. He is considered one of the major Italian Clarinetists and has collaborated with some of the most prestigious Opera Theaters and Symphony Orchestras (such as Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, I Solisti Veneti, Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, Accademia Bizantina) playing with, among others, R.Muti, Z.Mehta, G.Sinopoli, C.M.Giulini, G.Prêtre, S.Osawa, G.Solti, L.Maazel, K.Masur, W.Sawallisch, M.W.Chung, N.Järvi, N.Marriner, C.Hogwood, J.E.Gardiner, E.Inbal, Y.Temirkanov, M.Viotti, I.Karabtchevsky, J.Tate, G.Bertini, D.Kitaenko, Y.Ahronovitch, P.Steinberg, C.Scimone, R.Barshai, G.Albrecht, M.Benini, G.Rozhdestvensky, H.Soudant. He also frequently performs as soloist and within chamber music groups for concerts in Italy and abroad always winning warm consensus from both the audience and the critics. He takes Master Classes in Italy and abroad and he is regularly invited as member of the jury in National and international musical Auditions and Competitions. He has been Principal Solo Clarinet of the “Gran Teatro La Fenice” Orchestra in Venezia since 1995; within the Symphonic Seasons of the prestigious Venetian Theater he has performed and recorded as Soloist the Clarinet Concerto in A Kv622 by W.A.Mozart (1999/2000) and the 1st Clarinet Concerto in f Op.73 by C.M.von Weber (2005/2006).