The flautist Mario Carbotta studied under the guidance of M. Saletti, E. Egaddi and M. Ancillotti at the Conservatory of Piacenza and at the specialization courses of the Fiesole Music School.
\nAfter winning several prizes, among which the 12th edition of thePalmi \u201cF. Cilea\u201d Competition, when still very young he began his career, first as a member of the Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana, and then as an international concert performer, appearing at the most renowned international venues, such as Vienna\u2019s Musikverein, Prague\u2019s Rudolfinum, Zurich\u2019s Tonhalle, Cairo\u2019s Opera Theatre, Bulgaria Hall of Sofia’s, the Glenn Gould Hall of Toronto\u2019s CBC, the Seoul Arts Center; and moreover in New York, Montreal, Tokyo, London, Beijing, Geneva, Sao Paolo, Istanbul, Bucharest, Tehran, and at the festivals of Santander, Perelada, Ljubliana, Vlaanderen, Varajdin and Zagreb.<\/p>\n
He has interpreted most of the solo repertoire with over 77 symphony and chamber orchestras, among them the European Union Chamber Orchestra, Tonkunstler Nieder\u00f6sterreich Wien, Israel Sinfonietta, Cairo Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Sinfonietta, Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, State Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, Archi dell\u2019orchestra della Scala di Milano.
\nHe has performed in Italy whit the symphony orchestras of Milan, Bari, Parma, Sanremo, Palermo, L\u2019Aquila and Ancona; in Germany with the orchestras of Mainz, Mannheim, Frankfurt (Deutsches Kammerorchester), Oldenburg, Sondershausen and Konstanz; in Poland with the philharmonic orchestras of Bydgoszcz, Krak\u00f3w, Rszezow, Szezcin and Katowice; in the Czech Republic with the philharmonic orchestras of Ceske Budejovice, Teplice and Zlin; and collaborated with renowned musicians such as Stefan Asbury, Philippe Bernold, Enrico Dindo, Diego Fasolis, Angelo Persichilli, Jan Talich and Jonathan Webb.<\/p>\n
He has revised unpublished works and critically edited flute and symphonic works by Fioroni, Nardini, Lichtenthal, Mercadante and Rolla, for publishers such as Suvini Zerboni, Carisch, Rugginenti and B\u00e8rben.<\/p>\n
His discography \u2013 which to date consists of 21 CDs for the labels Dynamic, Tactus, Brilliant and Nuova Era, all praised by the international specialized press \u2013 is noteworthy for the premi\u00e8re recordings of concertos and chamber works by G. B. Viotti, A. Rolla, S. Mercadante, M. Pilati, N. Rota, L. Cortese, F. Devienne, C. Furstenau and G. Briccialdi.<\/p>\n
Carbotta has also appeared as a conductor, leading the \u201cCivica Orchestra di Fiati di Milano\u201d, the Sanremo Symphony Orchestra, the \u201cOrchestra Sinfonica Metropolitana di Bari\u201d, the \u201cOrchestra Regionale dell\u2019Emilia-Romagna A. Toscanini\u201d and the \u201cSt\u00e1tny Komorny\u0301 Orchester Zilina\u201d (Slovakia).<\/p>\n
He has a marked predilection for chamber music, with a repertoire that ranges from the 1700’s to contemporary works, and many pieces have been dedicated to him. He has worked with prestigious artists and ensembles: Brazil\u2019s Camerata San Paolo; Quartetto di Cremona; the violinists Marco Bianchi (Giardino Armonico), Luigi Alberto Bianchi and Mario Hossen; the harpist Cristina Bianchi; the pianists Roberto Cognazzo and Carlo Balzaretti; and Lugano\u2019s RTSI Choir.<\/p>\n
Mario Carbotta is a teacher of Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali “Luigi Boccherini” in Lucca and the summer courses of Music Academy Orpheus Wien.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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