Mario Brunello (born 1960) is an Italian cellist and musician, who is currently Artistic Director of the International String Quartet Competition Premio Paolo Borciani and of the

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String Quartet Festival. Brunello plays a 17th-century Maggini cello which, in the 20th century, belonged to Benedetto Mazzacurati and then to Franco Rossi, cellist of the "

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". He has played with many orchestras internationally and has performed with various artists.

Life and career

Origins and musical beginnings

Brunello was born in

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, Italy. He studied under Adriano Vendramelli of the Venice Conservatorio of Music and of

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. In 1986, he was awarded the first prize at the

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, Moscow, in the cello section.AMC Music
In 1994, Brunello founded the "Orchestra d'Archi Italiana" (Italian String Orchestra), starting a double performing activities as a conductor in addition to that of soloist and touring in many European countries.

Later career

Since then Brunello has played with the many orchestras in the world: London Philharmonic,

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, NHK Symphony Orchestra (Tokyo), Scala Philharmonic Orchestra, Santa Cecilia, only to name a few, and under conductors such as

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, Riccardo Chailly,

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, Daniele Gatti,

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and

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. As a chamber musician Brunello has performed with artists, including Gidon Kremer,

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, Frank Peter Zimmermann,

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, Andrea Lucchesini, Valery Afanassiev and the Borodin and

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Quartets.

References

Discography

* 2010
Mario Brunello - Bach - sei suites a violoncello solo senza basso
- brunello serie
EGEA
- Recorded at Auditorium Santa Cecilia - Perugia - Italy - 2009. * 2009
Mario Brunello - cello / Andrea Lucchesini - piano - Lekeu, Sonata for cello and piano in F major - Schubert, Sonata for Arpeggione and piano in A minor D.821
- brunello serie
EGEA
- Recorded at Auditorium Scuola Comunale Chiappano (Vicenza) - Italy - 2004 * 2009 - Mario Brunello - Antonio Vivaldi
CONCERTI PER VIOLONCELLO
- brunello serie
EGEA
* 2009 - Mario Brunello
VIOLONCELLO AND
- brunello series - Recorded at Chiesa Monastica del Monastero di Bose (Italy) 25-27 October 2004 * 2008
Mario Brunello / orchestra d'archi italiana - Odusia -
brunello series - Recorded at Auditorium Santa Cecilia (Perugia) - Italy * 2002 - XRCD2 Mario Brunello Alone (JVC) Sollima - Ligeti - Casado * 1999 - Mario Brunello, cello / Andrea Lucchesini, piano - Chopin, Schumann, Brahms - Accademia Musicale Chigiana - Recorded at Teatro dei Rozzi (Siena) - Italy - August 9-11 & September 16-18 1999 * 1998 - Mario Brunello, cello / Andrea Lucchesini, piano - Beethoven - Complete works for cello & piano - Agorà Musica - Recorded at Palazzo Giusti (Padua) - Italy - May 21-26 1996 * 1995 – Mario Brunello, cello - Bach - Sei suites per violoncello solo - Amadeus - Recorded at Conservatorio di Torino - Italy- January/April 1993 / December 9 1994 * 1993 – Mario Brunello, cello / I Solisti di Zagabria, orchestra - Haydn - I concerti per violoncello - Erresse - Italy

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