Alessandro Carbonare (born 3 September 1967) is an Italian

clarinetist The clarinet is a single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches. The clarinet family is the largest woodw ...

. Carbonare started on E clarinet at age 5. At age 21 he became co-principal of the

Lyon Opera Orchestra Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

, and later joined the

Orchestre National de France The Orchestre National de France (; ; abbr. ONF) is a French symphony orchestra based in Paris, founded in 1934. Placed under the administration of the French national radio (named Radio France since 1975), the ONF performs mainly in the Grand ...

. He has been the principal clarinetist with the Orchestra di Santa Cecilia in

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

since 2003. He has played principal with the

Berlin Philharmonic The Berlin Philharmonic () is a German orchestra based in Berlin. It is one of the most popular, acclaimed and well-respected orchestras in the world. Throughout the 20th century, the orchestra was led by conductors Wilhelm Furtwängler (1922� ...

. He also plays with Quintetto Bibiena. He has been teaching at the

Accademia Musicale Chigiana The Accademia Musicale Chigiana (''English'': Chigiana Musical Academy) is a music institute in Siena, Italy. It was founded by Count Guido Chigi-Saracini in 1932 as an international centre for advanced musical studies. It organises Master Class ...

since 2011. Carbonare plays a Selmer Recital clarinet and a

Vandoren Vandoren is a manufacturer of mouthpieces, reeds, and accessories for the clarinet and saxophone families. History Vandoren was founded in 1905 by Eugène Van Doren (1873-1940), a clarinetist for the Paris Opera. The original location was eventual ...

B40 mouthpiece (which he adjusted by hand).

Discography

*''The art of the clarinet''. Decca, 2008. *''W.A.

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

- Quintetto per clarinetto e archi K581 / J.

Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, often set within studied ye ...

- Quintetto per clarinetto e archi op. 115''. Amadeus, 2007. *''Clarinet Sings Opera''. Japan Import, 2006. *''

Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (5 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and Music criticism, critic in the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Best known for List of operas by Carl Maria von Weber, h ...

: Concertos for Clarinet and Orchestra'', with the Haydn Orchestra Bozen. Art Music, 2004. *''No Man's Land'', with Andrea Dindo. Velut Luna, 2003. *''Unus Inter Pares''. Velut Luna, 2002. *''Le Clarinette à l'Operà: Paraphrases of Italian Operas for Clarinet and Piano''. Harmonia Mundi, 2001. *''Piramidi'', with Luca Donini. Splasc(h), 2001. *''Mozart K622,

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

Piano Concerto Op. 15'', with Marta Argerich and the Orchestra del Festival. Musincom, 2001. *''Brahms, Mozart''. Harmonia Musica, 1999. *''

Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (; ; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic music, Romantic era. He composed in all the main musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber ...

: Marchennerzalungen Op. 132, Romanzen Op. 94, Fantasiestuck Op. 73,

Märchenbilder ''Märchenbilder'' or ''Fairy Tale Pictures'', for Piano and Viola, Op. 113, was written by Robert Schumann in March 1851. The work is dedicated to the German violinist and conductor Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski. It consists of four character pi ...

Op. 113'', with Simone Braconi and Andrea Dindo. Agorà, 1997. *''W.A. Mozart Clarinet Concerto K622, G.

Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. He gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano p ...

- Andante tema e variazioni - Variazioni in Do'', with

Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra (full German name: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim; full English name: South-west German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim) is an internationally known German chamber orchestra based in Pforzheim. History The or ...

. Agorà, 1997. *''Mozart,

Salieri Antonio Salieri (18 August 17507 May 1825) was an Italian composer and teacher of the classical period. He was born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, and spent his adult life and career as a subject of the Habsburg monarc ...

'', with Euroensemble. Banca CRT, 1997. *''

Modest Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (; ; ; – ) was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five (composers), The Five." He was an innovator of Music of Russia, Russian music in the Romantic music, Romantic period and strove to achieve a ...

Pictures at an Exhibition ''Pictures at an Exhibition'' is a piano suite in ten movements, plus a recurring and varied Promenade theme, written in 1874 by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky. It is a musical depiction of a tour of an exhibition of works by architect and ...

'', with Quintetto Bibiena. Agorà, 1996. *''Clarinet Sings

Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi ( ; ; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto, a small town in the province of Parma, to a family of moderate means, recei ...

''. Agorà, 1995. *''Il Quintetto Bibiena''. Ermitage Aura, 1995. *''

Francis Poulenc Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (; 7 January 189930 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include mélodie, songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Among th ...

: Ouvres pour instruments à vent et piano'', with Quintetto Bibiena and Andrea Dindo. Agorà, 1995. *''

Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period (music), Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, oft ...

: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano Op. 114, Sonates for Clarinet and Piano Op. 120'', with Marco Decimo and Andrea Dindo. Agorà, 1994.

References

External links

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Alessandro Carbonare- Accademia Musicale Chigiana

Interview with Alessandro Carbonare
Living people Italian musicians 21st-century Italian clarinetists 1967 births Academic staff of Accademia Musicale Chigiana {{clarinetist-stub