Sergio Azzolini (born 1967, in

Bolzano Bolzano ( or ; german: Bozen, (formerly ); bar, Bozn; lld, Balsan or ) is the capital city of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third ...

) is an Italian bassoonist and music conductor.

Early life

Azzolini was born in

, Italy in 1967 and learned bassoon after his mother suggested being a musician would provide a long term job for him. He studied from 1978 to 1985 at Conservatorio Claudio Monteverdi in Bolzano with Romano Santi and then at

Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media (german: Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover, italics=unset, abbreviated to HMTMH) is a university of performing arts and media in Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony, Germany. Dating ...

, under

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, with whom he studied until 1989. At this time, he was already a soloist in the

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Career

Azzolini has won awards at "

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", "C.M. von Weber" Competition and "ARD Münich". He has recorded many productions of

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and soloistic performances for

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records,

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and Chandos. He also performs with his ensemble ''Il Proteo'' and is a member of ''Ma'alot Quintetts'', S''abine Meyer Bläserensemble'', ''

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Trio'' and several ensembles of

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on period instruments - ''Parnassi Musici, Sonatori della Gioiosa Marca, Kammerakademie Potsdam, Collegium 1704 and Ensemble Capriccio''. Azzolini regularly appears as a soloist on authentic historical bassoons with ensembles ''L'Aura Soave Cremona'', ''La Stravaganza Köln,'' ''Sonatori della Gioiosa Marca.'' He is working on recording all 39 of Vivaldi's bassoon concerti and has recorded four volumes of Vivaldi's bassoon concertos for the "Vivaldi Edition" of the French recording company

playing with ensembles ''L'Aura Soave Cremona'' and ''L'Onda Armonica.'' He has been music professor at Hochschule in Stuttgart, and since 1998, is a professor of bassoon and chamber music at the Hochschule für Musik in Basel. He is regularly giving masterclasses in Europe and the world.

References

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