Biography
Luigi Magistrelli was born in S.Stefano Ticino,near Milan,Italy.He
studied clarinet at the Conservatory of Milan with Prof. Primo Borali and
attended some master classes with D. Kloecker,K.Leister and Giuseppe Garbarino.
He has performed as soloist with the Orchestras of ”Pomeriggi musicali”,”Angelicum”,
“Teatro Litta” , “Radio of Milan”,”Città di Magenta” , “Vivaldi Val Camonica”.
He has also performed with many chamber groups ( from duo with piano to large
ensembles also of contemporary music). He played for one year as principal clarinet
with Sanremo Symphony Orchestra and as extra player with the orchestras of
Pomeriggi Musicali, Angelicum, “Gaspare da Salò”, “Cantelli”, Radio Orchestras
of Milan and Turin, “La Scala Strings “ “Orchester der Jahrhunderte” in Germany
and Moldova Radio Sympohony and many others.He has participated in some
tournèes with the International Orchestra of Italy.Currently he is principal
clarinet at the” Milano Classica Chamber Orchestra “ and principal clarinet (on
early clarinets) at the Cremona Barock Orchestra. He has won some prizes
at the Competitions of Genoa and Stresa. He has performed in the principal
cities of Italy and also in Swizerland,Malta,Austria,Belgium, ex Jugoslavia,
France,Spain, Africa (National Theatre of Nairobi), India, Germany, Finland,Israel
, Mexico, U.S.A and in duo with the pianist Sumiko Hojo in the Czech Republic,
China and Japan . He has recorded 35 Cd’s of chamber music and also as a
soloist, for Pongo classica , Bayer Records , Nuova Era, Stradivarius, Arta
Records (on early clarinets) , ASV,Clarinet Classics ,Leonarda, Talent Records,
MDG gold,and Orfeo with the well known clarinetist Dieter Kloecker, with
the orchestra La Scala Philharmonic conducted by R. Muti for Sony Classical ,
with Milano Classica Orchestra for Dynamic and with Cremona Barock
Orchestra for Tactus. He has recorded also two Mozart Cds for Camerata
Tokyo with Prof. Karl Leister,well known solo clarinet player of Berlin
Philhamonic for 34 years. He has recorded for the Italian Radio and BBC of
London. He edited unknown clarinet works for “Eufonia”, “Accolade”,”Trio
Musik”, “Poco Nota Verlag” and “Musica Rara”. He is the chairman for Italy of
the International Clarinet Society and performed in many clarinet
congresses around the world.He held master classes in Italy, Germany,China,
Israel,South Korea, Mexico and USA.He has a personal clarinet collection of
more than 150 instruments of any kind. He is Professor of Clarinet at the
Conservatory of Milano.
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