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”,”Cittŕ di Magenta”,
“Vivaldi Val Camonica” ,”Legnano
Symphony Orchestra”, “Grande Orchestra Romantica” of
Milan , “Beijing wind band “. 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 Salň”, “Cantelli”,
Radio Orchestras of Milan and Turin, “Orchester der Jahrhunderte” in Germany and
Moldova Radio Sympohony and many others.He has participated in some tournčes
with the International Orchestra of Italy. Currently
he is serving as a principal clarinet the Milano Classica
Chamber 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,Czech Republic,France,Spain,
Africa (National Theatre of Nairobi), India, Germany, Finland,Israel
,Canada, Mexico, U.S.A, South Korea, Russia and in duo with the pianist Sumiko Hojo in the Czech
Republic, China and Japan. He has recorded 35 Cds
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 and with Milano Classica Orchestra for Dynamic. 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 and gave lectures in Italy, Austria (Mozarteum
Accademy) , Germany, Belgium, China,
Israel, South Korea, Czech Republic, Mexico
and USA.He owns a personal clarinet collection of 200
instruments of any kind. He is Professor of Clarinet at the Conservatory of
Milano.
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