CLAUDIO MARINONE
(Flute)
On completing his studies at the “G.Verdi” State
Conservatoire of Turin, he passed the entrance exams
to the Conservatorire National Superieur de Musique
in Paris, where he gained diplomas in the flute and
chamber music under the guidance of maestros
A.Marion, R.Guiot, C.Lardé, and M.Bourgue
He also obtained a diploma from the International
Music Academy of Novara (maestro G.Cambursano)
and the Higher Musical Perfection School of Saluzzo,
where he specialized with maestros M.Larrieu, A.
Persichilli, J.P. Rampal, M. Conti and M.Morini.
He has participated in the International Caltanissetta Competition (member of the International
Competition Federation of Geneva), in which he was awarded third place, as well as many other
national and international competitions, for solo instrument playing and chamber music, and has
acquired four first places, 3 second places and 5 third places.
He has played as first flute with the Orchestra of the Scala Theatre of Milan, in the Italian premiere
of the “La Station Thermale” by F.Vacchi, and has also played with the Orchestra of Britanny
(Rennes), the “G.Verdi” orchestra of Milan, and with the Cantelli orchestra of Milan as well as the
Classical Milan Orchestra.
He has participated in the International Festivals of Contemporary Music of Karlsruhe (Germany),
Alicante (Spain) and of Turin, and with the Entretemps Ensemble, and in the Festival Danse of
Chateauvallon (France).
He has given concerts both as a soloist and in various groups, at the Grand Auditorium of the
Sorbonne in Paris. at the Festival of Flanders of Antwerp (Belgium), at the Liszt Academy in
Budapest (Hungary), in Switzerland, in Japan, in the ex-Yugoslavia, in the United States, in the and
the Ghislieri Institute of Pavia, at the Borsa Theatre in Novara, at the “G.Verdi” hall of the Milan
Conservatoire, and at the Roman Aquarium in Rome, during the International Flute symposium, as
well as in a host of other Italian and foreign venues.
He holds the chair of Flute studies at the “C.Monteverdi” State musical Conservatoire of Bolzano.