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Corrado Giuffredi - Cesare Chiacchiaretta
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Corrado Giufferdi
Born in 1963, Corrado Giuffredi graduated from the Conservatory of Parma with full marks and praise, since 2003 he has been the first solo clarinet of the “Orchestra della Svizzera italiana”. He is regularly invited as the first clarinet of the “Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala” with which he has participated in numerous concerts in the most prestigious international festivals under the direction of Riccardo Muti and Daniel Baremboim. In 2010 he performed for the first time in Israel at the invitation of Maestro Giora Feidman at the "Klezmer in Galilee" festival. He premiered for the Italian scene the concerto for clarinet and orchestra by Krzistof Penderecki. In the chamber repertoire he boasts important collaborations with musicians such as Martha Argerich, Boris Belkin, Larry Combs, Eddie Daniels, Andrea Griminelli, Alexander Lonquich, Federico Mondelci, Ricardo Morales, Danilo Rossi, Hansjorg Shellenberger, Rino Vernizzi, Silvia Chiesa, Maurizio Baglini, Giampaolo Bandini, Cesare Chiacchiaretta, Enrico Fagone, Quartetto Savinio and the “Ensemble Strumentale Scaligero”. He has recorded numerous compositions of the clarinet repertoire for Emi, Decca, Brilliant, Arts, Aura, Tactus, Foné and Raitrade and “Movimento Classical”. Recently at the invitation of Cecilia Bartoli, he performed the Rossini Variations at the Salzburg Pentecost Festival with the “Barocchisti” conducted by Diego Fasolis. He is a member of the “Filarmonici di Busseto” together with Cesare Chiacchiaretta , Enrico Fagone and Giampaolo Bandin. The “Filarmonici di Busseto” is an eclectic ensemble for the originality of the interpretations and for the refinement of the sounds. He teaches clarinet at the Higher Music Institute of Modena and at the Città di Castello specialization courses.
He plays a clarinet (CG) designed for him personally by Morrie Backun.