Quintetto di Fiati “Orobie”

Quintetto fiati " Orobie"

From the idea of five musicians from Bergamo in 2016 was born the " Quintetto di Fiati Orobie " with the idea of achieving and proposing a high musical quality. The quintet after having received considerable critical and public success and having established itself in the musical reality of Bergamo, has participated in international festivals such as " I Pomeriggi Musicali di Salò ", " Tignale in Musica " and performances in important musical centers such as Lausanne, Lugano, Milan and Brescia .
At an international level it has achieved various awards such as the 3rd Prize at the VII International Competition "Città di Chieri" (2007 Edition) , the 1st Prize at the XXth European Music Competition of Moncalieri (Edition 2008) and the 2nd Prize at the IX International Competition “Città di Chieri” (first not awarded, 2010 Edition).
In 2008 the quintet participated in the International Competition of Chamber Music in Lyon (Edition 2008), a competition considered unanimously among the most prestigious in the world.
The repertoire of the " Quintetto di Fiati Orobie " includes original pieces of this formation, famous transcriptions of opera arias, overtures and fairy tales in music (like “Peter and the Wolf”). In the summer of 2011 the quintet has become promoter of the Italian panorama of wind quintets creating the Masterclass of the “Quintetto Bibiena”. In 2016 the quintet has started the project “Donizetti e la Follia", in collaboration with the music critic Bernardino Zappa and with the patronage of the Donizetti Foundation. The group consists of Valentina Noris (Flute); Davide Bresciani (Oboe); Santo Manenti (Clarinet); Alessandro Valoti (Horn); Oscar Locatelli (Bassoon).