Alessia Scilipoti

Born in Messina, in 2024 she earned her Master's degree in Flute with distinction and honours at the Como Conservatory under M.

Formenti, and a second Master's degree in Chamber Music, also with distinction and honours, at the Milan Conservatory under M. Piemonti.
She has won numerous first absolute prizes in both national and international competitions, including Bargo in Musica Prize (2022), XVII National Arts Prize for Winds - Woodwinds (2023), X Milan Conservatory Prize - Wind Soloists category (2024), Lombardia e Musica Competition - Winds/Woodwinds section (2024).
She also ranked first in other prestigious competitions such as: Stresa Competition (2022-2023), Premio Lams Matera (2023), XII Amigdala International Music Competition (2023), Zanuccoli Competition (2023), Alessandria International Competition (2023), Desenzano del Garda Competition (2024), Young Promises Competition (2024), Margola International Competition (2025), Piove di Sacco National Competition (2025), and Crescendo Prize (2025).
She has performed as a soloist and chamber musician for several institutions and festivals, including: Accademia Filarmonica di Messina - Giavani Talenti, Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo, Musica Maestri (Milan), Societa Umanitaria (Milan), the Conservatory of Brescia, Talis Festival (Sarajevo), and WindWorks Festival (Iceland).
Her orchestral experience is equally significant. In 2022, she was awarded a scholarship for the Orchestra Professional Course Project of the RAI National Symphony Orchestra, performing under conductors such as Ottavio Dantone, Alessandro Bonato, Stanislav Kochanovsky, John Axelrod, and Michele Gamba.
She has passed auditions for flute/principal flute with several youth and professional orchestras: Principal flute at Teatro Bellini in Catania (2025), Symphonic Orchestra of Molise (2025), UNIMI Orchestra (2024), RomaTre Orchestra (2024), Youth Orchestra of the Milan Symphonic Orchestra (2022), and OSCoM- Conservatory of Milan Symphonic Orchestra (2022).
She has collaborated as principal flute, second flute, or on piccolo, alto flute, and bass flute with orchestras and ensembles including: Olympic Theatre Orchestra of Vicenza (OTO), RAI National Symphony Orchestra, Contrametric Ensemble, Teatro alla Scala, OSCoM, UNIMI Orchestra, Youth Symphonic Orchestra of Milan, and Pentamusa Wind Orchestra.
She has performed under the baton of renowned conductors such as: Pietro Mianiti, Robert Trevino, Alondra de la Parra, Ruben Jais, Sebastiano Rolli, Stefano Montanari, Ferrer Ferran, Jaume Santonja, Andrea Oddone, Vitali Alekseenok, Jacob de Haan, Alexander Lonquich, Nicolò Jacopo Suppa, Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, Hossein Pishkar, Davide Sanson and Ingo Metzmacher.
In 2024, she collaborated as a musician-actor with the Piccolo Teatro Foundation of Milan in Harlequin, Servant of Two Masters.
She has been selected for the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) 2025 and for the special project "GO!2025" as part of the Nei Suoni Dei Luoghi Festival.
She has performed with prominent Italian ensembles such as mdi ensemble, Divertimento Ensemble, and MLOrk - Milan Laptop Orchestra, a variable-geometry electroacoustic ensemble. She has appeared in major contemporary music series including week IDEA, Nuova Musica (RAI National Symphony Orchestra), m2c (Milan), and Contatti (Milan).
She has participated in numerous masterclasses for flute and chamber music with distinguished artists including: Patrick Gallois (Accademia Chigiana in Siena), Michele Marasco, Davide Formisano, Emmanuel Pahud, Francesco Loi, Adriana Ferreira, Andrea Manco, Alberto Barletta, Marco Brolli, Tommaso Lonquich, Eric Le Sage, Sebastian Jacot, Andrea Lieberknecht, Nicolo Manachino and Felix Renggli.
In 2024, she completed the two-year advanced program with Maestro Formisano at the Fondazione Perosi, graduating with the distinction of "Excellence."
Alongside her musical studies, she holds a Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering, earned in 2022 with a score of 109/110.
She was an AFS exchange student in New Zealand (2016-2017), selected through a national competition.