Danilo Zaffaroni

Danilo Zaffaroni studied bassoon at the Milan Conservatory with Professor Brandolini, composition with Professor Rotondi and electronic music with Professor Paccagnini.

As a bassoonist, he has collaborated with the Angelicum and radio orchestras of Milan, the Ars Cantus Orchestra, the Città di Legnano Orchestra, O.F.S.I. (the wind orchestra of Italian-speaking Switzerland) and the Arteviva Orchestra. He has performed chamber music and orchestral repertoire, including solo appearances, in Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland, Spain and the Netherlands, and has recorded for Stradivarius, Bayer Records and Brilliant Classics.

His compositions for chamber ensembles and wind groups have received premières in Milan, L’Aquila, Switzerland and Mexico. Performers of his music include the Andersen Wind Quintet, bass clarinettists Stefano Cardo of La Scala and Fausto Saredi of Milan’s Verdi Orchestra, the Civica di Mendrisio Wind Ensemble, the O.F.S.I. Orchestra and the Piccoli Pomeriggi Musicali Orchestra of Milan. Several of his works have been published by Wicky Music.