Dario Zingales

Dario Zingales studied clarinet in Milan with Luigi Magistrelli, graduating with honours at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. In 2007 he continued his studies with Alois Brandhofer at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, where he completed his master’s degree with honours in 2012.

A founding member of the Fusion Clarinet Quartet, he won the Ferrero award for wind ensembles with the group in 2005. He has performed for the Società del Quartetto and took part in the MITO Festival in September 2007.

He has collaborated with Milano Classica, the Salzburg Chamber Soloists and the orchestra of the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, working under André Previn, Gerd Albrecht and Dennis Russell Davies. He has also performed with the Luigi Cherubini Orchestra under Riccardo Muti.

From August 2009 to September 2012 he was principal clarinet of the Philharmonie der Nationen under Justus Frantz, touring America, Belgium, Germany, France, Greece, Italy, Austria, Spain, Switzerland and Russia. His collaboration with the Bavarian Gut Immling Opera Festival began in 2012.

As a soloist with the Mozarteum University Symphony Orchestra, he has performed Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, K. 622, and Sinfonia concertante, K. 297b. In December 2011 he performed the Clarinet Concerto in Linz under Josef Wallnig. He has also been a member of the Bläserphilharmonie Mozarteum, recording several CDs with the ensemble.

His chamber-music partners have included Wenzel Fuchs, Lukas Hagen, Benjamin Schmid, Pierre Amoyal, Thomas Riebl, Pavel Gililov, Peter Lang and Jacques Rouvier. For Urania Records he recorded Grand Duo Clarinet (2013), SOLO (2014) and Gassenhauer for 3 (2015); VDE-Gallo released Rare Classical Duos in 2017.

Zingales has given masterclasses in San Juan, Argentina, and Novi Sad, Serbia. He began teaching at Austrian Master Classes in 2017. At the Mozarteum University, he was assistant to Alois Brandhofer from 2012 to 2017 and began working as assistant to Wenzel Fuchs in October 2015.