Davide Baldo

Davide Baldo
is the first male performer to be cast as the "Black Cat" in K.Stockhausen's Licht cycle (Holland Festival 2019, NL).

Dedicated to contemporary music and member of the Lucerne Festival since 2021, he has collaborated with various ensembles including Lucerne Contemporary Festival Orchestra (LFCO), Noord Netherlands Orkest, "Luigi Cherubini" Youth Orchestra, Residentie Orkest, Asko Schönberg Ensamble, Nationaal Jungen Orkest, Trento Chamber Orchestra “Ensemble Zandonai”, Young Europeans Orchestra, NED ensemble, Agorart Ensemble, Kaolin Ensemble, Oerknal Ensemble, Motocontrario Ensemble, Piccola Orchestra Lumiere, Orchestra Calamani under the baton of conductors such as Gergiev, de Leeuw, Paszkowski, van Steen, Hermus and Fritzsch, Brönnimann, Holliger, Poppe, Wiegers, performing in halls such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Berlin Philharmonic and the KKL in Lucerne. Member of the SIMC, he is dedicatee of works by composers such as Colazzo, Serafini, Mannucci, Trocchia and Orlandi, and has also collaborated with composers such as Tadini, Sani and Agostini. After graduating with honours from the F.A. Bonporti Conservatory in Trento, he went on specializing at the Royal Conservatory in Den Haag and at the National Academy of S. Cecilia in Rome, where he studied with flutists such as Andrea Oliva, Rien de Reede and Kathinka Pasveer. He edited the Italian edition of Rien de Reede's 'Mozart & Rock' flute method published by Riverberi Sonori, Vol. I and II. He regularly performs in duo with the harpist Flora Vedovelli (Salis Duo), with whom he has won numerous international prizes. He is currently a member of the Alpen Symphony Orchestra.