Elena Cecconi

Elena Cecconi has captivated audiences in concert halls and Festivals in Italy, Europe, Brazil, Argentina, Costa Rica, Japan, Hong Kong-China, Thailand, USA and Russia.

As soloist she has performed with several Orchestras including the Budapest Chamber Orchestra, UCS and OSPA Brazil Orchestras, Scarlatti of Napoli and Cremona Soloists, Albanian Radio Television, Catania and Sicilian Symphony Orchestras. She recorded 5 stars international CD for Edipan, Ricordi-Stradivarius, Bayer Records, Talent, Tactus, Brilliant, La Bottega Discantica, Urania records. She was Principal Solo Flute of the Sicilian Symphony Orchestra until 1994 and also performed as Principal Solo Flute in the Orchestras of Venice, Parma , Vicenza, Piacenza, Alessandria. Elena is Flute Professor at the Music Academy G.Nicolini of Piacenza, and she also conducts and performs with The Joyful Flute Ensemble, founded by her. She teaches Masterclasses in Music Academies in Italy, Greece, Turkey, Weimar and Osnabrück -Germany, Krakov- Poland, Alicante, Valencia, La Coruña, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Vigo - Spain, Libon, Aveiro-Portugal and in USA: Florida, Louisiana, Illinois Universities, and NFA and FFA flute Convention; in Porto Alegre and Vale Veneto-Brazil and Maimonodes University in Buenos Aires-Argentina, at the International Flute Festival in San José- Costa Rica and Abraf 2014 , Porto Alegre 2016 flute convention- Brazil; Mendoza world flute. Convention 2017- Argentina. She was Guest Artist at International Wind Festival 2019 in Novara. She is Guest Artist at Gazzelloni Festival in Roccasecca and International Wind Instruments Festival in Corfù-Greece, with recitals and Masterclass. Elena performs with several chamber groups as Ensemble La Variazione, Il Cuore che pensa, the Soulsight duo and Les Cordes Soufflantes. She specialized at the Hochschule für Musik of Vienna with W. Schulz after graduating in Italy at Conservatorio of Frosinone with the highest marks. Elena performs in the project Donatori di Musica and she is Dama Magistrale of Knights of Malta. Elena was in the Jury at the Mozart International Competition - Berlin 2018 and at Rospigliosi International Competition 2019. Recently her book of poems " Inquietudini fra Musica e Silenzio" has been published by Aracne publisher. More poems by Elena has been published in Poems Anthologies by several publisher. Next poems publishing: “Arabeschi e Geometrie” by De Ferrari- Genova, including a solo flute live CD; “Ironie della sorte, Tempo e Destini” by Albatros.
Elena plays a Haynes gold flute 14 K which belonged to the famous Italian flutist Severino Gazzelloni.
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