Emma Longo

Emma Longo, Flute
Born in 2001, she graduated with full marks, honours and honourable mention at the conservatory O.

Vecchi Tonelli in Modena under the guidance of Maestro Michele Marasco and Andrea Oliva. Since 2012 she has been performing throughout Italy and Switzerland in various concert seasons. In 2021 she was a flutist of the OGI (Italian Youth Orchestra), with whom she participated in the Young Euro Festival Classic performing at the Berlin Konzerthaus. She carries out an intense orchestral activity collaborating regularly with Filarmonica di Modena, Orchestra del Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza, Orchestra del Baraccano di Bologna, Orchestra Giovanile Toscana and Orchestra Giovanile Leonore. She also played as a soloist with the orchestra of the G. Puccini Conservatory of La Spezia.
She was awarded the third prize in the Severino Gazzelloni International Competition, the first prize overall in Premio Alberghini in Bologna and the first prize at the Premio Crescendo. She also won the third prize at the Betti scholarship in Modena, getting the opportunity to perform as a Falaut artist at Campus Falaut and record for the CD young promises.
Regarding chamber music, since 2018 she has been playing in duo with the guitarist Giulio Cecchi, with whom she won international competitions and she performed in many music festivals. In 2019 she formed a duo with the harpist Valentina Vatteroni with whom she won the first prize at the Moscow Music Competition. Since 2020 she has been playing in a trio with the flutist Francesca Presentini with whom she won the AGIMUS project Attraverso i suoni. Since 2020 she has been playing with the Quintetto Fedro: it was invited to the 2022 and 2023 season of the Ticino Musica Festival in Lugano as ensemble in residence.
She is also active in the field of contemporary music: she recorded the premiere of F. Vacchi's Janus with the Maderna Orchestra and played at the Museo del Novecento in Milan during the Cinque Giorni Festival together with the contemporary music ensemble New Made.
In 2020 she participated as an effective student in the masterclass of Sir James Galway, winning an international preselection. She has also taken part in the masterclasses of Michele Marasco, Mario Caroli, Paolo Taballione, Andrea Oliva, Francesco Loi, Andrea Manco, Davide Formisano, and Annamaria Morini. She is currently attending the flute Master Music and Art Performances in Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano in Andrea Oliva’s class.