Enzo Caroli

Enzo Caroli
After graduating in Flute with M° Pasquale Rispoli in Venice, Enzo Caroli continued his studies at the Accademia Chigiana with M° Severino Gazzelloni obtaining a “Diploma of Honour”, in France with M° Roger Bourdin and in Rome with M° Conrad Klemm.

He won several competitions as a flutist: Teatro La Fenice in Venice and Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai in Rome, “Cilea” in Palmi and “Briccialdi” in Terni; he also won chamber music contests in duo with pianist R. Maioli, i.e. the Cilea competition and the Trapani International Prize. He performed concerts and recitals in Brazil, Japan, Spain, US, Malta and Korea. With Giuseppe Sinopoli he founded the “Ensemble Internazionale” in the 1970s, with which he gave world premieres of works by contemporary musicians, broadcast by RAI and by the German Radio. He obtained a diploma in conducting with M° Donato Renzetti at the Accademia Pescarese. He conducted the Piccola Orchestra da Camera di Bologna and Amadeus Sinfonietta, performing symphonic and operatic programmes. He taught flute at the Conservatories of Padua and Vicenza, and he teaches master classes both in Italy and abroad. In 2010 he was celebrated at the Teatro Olimpico of Vicenza for his 50 years of activity, receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award by flute journal Falaut, “for his valuable contribution to the Italian flute school”. His discographic output has been rich, for labels such as Sipario Dischi, Rivoalto, Velut Luna, Dynamic, and Urania Records. His latest recording, with the complete works for the flute by Beethoven on the occasion of the composer’s 250th birthday, has been published by the journal Suonare News.