Artist · Flute
Gabriele Formenti
Biography
Gabriele Formenti: Musician, writer, teacher and journalist, Gabriele Formenti was born in Milan in 1978.
He graduated in modern and historical flute at the “G. Verdi” Conservatoire of Milan and then cum laude in baroque and classical flute with Marcello Gatti at the “A. Pedrollo” Conservatory of Vicenza. He has a BA in History of Music, for which he wrote a thesis on works for flute by Pietro Nardini. Formenti also attended masterclasses with Barthold Kuijken, and, for many years, summer courses in Kate Clark’s class at Urbino Musica Antica.
He has worked with Accademia Montis Regalis, Orchestra Sinfonica dell’Università degli Studi di Milano, il Bell’Accordo ensemble, Ensemble Il Demetrio.
In 1994, he was awarded first prize in the “Endas Lombardia” national flute competition.
He has also published “La musica dei Re” (Bibliotheka Edizioni), a novel about the Court of Friedrich II, King of Prussia and C.P.E. Bach (Florestano Editore). His second novel, “Il violino noir” (Bibliotheka Edizioni), about Leclair and his Stradivari violin has been published in 2017.
He has recorded for Bottega Discantica (P. Nardini, Six Triosonatas for two German Flutes) and for Brilliant Classics (C. Tessarini, Sonatas for Flute, G. Paisiello, Six Quartets for Flute, B. Campagnoli, Six Quartets for flute).
Journalist at Radio Classica (Class Editori), he developed many successful programs.