Gian-Luca Petrucci

Gian-Luca Petrucci was born in 1951 in Italy and studied the flute with his father. He has been First Flute of the Orchestra of Teatro Regio in Parma, of the Angelicum and Pomeriggi Musicali of Milan, and of the Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra in Rome.

He toured Europe, the United States, South America, India, Asia and North Africa. He is the dedicatee of compositions written by Jean-Michel Damase and Jindrich Feld. He has recorded numerous CDs and edited revisions and transcriptions for important publishing houses. As an essayist, he has published historical studies translated also in English, French and German and monographs dedicated to Saverio Mercadante, Giulio Briccialdi, Severino Gazzelloni, Leonardo De Lorenzo, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He is Professor Emeritus of Flute at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory of Music in Rome.