Artist · Flute
Giovanni Mareggini
Biography
Giovanni Mareggini
Student of Sergio Ruscitti, Conrad Klemm and Peter Lukas Graf. Winner of the international competitions including the Bonci Competition in Cesena and the Yamaha Prize in Stresa, He has collaborated with numerous Orchestras (including F.J.
Haydn Bolzano, Teatro Comunale Bologna, Bruno Bartoletti Orchestra, RSI Lugano etc.) before pursuing a career in chamber music and as a soloist. Founder of the Icarus Ensemble, he has performed at major festivals and theaters in 30 countries, with over 1700 concerts (United States, Japan, Argentina, Mexico, Azerbaijan, Finland, Russia, Lithuania, etc.), performing world premieres of works by the most important contemporary composers: Bussotti, Manzoni, Donatoni, Morricone, Sciarrino, Levinas, Hurel, Goebbels, Clementi, Guarnieri, Solbiati, Romitelli, Paris, and others. He has performed in numerous concerts with Giorgio Gaslini considered as the father of Italian jazz, and Jan Anderson, leader of Jethro Tull.
In Italy, he has collaborated with Paola Gassman, Corrado Tedeschi, Amanda Sandrelli, Maddalena Crippa, Elio, Paolo Cevoli, Giovanni Lindo Ferretti, Enzo Iachetti, Claudia Kohl, Lucio Dalla, Paolo Nori, Gad Lerner, Vivian Lamarque, and many others.
He has held masterclasses in Montenegro, Italy, and Japan. He has recorded for Ricordi, RivoAlto, Stradivarius, TGE, Bottega Discantica, RaiEri, Dynamic, Velut Luna, and Limenmusic. He is a professor of Performance and Flute Repertoire at the "Peri-Merulo" Conservatory of Reggio Emilia and Castelnovo Monti, where, since 2024, he has also been a professor in the II level Master's program alongside with Andrea Manco, Giovanni Paciello, Alice Morzenti, and Paolo Taballione, besides being the Director of the same Conservatory. He is currently the Artistic Director of the Teatro Bismantova in Castelnovo Monti.