Artist · Clarinet
Leonardo Zoncati
Biography
Leonardo Zoncati
Born in Santimento (PC), Leonardo Zoncati achieved his Diploma and the 2nd level degree with the maximum votation in Piacenza (Conservatorio G.Nicolini) He also attended a Master’s degree with Andreas Sundén at Royal College of Music in Stockholm and a Master’s degree in Piacenza with Fabrizio Meloni and Paolo Beltramini.
He has been awarded several national and international competitions including: competition «Giorgio Girati»; international competition «Premio Antonio Salieri»; international competition «Giovani Musicisti»- città di Treviso; clarinet competition “A. Zanella”; International Clarinet Competition “Città di Carlino”.
He also plays chamber music in duo, and has been awarded in national competitions “Piove di Sacco” and “Valsesia Musica”. He won a scholarship offered by
Rotary Club Piacenza and was selected for the Lyons Club national competition. In 2016 and 2017 he was awarded a scholarship by Trio Pakovsky. In 2018 he won the Yamaha Scolarship in the Scandinavian region (YMFE).
He has attended several masterclasses with Maestri: Martin Frost, Yeuda Gilad, Lorenzo Coppola, Alessandro Carbonare, Calogero Palermo, Enrico Maria Baroni, Patrick Messina, Anton Dressler, Davide Cabassi (chamber music) and Paolo Beltramini; he also studied with M° Fausto Ghiazza and M° Corrado Orlando. He is regularly invited to play as 1st clarinet and guest in several orchestras in Europe.
In his career he has played with Solisti di Pavia, Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana, Stockholm Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra da camera di Mantova, Divertimento Ensamble, Orchestra Sinfonica A. Zanella, Orchestra of the Swedish National Opera, Orchestra Cremona Classica, KMH Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Nuages, and since 2015 he collaborates with Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana. He played as a solist with some orchestras such as: Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana, KMH sinfonietta, Orchestra MaMu, Orchestra Cremona Classica, Orchestra of the Piacenza’s conservatory. Since 2015, he has been a member of the ensemble of contemporary music called “Collettivo_21”.