Luigi Magistrelli

He has appeared as a soloist with I Pomeriggi Musicali, Angelicum, Teatro Litta, the Radio Orchestra of Milan, Città di Magenta, Vivaldi Val Camonica, the Haydn Chamber Orchestra, the Grande Orchestra Romantica and other ensembles. His chamber-music work ranges from clarinet-and-piano duos to larger ensembles, including contemporary repertoire.

He has served as principal clarinet of the Sanremo Symphony Orchestra and worked as an additional player with I Pomeriggi Musicali, Angelicum, Gaspare da Salò, Cantelli, the radio orchestras of Milan and Turin, La Scala Strings, Orchester der Jahrhunderte in Germany, MusicAeterna in Perm, the Moldova Radio Symphony Orchestra and others. He has also toured with the International Orchestra of Italy and won prizes at competitions in Genoa and Stresa.

He has performed throughout Italy and in Switzerland, Malta, Austria, Belgium, Latvia, the former Yugoslavia, France, Spain, Kenya (at the National Theatre in Nairobi), India, Germany, Finland, Israel, Mexico, the United States, Canada and Russia. With pianist Sumiko Hojo he has performed in the Czech Republic, China and Japan.

His discography includes chamber music and solo recordings for Pongo Classica, Bayer Records, Nuova Era, Stradivarius, Arta Records (on historical clarinets), ASV, Clarinet Classics, Urania/Leonardo, Centaur Records, Talent Records, Gallo, Brilliant Classics, MDG and Orfeo, including collaborations with Dieter Klöcker. He has recorded with the Filarmonica della Scala under Riccardo Muti for Sony Classical, with Milano Classica for Dynamic and with the Cremona Barock Orchestra for Tactus. He also recorded two Mozart CDs for Camerata Tokyo with Karl Leister, principal clarinet of the Berlin Philharmonic for 34 years, and has recorded for Italian radio and the BBC.

He has edited little-known clarinet works for Eufonia, Accolade, Trio Musik, Poco Nota Verlag and Musica Rara. His activities have included serving as Italian chairman of the international clarinet association and performing at clarinet congresses around the world.

He has given masterclasses and lectures in Italy, Bulgaria, Belgium (the Royal Conservatory of Brussels), Austria (the Salzburg Mozarteum and the University of Vienna), Germany, China, Latvia, Spain, the Czech Republic, Israel (music academies in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem), South Korea, India, Mexico and the United States, including the University of Southern Mississippi and the University of Southern California. He teaches clarinet at the Milan Conservatory and maintains a substantial collection of clarinets of many types.

The biography originally supplied for this catalogue recorded 55 CDs and a collection of 240 instruments; the 2018 booklet for Chamber Music & Clarinet Solos recorded 60 CDs and 260 instruments.