Michele Carulli

Michele Carulli: He completed his training as clarinettist in his native Apulia. He was awarded the honorary diploma by the Accademia Chigiana in Siena.

When he was 19, he was recommended by Claudio Abbado for the position of solo clarinettist in the Scala Orchestra in Milan. Carulli won numerous international prizes, including Premio Bucchi, Premio Citta di Ancona, and Premio Viotti di Vercelli.
This resulted in him performing as guest soloist with renowned orchestras in Italy and elsewhere.
Afterwards, Carulli began to study musical composition and orchestral conduction at the Conservatory in Milan. He followed his conducting debut in Italy with appearances in Austria, Hungary, and the United States. He was one of the finalists in the 1991 International Conductors Competition in Berlin. He was invited in1992 by the Boston Symphony Orchestra to participate in the seminars at Tanglewood with Seiji Ozawa.
Meanwhile he was also solo clarinettist in the RAI Symphonic Orchestra In Turin and he went on tours all over the world. He recorded the Mozart Clarinet Concerto with the European Community Chamber Orchestra.
Carulli was Professor for Clarinet at the Conservatory in Milan until his move to Germany in 1997.
Carulli was, from 1994, personal assistant to Giuseppe Sinopoli. He worked on major productions at the Scala, the Semper Oper in Dresden, the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, and the Accademia Musicale in Santa Cecilia.
He was assistant to Giuseppe Sinopoli in the summer of 2000 for the new production of Ring des Nibelungen in Bayreuth directed by Jürgen Flimm.
Among the orchestras which Carulli has conducted are the Rundfunkorchestas of München, Frankfurt and Saarbrücken, the Orchestra of the Teatro La Fenice in Venice and many others. He has also conducted operas at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, the Nationaltheater in Weimar, the New National Theatre in Tokyo and many others. Carulli from 2002 till 2005 was the principal Kapellmeister and deputy music director at the Staatstheater in Saarbrücken and produced many well-received operas.
Afterwards, from 2005 to 2013, was general music director of the Landesbühne of Saxony in Dresden-Radebeul. His productions of operas and symphony concerts earned high praise. A CD box with all six piano concertos of Gian Francesco Malipiero, performed by Carulli with the pianist Sandro Bartoli and the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, has been produced in 2007 by CPO, and won the Diapason d’Or. A recording with the Orchestra of the Landesbühne Sachsen of Ottorino Respighi’s Toccata and Piano Concerto was published in 2010 by the label Brilliant Classics. Michele Carulli in recent years has, in addition to orchestral conduction, been active as clarinettist. He performs solo, and chamber music, and duets with the pianist Serena Chillemi.