Monica Finco

Flautist Monica Finco was born in Venice, Italy. She began studying the flute at the age of ten at the “Benedetto Marcello” Conservatory in Venice with Pasquale Rispoli, continuing with Guido Novello. After graduating, she completed her studies with R. Greiss in Germany and A. Marion in France. In 1981 she met the distinguished Swiss flautist and teacher Conrad Klemm, who remained her guide in technique and style for many years.

Gifted with a precocious talent for interpretation, she began her concert career at seventeen. She has since performed as a soloist and in a variety of chamber ensembles, with a repertoire ranging from the Baroque to the modern period. Her concert appearances include the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, the Alessandro Scarlatti Society in Naples, Teatro La Fenice in Venice and Teatro Verdi in Trieste. She has appeared at Settembre Musica in Turin, the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, the Auditorium Giuseppe Verdi in Milan and the Venice Biennale, among many other venues and festivals. She has also taken part in special broadcasts for RAI in Venice, Trieste, Milan, Rome and Turin.

In France she has performed in Bordeaux, Brittany and Normandy and appeared at the Lille Festival. In Austria she has performed at the Salzburg Festival, and in Germany at the Guldener Autumn Festival of Early Music in Thuringia. She has played with the Teatro La Fenice Orchestra in Venice, Filarmonia Regionale Veneta and the Sanremo Symphony Orchestra. Interviews with her have appeared on radio and television, in music magazines and in national newspapers.

In 2015, 2016 and 2017 she was artistic director of the Festival dei Colli in San Gemini, Italy. She has worked as an artist for Briccialdi Flauti Italia and as an Italian artist and representative for LefreQue sound bridges. She collaborates with Sinfonica Edition on educational projects. Her educational work has also included teaching at the Venice Conservatory.