Artist · Clarinet
Sauro Berti
Biography
Sauro Berti is a bass clarinettist associated with the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. He has collaborated with major Italian orchestras, including La Scala, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and the RAI National Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä and the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra.
He has played under Georges Prêtre, Riccardo Chailly, Myung-Whun Chung, Riccardo Muti, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Valery Gergiev, Lorin Maazel, Pierre Boulez and Zubin Mehta, and participated in the DVD recording of Mozart’s Gran Partita conducted by Muti.
His solo appearances include ClarinetFest in Tokyo in 2008 and the editions held between 2009 and 2018 in Porto, Austin, Los Angeles, Lincoln, Assisi, Baton Rouge, Madrid, Lawrence, Orlando and Ostend. He has also appeared at festivals in Costa Rica, Peru, Madrid, Guimarães, Guatemala, China and Mexico. In 2009 he obtained a conducting diploma after studying with Donato Renzetti.
His publications include Venti Studi per Clarinetto Basso, Tuning for wind instruments, published by Suvini Zerboni, and his edition of Valentino Bucchi’s concerto. His recordings include Suggestions for Edipan and SoloNonSolo for Parma Records. The Enantiosemie booklet identifies him as a D’Addario Artist and records his use of Buffet Crampon instruments, Selmer mouthpieces and Silverstein ligatures. He also contributes the title composition to Enantiosemie, recorded with guitarist Leonardo De Marchi.