Silvano Scanziani

Silvano Scanziani graduated in Oboe with full marks at the Conservatorio “Giuseppe Verdi” in Milan under Professor Giacomo Calderoni.Later, besides improving his oboe studies, he attended a course of Composition with Gianfranco Maselli, Gianni Possio, Niccolò Castiglioni and a course of Orchestral Direction with Ludmil Descev.

He played with several orchestras among which: Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Pomeriggi Musicali in Milan, Rai in Milan and Turin, I Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano, I Solisti Veneti, Arturo Toscanini in Parma and many others. He played in prestigious locations as a soloist: Tonhalle in Zurich, Théâtre du Luxembourg, Grosser Saal in Bad Kissingen, Teatro Bellini in Catania, Teatro Fraschini in Pavia, Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Teatro Comunale in Teramo, Chiesa della Pietà in Venice, Sala Verdi of the Conservatorio in Milan, Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Théâtre National Algérien, Théâtre Mohammed V in Rabat. He has directed several orchestras and Ensembles among which: Orchestra Filarmonica Ettore Pozzoli, I Musici di Parma, I Filarmonici Lombardi, Orchestra of winds of the Conservatorio in Milan, Winds of the Conservatorio in Piacenza, I Fiati del Teatro Litta, I Fiati Emiliani, Sonogno Hot Nine, I Fiati dell’Orchestra Giovanile del Lago Maggiore, Octet Ensemble of the Conservatorio in Milan, Ensemble La Sinfonia, BIP Wind Ensemble. He is a professor of Chamber Music for Wind Instruments at the Conservatorio “Giuseppe Verdi” in Milan and tutor of the wind section in the Symphonic Orchestra of the same institute, where he is also teacher of Direction of Wind Ensemble. In 1999 he received the bronze medal for artistic values from Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, the President of the Italian Republic at that time.