Michele Mangani

Born in Urbino in 1966, Michele Mangani earned diplomas in clarinet, band instrumentation, composition and conducting at the Gioachino Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro, and in choral music and choir conducting at the Giovan Battista Martini Conservatory in Bologna. In 1996 he won the national competition for conductor of the Italian Army Band, and he has received numerous national and international distinctions.

His compositions have been performed and recorded internationally by soloists, orchestras and bands. These include clarinettists Wenzel Fuchs of the Berlin Philharmonic, Corrado Giuffredi of the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana and Ricardo Morales of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and bassoonist Patrick de Ritis of the Vienna Symphony. Ensembles that have performed his music include the Italian Army Band, the Italian Navy Band, the Guardia di Finanza Band, the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Brussels Philharmonic, the Spanish National Youth Orchestra, the Lausanne Sinfonietta and the wind octet of Teatro alla Scala.

By the time of this recording’s original publication, his output comprised more than five hundred works, published by Edizioni Musicali Eufonia. His compositions have often been chosen as compulsory pieces in performance competitions, where he has also served as a jury member or chairman.

His professional appointments have included conducting the Marche Wind Orchestra and teaching wind ensemble music at the Gioachino Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro. In March 2017 he became director of the Accademia della Cappella Musicale del Santissimo Sacramento in Urbino.