ROSSANA ROSSIGNOLI

CLARINET

Originally from Verona, she obtained her high school diploma in science in 2000 and her clarinet diploma in 2001 from the “F. E. Dall’Abaco” Conservatory in the same city. She then continued her studies with R. Crocilla at the Accademia del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. She further refined her skills with A. Carbonare, E. M. Baroni, and T. Friedli at the Music Academies of Sion and Biella.

She has been awarded in numerous national and international competitions, winning First Prize at the International Clarinet Competition “Città di Carlino” (Udine) in 2006, Third Prize at the “Giuseppe Tassis” Competition (Bergamo) in 2008, and at the “Camillo Togni” Competition (Brescia) in 2008 in a piano duo. She has performed as a soloist on several occasions with the Basel Symphony Orchestra and the Arena di Verona Orchestra.

In terms of chamber music, she has collaborated in a trio with horn player Bruno Schneider, and in a quintet with the Sine Nomine Quartet and the Belcea Quartet. She has performed as Principal Clarinet with the Orchestre National de France, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zurich Opera, Rome Opera, Kammerorchester Basel, Arena di Verona, and the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano, under conductors such as K. Masur, Z. Mehta, V. Gergiev, S. Ozawa, and Sir Mark Elder.

In March 2009, she received the “Primavera” Music Award from the Rotary Club as a “brilliant representative of the new generation of Italian musicians.”