Master Class Nicola Mazzanti
It's been a while since Nicola Mazzanti was guest teacher at our Festival. Many visitors asked us when he'll be back again. Well, here we are! So don't hesitate and subscribe for 45 minutes amazing piccolo teaching!
Nicola Mazzanti currently serves as Solo Piccolo of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, one of Italy's leading symphony orchestras, a position he has held since 1988. His performances have received praise from the many elite conductors who conduct the orchestra, including Music Director Zubin Mehta, Semyon Bychkov, Felix Slatkin, Eduardo Mata, Riccardo Muti, Claudio Abbado, Seiji Ozawa and Georges Prêtre. Orchestral career highlights include a 2002 invitation from the Berlin Philharmonic to audition for its solo piccolo chair, an invitation from Claudio Abbado to perform Verdi’s Falstaff under his direction in the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and performing in Maestro Mehta's production of Puccini's Turandot which was performed and filmed in China.
