Orchestra:
Quartetto Pegreffi (Italy)
Soloists:
Meloni
clarinet (Italy)
Programme
W. A. Mozart
Clarinet Quintet
in A Major, KV 581
String Quartet No.15
in D minor, KV 421
Fabrizio Meloni
Clarinet
Fabrizio Meloni, since 1984, is the first solo clarinet chair of the Orchestra and the Philharmonic of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. He has finished his clarinet studies at Milan's Conservatorio "G. Verdi"with summa cum laude and the special mention for his artistic achievement.
Winner dozens of national and international prizes (ARD Munchen-1987- Prague – 1987-, among all), he has been partner of soloists of international reputation: Bruno Canino, Alexander Lonquich, Michele Campanella, Heinrich Schiff, Friederich Gulda, Nazzareno Carusi, Editha Gruberova, the Hagen Quartet, Myung-Whun Chung, Philip Moll and the Fine Arts Quartet. He has toured the United States and Israel with the "Quintetto a Fiati Italiano", performing works specially dedicated to this ensemble by Luciano Berio (with whom he has collaborated along the years 1989-1994) and Salvatore Sciarrino. With Nuovo Quintetto Italiano he has already toured South America and Far East, receiving enthousiastic consents of public and critic. The same success he has had in various series of concerts in Japan with Phillip Moll and I Solisti della Scala (Tokyo and Osaka), performing a program of Italian Opera's collections recorded in the CD "I Fiati all'Opera"(DAD Records).
With the ensemble I Solisti della Scala Trio he has performed all over the world. The Washington Post has written about their recital in Washington, DC: "An evening of breathtaking artistry". In 2007 he has toured Italy, Germany, the United States, Australia and Japan playing duo with the pianist Nazzareno Carusi, celebrating the anniversaries of Johannes Brahms and Domenico Scarlatti. After their performance for the Hamburg's Brahms-Gesellschaft, Cord Garben (the artistic producer of Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli's Deutsche Grammophone recordings) has written: "The listening to their recital has been an unforgettable adventure".
He has realised various recordings: the Sinfonia Concertante and the Concert K 622 for clarinet and orchestra with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala conducted by Riccardo Muti; Pulcherrima Ignota with the Bairav Ensemble: tribute to the tzigane music in the world; Duo Obliquo with Carl Boccadoro; the Quintetti for clarinet and strings by Mozart and Brahms; the Histoire du Soldat by Stavinskij in the double version for trio and settimino with Domenico Nordio, Giorgia Tomassi and I Solisti della Scala; the Quatuor pour la fin des temps by Messiaen with the Trio Johannes. For the most prestigious Italian musical magazine, AMADEUS, he has published the Concertos for clarinetto and orchestra by Rossini, Donizetti and Mercadante with the Accademia Filarmonica of Verona; and the two Sonatas op. 120 for piano and clarinet by Brahms with Nazzareno Carusi: this recording has been defined "skillful"by the same review. In 2009 will be released several recordings: the DVD "Duets"(Warner), the Francaix/Nielsen/Copland's Clarinet Concertos (Amadeus), and "Ol ari Nyiro Diary" (by Fabrizio Meloni & Roberto Prosseda, from novels by Kuki Gallman).
He has given masterclass for the Paris Conservatory of Music, the Advanced Conservatory of Italian Switzerland in Lugano, the Tokyo University, the New York Manhattan School, the Chicago NorthEastern Illinois University, the Academy Ca' Zenobio in Treviso, Milano Music Master and for the summer courses of Monterubbiano (AP). He also teaches for the Teatro alla Scala's Academy, the Conservatorio di Modena (Italy), the Conservatorio Vecchi A.Tonelli (Modena, Italy), Peri ( Reggio Emilia, Italy), the Conservatorio di Udine (Italy) and the Conservatorio de Musica in Zaragoza (Spain).
He is author of the book "The Clarinet", published by Zecchini Editore, and prefaced by Riccardo Muti.
Quartetto Pegreffi
Italy
Formed in 2023, the Pegreffi Quartet is one of the most promising emerging ensembles on the Italian chamber music scene. Through its name, it has the honour of paying tribute to the violinist Elisa Pegreffi, second violin of the Quartetto Italiano, and its aim is to preserve and represent the Italian quartet tradition in the present day.
In 2024, it was awarded the Amici della Musica di Verona Prize and was among the ten quartets selected to participate in the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition 2025. In 2023, it was selected to join the class of Cuarteto Casals and Maestro Heime Müller at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, where it received the “Ciampi” scholarship for the best chamber group. Both in Fiesole and in Munich, it was also chosen to take part in the sessions of the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA).
The Quartet obtained a second-level Master’s degree in Chamber Music with highest honours, distinction and special mention under the guidance of the Trio di Parma and Maestro Pierpaolo Maurizzi at the “Arrigo Boito” Conservatory in Parma. It is currently continuing its advanced studies by attending the “Ébène Quartet Academy” with the Quatuor Ébène and Raphaël Merlin at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, as well as the Chamber Music course at the Musikhochschule Lübeck with Heime Müller and the Stauffer Academy in Cremona with the Quartetto di Cremona.
Its commitment to in-depth stylistic research has led it to take part in a seminar focused on the classical repertoire held by Maestro Lorenzo Coppola at the Escuela Superior de Música de Catalunya, and to further explore the subject with the musicologist Clive Brown.
The ensemble performs regularly for important Italian and European musical institutions such as Festival delle Nazioni, Società del Quartetto di Milano, Brahms Festival in Lübeck, Società dei Concerti di Parma, SilenzioMusica Festival, and Amici del Quartetto di Reggio Emilia.
Since December 2023, it has been part of Le Dimore del Quartetto, through which it has performed in the concert series promoted by the AMUR Committee “Musica con Vista”. It is also part of the musical association “Musica con le Ali”, which promotes the best emerging Italian chamber ensembles.
The Pegreffi Quartet has attended masterclasses with distinguished musicians such as Günter Pichler, Raphaël Merlin, Vera Martínez Mehner, Kyril Zlotnikov, Patrick Jüdt, Xandi van Dijk, Pavel Nikl, Andrea Lucchesini and Andrea Nannoni.
Verona • Italy