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Bassoon
Russo Mauro
Mauro Russo began studying the bassoon at eleven with Giuseppe Della Valle, and two years later was admitted into the fourth year at the “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatoire in Turin with Giovanni Graglia.

Mauro Russo, intraprende lo studio del Fagotto a undici anni, con il maestro Giuseppe Della Valle e successivamente dopo due anni è ammesso al conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi di Turin al quarto anno con il maestro Giovanni Graglia.

Biography
In 1975 he came to notice by winning the

“Franco Verganti” International Competition

in Stresa. He took his diploma in 1980 at the

“Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatoire in Turin under Vincenzo Menghini, and went on to study with Rino Vernizzi. In 1980 he won the audition for second bassoon in the orchestra of “I Pomeriggi Musicali” in Milan , and received a commendation at the Cesena competition for the year’s best graduates. Having been accepted into the prestigious ECYO , conducted by Claudio Abbado, in 1981 he won theaudition for principal bassoon in the orchestra of the “Teatro San Carlo” , a position he still holds., diretta da Claudio Abbado, vince nel 1981 il Concorso per Primo Fagotto nell’Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo, ruolo che ricopre tutt’ora.

He later also won the
audition for principal bassoon
held by the Orchestra della Toscana. Very active in chamber music, he won

absolute first prize with the “Trio d’Ance Italiano” (oboe, clarinet and bassoon — the oboist Domenico Sarcina and the clarinettist Sisto Lino D’Onofrio, principals of the “Teatro San Carlo” in Naples) at the international competition in Caltanissetta in 1986. In December 2008, for the “Teatro San Carlo” at RAI Naples, he gave the world premiere of the concerto for bassoon and orchestra “Fantasia fantastica” by Salomone Ulisse Corticelli, on themes from “Il bravo” by Saverio Mercadante, edited by Ivano Caiazza. From 1990 to 1993 he worked as principal bassoon with the RAI orchestras of Rome and Naples . Mauro Russo has taught at the conservatoires of Campobasso, Foggia, Messina, Vibo Valentia, Cosenza, Trapani, Benevento and Avellino. di Saverio Mercadante, revisionato dal maestro Ivano Caiazza. Dal 1990 al 1993 ha collaborato come Primo Fagotto nelle orchestre della RAI di Rome e di Naples. Mauro Russo ha insegnato presso i Conservatori di Campobasso, Foggia, Messina, Vibo Valentia, Cosenza Trapani , Benevento ed Avellino.

He currently teaches at the “San Pietro a Majella” Conservatoire and has been principal bassoon of the “Teatro San Carlo” in Naples without interruption since 1982.
In the academic year 2015/2016 he taught on the CAS courses of the Haute École de Musique de Genève.

Attualmente è Docente al Conservatorio “San Pietro A Majella“ ed ininterrottamente dal 1982 è Primo Fagotto del “Teatro San Carlo” di Napoli.

Durante l’anno accademico 2015/2016 insegnerà nei prestigiosi cosi CAS della Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève.