Upcoming Flute Masterclass with Thommaso Benciolini

Prizewinner of the 2017 New York Respighi Prize, Tommaso made his debut as a featured soloist with the Chamber Orchestra of New York on the prestigious stage of Carnegie Hall in 2018. Throughout his extensive career as a soloist he has performed in such venues as the Berlin Philharmonie, Mozarteum Großer Saal (Salzburg), Novaya Opera (Moscow), Beijing University Hall, Royal Palace of Milan and Teatro La Fenice (Venice), and has appeared alongside such distinguished orchestras as the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, North Czech Philharmonic, Camerata Vienna , Ural State Symphony Orchestra and I Soloisti di Milano.  

He hasd collaborate with world-famous artists such as Luciana Serra, Giovanni Sollima, Emmanuel Ceysson and Leonora Armellini, and as an orchestra member of the Hulencourt Soloists Chamber Orchestra (Brussels) has had the opportunity to work with such luminaries as Placido Domingo, Daniil Trifonov , Lilya Zilberstein, Nelson Freire, Augustin Dumay and Francesco Meli.

Since 2012, Mr Benciolini has held the post of Professor of Flute at the Verona Conservatory "Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco", an appointment that made him the conservatory's youngest professor. He has also been invited to give masterclasses at the International Contemporary Music Festival (Cuba), Tampere Music Academy and Suomitaly Music Festival (Finland) and at the Tartu Eller Music Academy in Estonia. 


Italian flautist Tommaso Benciolini performing onstage at New York's Carnegie Hall

Following the completion of his conservatory studies — following which he won an award given to the highest-performing music students graduating that year in Italy — he received a scholarship from the French foundation “Zygmunt Zaleski ”, later studying at Paris' Ecole Normale de Musique “Alfred Cortot” with Pierre-Yves Artaud. Further studies followed at the Lugano University of Music (Switzerland), where he received a “Master in Advanced Studies” with the internationally renowned soloist Mario Caroli. 

This short course is only one of the many masterclasses and music academies that the EUFSC organises every year, and forms part of the Foundation's overarching goal of simultaneously supporting established artists while providing young musicians with the opportunities to improve their own musical abilities under world-class tutelage.

This series of masterclasses with Tommaso Benciolini will be held on University of Malta premises, and shall be open to all interested applicants within the University. These masterclasses are a collaboration between the European Foundation for Support of Culture and the university.