Klarinet Archive - Posting 000419.txt from 1996/10

From: Julianne Kirk <kirk9194@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Italian Clarinetist
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 20:01:06 -0400

I heard Allesandro Carbonare at the Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium last June.
Quite a fine clarinetist and very young also. He is Italian but plays in
France. Anyone know much about him? I know he has released some recordings.

Julianne Kirk

At 06:46 PM 10/16/96 -0500, Alan Stanek wrote:
>Two Italian clarinetists performed at the '96 ClarinetFest in Paris this past
>summer. Michele Incenzo, whom I didn't hear, is currently the solo clarinetist
>and teacher at the Academia Nazionale de Santa Cecelia in Rome. I heard him
>perform many years ago at an ICS Clarinet Congress in Denver. I don't recall
>anything special about his playing, ie: Italian Clarinet School - whatever that
>is.
>
>But, I heard a very fine young clarinetist by the name of Fabrizio Meloni.
He is
>the solo clarinet at the Scala De Milan Orchestra since 1984. He had a
beautiful
>sound - French? (who cares - it was lovely). He performed a world premier of a
>work by Carlo Boccadoro entitled 'The Black Mirror' and the 'Sonata in D' by
> Nino
>Rota. Fabrizio and I had some correspondence prior to the ClarinetFest and
I was
>anxious to hear him. He didn't disappoint.
>
>Too bad some of the great clarinetists of Italian descent aren't still
>performing. I remember outstanding tone as one of the characteristics of their
>playing.
>
>Regards!
>
>
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>Alan Stanek, Professor of Music at Idaho State University
>Pocatello, ID 83209-8099 e-mail <stanalan@-----.edu>
> http://www.isu.edu/departments/music
> President - International Clarinet Association
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