Klarinet Archive - Posting 000434.txt from 1996/10

From: Merlin Von Frankenberg <merlinvf@-----.ca>
Subj: Italian Clarinet Players
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 13:35:29 -0400

Dan Leeson wrote:

>Who in America today would go to Italy to study clarinet? And with
>whom would one study?

This summer I had an opportunity to hear an Italian Octet, "Ottetto Classico
Italiano" in Switzerland. I was quite impressed by both clarinet players,
Sergio Del Mastro and Maurizio Longoni.

After the concert, which included the KV 361, I was talking to Del Mastro,
and even he, who is a teacher in Milano, agreed that Conservatories in Italy
are not a good place to study clarinet.

Merlin Von Frankenberg