Biographies
Tommaso Lonquich A musician, psychoanalyst and pedagogue, Tommaso has been acclaimed by reviewers as a ‘formidable clarinetist’ and praised for his ‘passion, sumptuous tone, magical finesse and dazzling virtuosity’. He is an Artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York and has served as solo clarinetist with Denmark-based Ensemble MidtVest for 13 years. He has appeared on the most renowned stages and at major festivals and has partnered, among others, with Christian Tetzlaff, Ilya Gringolts, Pekka Kuusisto, David Finckel and Wu Han, as well as with the Danish, Vertavo, Van Kuijk, Noûs, Indaco and Zaïde string quartets. Tommaso is the founder and Artistic Director of Schackenborg Musikfest, one of Scandinavia’s most prestigious festivals. Previously he served as Artistic Director of KantorAtelier, a vibrant Florentine cultural space based dedicated to music, theatre, art and psychoanalysis. Particularly active in the field of improvisation, he has led workshops at the Juilliard School and has collaborated with prominent visual artists, dancers and theatre companies. He performs regularly as a soloist and solo clarinetist with orchestras such as the Haydn Philharmonie (Austria), the Orchestra Leonore (Italy), the Chamber Orchestra of Mantua (Italy) and the Slovenian Radio Orchestra. He can be heard on 25 CD releases and his recordings have been nominated for a Gramophone Award and for the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik.
Umberto Clerici After a career spanning more than 20 years as a gifted cello soloist and orchestral musician, Umberto has consolidated his diverse artist achievements to rapid acclaim as a conductor and is now the Chief Conductor of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Umberto began his career as a virtuoso cellist making his solo debut at the age of 17 performing Haydn’s D Major cello concerto in Japan. After years of performing on the stages of the world’s most prestigious concert halls, he took up the position as principal cello of the Teatro Regio di Torino following which he was principal cello of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra 2014 – 21. He made his conducting debut with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House in 2018 and following a swift trajectory of prestigious conducting engagements, he is now in high demand across Australia, New Zealand and Europe. As a cellist, Umberto remains beloved by audiences worldwide, having performed internationally as a soloist at New York’s Carnegie Hall, Vienna’s Musicverein, the great Shostakovich Hall of St Petersburg, Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, the Salzburg Festival and is one of only two Italians to have ever won a prize for cello in the prestigious International Tchaikovsky Competition.
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