Paolo Beltramini

Solo Clarinet for the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana

Switzerland

I have a very good feeling during my performances with the Légère European Signature reeds. They have warm sound, clear articulation and an excellent flexibility.

Paolo Beltramini, Solo Clarinet of the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana (Lugano, Switzerland), is the only Italian clarinetist to have won the First Prize at the prestigious Prague Spring International Clarinet Competition (1996). In duo, together with the pianist Roberto Arosio, he was the winner of the International Chamber Music Competitions in Paris (1996) and Trapani (1997). The forementioned awards brought Beltramini to the atention of audiences and critics and helped establish his reputation as one of the most interesting wind-instrument virtuosos on the international concert circuit.

At the age of 18, Paolo received his degree with highest marks from the Conservatorio G. Verdi (Milan, Italy). He continued his studies with T. Friedli and W. Boeykens at the Scuola di Alto Perfezionamento (Saluzzo, Italy), as well as G. Garbarino at the Accademia Chigiana (Siena, Italy), where he obtained the Diploma d'Onore and the Siae Scholarship.