Duo Pasetti-Ortensi

ABOUT

Anna Pasetti
Mrs. Pasetti graduated in harp at the Conservatory of Castelfranco Veneto, under the guidance of prof. Ilde Bonelli; subsequently she attended courses and master classes both as concerns the modern harp (with Giuliana Albisetti, Fabrice Pierre, Susanna Mildonian, Catherine Michel), and also as for the performance practice on historical harps (with Mara Galassi). She has always been mainly active in the field of chamber music: among her acknowledgments are First Prize at the 1st International Competition “Città di Ispra”, First Prize at the 2nd National Competition “Riviera della Versilia”, First Prize at the 10th National Music Competition “Cittàdi Genova”, First Prize at the 3rd International Harp Competition of Spotorno, First Prize at the 8th International Competition “Acqui Musica Award”, First Prize at the 2nd Competition “Piero Rogger”; she also participated in the “First Osaka International Chamber Music Festa”. In 1998 she performed in Perugia on the occasion of the “4th European Harp Symposium”, and the following year she played in the “7th World Harp Congress” in Prague. 

Mrs. Pasetti has collaborated with various composers (L. Gregoretti, H. R. Dominguez, M. Baldissera, U. Bellotti, R. Solci), giving the first performances (and/or recordings) of their compositions; she also took part in the first world recording of Bruno Maderna's Concerto for two pianos, two harps and percussion (Stradivarius, 2001). She has recorded a dozen other CDs both as a soloist and in chamber ensembles for the labels Tactus, Dynamic and Brilliant Classics.

Claudio Ortensi
Born in Bologna in 1955, he graduated in flute with honors in 1974 at the Conservatory of Music “G. B. Martini” of his own city, under the guidance of Giorgio Zagnoni. In the same year, he won the national contest for the formation of the Orchestra for the “International Opera Festival of the City of Barga” (LU), formed by  I t a l i a n a n d A m e r i c a n instrumentalists, the latter being part of the Philadelphia “New Music Group”, under the artistic direction of Bruno Rigacci. In the same year, he got a Special Mention from the Judging Commission of the fourth National Competition “Nicola Petrini Zamboni” in Cesena. From 1974 to 1978 he was Principal Flute of the Orchestra of the Abruzzo Symphony Institution, based in L'Aquila and under the aegis of the Abruzzo Region, performing in more than 150 concerts under the direction of prestigious Directors such as Gianluigi Gelmetti, Roman Vlad, Carlo Zecchi, Alessandro Siciliani, Nicola Samale, Vittorio Antonellini. Moreover, he has an intense concert activity in several chamber groups formed within the Orchestra itself. In 1979 he perfectioned his training at the Music Academy of Nice (France), in the class of Andrai Adorjan. He was a finalist at the RAI (Italian Television) “Auditorium” music contest for young performers in Rome and at the National Competition of Chamber Music of Corsico (Milan). In 1981 he won three prizes at the “International Music Competition” of Stresa, in three different categories: “Flute and Guitar”, “Two Flutes” and “Flute and Piano”. He held the chair of the professor of flute at the Conservatory “Achille Peri” in Reggio Emilia: in the same city he played with the Chamber Music Ensemble “Musica e Realtà”. For years he gave concerts both as a soloist and in various chamber ensembles, such as the “Toys Ensemble” of Modena, within the courses of musical composition held by Franco Donatoni and Andrea Talmelli. He also participated in some important events in celebrated Italian institutions, such as the Venice Biennale, the Cultural Center “Olivetti” of Ivrea, the “Santa Cecilia” and the “Foro Italico” concert rooms in Rome, besides in Reggio Calabria, L'Aquila, Bologna, and Montepulciano. More
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