mdi ensemble

Paolo Casiraghi

Born in Lecco in 1980 he graduated magna cum laude in clarinet at "G. Verdi" Conservatory of Milano, studying with Sergio Delmastro; after, he attends the masterclasses of Hans Deinzer at Scuola di Perfezionamento di Bobbio and Fabrizio Meloni at Accademia del Teatro alla Scala. In 2003 he obtains the high diploma in bass clarinet at Accademia Internazionale di Milano with Maurizio Longoni. He has studied composition with Sandro Gorli and Alessandro Solbiati, graduating magna cum laude in 2005. He further studies orchestra conduction with Emilio Pomarico.
He played in many italian orchestras, under the conduction of De Burgos, Gelmetti, Marshall and, as soloist, of Kuhn, Ceccherini, Rivolta. He collaborates with ensembles specialized in contemporary music such as Divertimento ensemble and Dynamus Ensemble.
He won the first prize at Societá Umanitaria of Milano, the third prize at Concorso Ponchielli of Cremona and, as duo with piano, the second prize at Concorso Silvio Omizzolo of Venezia.
He has recently conducted the Orchestra Milano Classica and Ensemble Risognanze; he has taken part in the festival "Incontri in Musica" at Teatro Dal Verme of Milano.
He composed works for Divertimento Ensemble and Società Umanitaria di Milano; his music is performed in many festivals such as Concerti nel Chiostro, Società Umanitaria, Collisioni II, Auditorium Lattuada, Rondò 2007, DinDond’arte, Toho University of Tokyo.
He records for Col Legno, Stradivarius, SidM, Aeon.

Sonia Formenti, flute
Paolo Casiraghi, clarinet
Lorenzo Gentili-Tedeschi, violin
Paolo Fumagalli, viola
Giorgio Casati, cello
Luca Ieracitano, piano