mdi ensemble

Sonia Formenti

Born in Seregno (Mi) in 1982 studied flute with Carlo Tabarelli and Gabriele Gallotta at Conservatory "G. Verdi" of Milano, graduating magna cum laude. She specialized later with Glauco Cambursano and Davide Formisano, also attending the masterclasses of Gianpaolo Pretto, Maxence Larrieu and Jean-Claude Gerard.
She is principal flute of the Luigi Cherubini orchestra, leaded by M° Riccardo Muti and has collaborations with some important european orchestras like: Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro alla Scala, Orchestra della Radio Svizzera, Filarmonica di Torino, Orchestra Haydn, Orchestra Sinfonica de Galicia, playing under the conduction of Gelmetti, Koenig, Ràth, Ceccato, Lombard, Bychcov, Temirkanov, Metha , Masur.
As soloist or chamber music player has succesfully performed for Radio Svizzera Italiana, Società dei concerti di Milano, CEMAT, Lingotto Musica di Torino, RAI, I Solisti Aquilani, Autunno Musicale di Como, Ambasciata Italiana di Sanpietroburgo, Festival Janàcek of Brno, European Parliament in Strasbourg, International festival of Kyoto.
She received many awards including the first prize at the national competition “Ponchielli” of Cremona, the Tassinari prize at “Città di Cento” competition, the second prize at AudiMozart competition of Rovereto and the first prize at Concorso Internazionale di Chieri (To).
Sonia has recorded for Stradivarius the flute sonata by Prokofiev and the Sequenza I by Berio.
In 2002 she has been appointed by the President of the Italian Republic as “Ambassadress of the Italian Culture in the World” with a bronze medal.

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