DARIO BRIGNOLI
DARIO BRIGNOLI (Italy)
1st Prize 2012
He began his studies at the Conservatory of Milan with Luigi Magistrelli and in 2016, thanks to a Fulbright scholarship in 2016, he perfected his skills under the guidance of Yehuda Gilad at then USC, University of Southern California. He subsequently obtained a Master of Music at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen under the guidance of Lee Morgan and Jorgen Jensen, the Academic Diploma of I level of clarinet at the Conservatory of Milan and attendedmasterclasses with Pascal Moragues Alessandro Carbonare. He has won numerous competitions, including the International Clarinet Competition “Mercadante” in 2012. His career has seen him perform with prestigious orchestras and chamber groups, including the Copenhagen Philharmonic, Macao Orchestra, Aalborg Symphony, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival founded by Leonard Bernstein, EUYO, Orchestra UniMi of Milan, and Ensemble Bernasconi, a contemporary music ensemble of the Accademia La Scala. As a member of the Cherubini Youth Orchestra under the direction of Riccardo Muti, he has performed throughout the world in renowned concert halls, including Paris, Madrid, Cologne, Salzburg, Vienna, Buenos Aires, Rome, Spoleto and Milan. He has been Principal Clarinet of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra since 2017 and of the Grant Park Music Festival in Chicago since 2019. Alongside his concert career, he is also Professor of Clarinet at Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona.
