CARLO AONZO

Carlo Aonzo is known worldwide as an Italian mandolin virtuoso; teacher at the Conservatory of Bari and winner of several prestigious awards, during his long career he has played in all continents for such institutions as the Philharmonic Orchestra of La Scala in Milan, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Teatro Massimo of Catania, the Sicilian Symphony Orchestra, the Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Museum of New York, the Nashville Chamber Orchestra, the McGill Chamber Orchestra in Montreal, the Philharmonia of San Petersburg, the Minsk Chamber Soloists, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. Carlo is the artistic director of Cremona Mandolini in Mostra at Cremona Musica International Exhibitions & Festival, he is often invited as musical director and visiting faculty by the most important international mandolin institutions namely the Classical Mandolin Society of America, the Federation of Australasian Mandolin Ensemble, the European Guitar and Mandolin Association, the Steve Kaufman's Acoustic Kamp, he Zupfmusik-verband Schweiz, the Mandolin Festival in Berlin, the Saigon Guitar Festival, the Osaka International Mandolin Competition, the Yasuo-Kuwahara Competition Schweinfurt and he regularly teaches seminars and workshops worldwide.

Since 2000 he leads his annual "Carlo Aonzo Mandolin Workshop" in New York and Milwaukee in 2006 he created the International Italian Mandolin Accademia that he is still successfully directing and constantly expanding with new activities as the production in 2020 of the short- documentary series "L'Italia dei 1000 Mandolini". He has released several albums covering different musical genres, did research on the history of his instrument, collaborating also with the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. He often appears in national Radio and TV programs in Italy and abroad, he has lately worked with the conductor Enrico Maria Sardelli and the legendary master pianist Bruno Canino.