Ugo Orlandi
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Ugo Orlandi (born in Brescia, 1958) is a musicologist, a specialist in the history of music, a university professor and internationally renowned mandolinist virtuoso.[1][2] Among worldwide musicians, professional classical musicians are a small group; among them is an even smaller group of classical mandolinists.[3] Among members of this group, Ugo Orlandi is considered "distinguished."[3] Music historian Paul Sparks called him "a leading figure in the rehabilitation of the eighteenth-century mandolin repertoire, having recorded many concertos from this period."[1]
Orlandi is known to the general public for his collaboration with I Solisti Veneti, directed by Claudio Scimone, with whom he has performed around the world.[4] He is credited on more than 30 albums of mandolin music, many featuring composers from that era.[5]
Ugo Orlandi began by studying the mandolin and trumpet, with Giovanni Ligasacchi and Rosa Messora at Centro di Bresciano Giovanile Educazione Music (Music Education Centre of Youth Brescia). From 1975, he studied at the Conservatorio C.Pollini di Padova (Music Conservatory of Padova) directed by mandolinist Giuseppe Anedda, and he also obtained a degree in trumpet.
From 1980 to 2007, he taught mandolin at Conservatorio "C.Pollini 'di Padova and since 2007, provides courses at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi di Milano (Giuseppe Verdi Music Conservatory of Milan).[6]
He has toured the world, going to music festivals, including "Salzburg, Montreux, Edinburgh, 'Mostly Mozart' in New York, and 'The Prestige de la Musique' in Paris."[6]
His former students include internationally known mandolinists Avi Avital and Carlo Aonzo.[7][8]
Books
Oversaw the publication of the books
- il Periodo d'oro del mandolino for Ed. Turris of Cremona[6]
- Mandolin Memories for Ed. Turris of Cremona[6]
- Il mandolino a Brescia for Ed. Franciacorta[6]
- il volume contenente il lavoro di ricerca sulle sonate per mandolino di Domenico Scarlatti (the volume containing the research work on the sonatas Mandolin by Domenico Scarlatti) for Ed. Berben di Ancona[6]
- il mandolino for Ut Orpheus di Bologna[6]
- 1520 - 1724 Liutai in Brescia, published by Eric Blot Edizioni (2008). Luthiers in Brescia - 1520-1724. Collective work and research carried out for exhibition from June 9, 2007 to July 8, 2007 at"Palazzo Martinengo": Giovanni Paolo Maggini. Centuries of details in Brescia. Published by Marco and Ugo Orlandi Bizzarini, coordinated by Eric Blot, Filippo Fasser and Christopher Reuning. Posted by Marco and Ugo Orlandi Bizzarini. Achieving coordinated by Eric Blot, Filippo Fasser and Christopher Reuning[9]
- Luigi Mozzani - Vita e opere, published by Minerva Edizioni, Bologne, Italy (2011) Luigi Mozzani - The life and work of luthier Luigi Mozzani: mandolin and codification of plectrum instruments.
