FRANCESCO GUGGIOLA

Flute & Piccolo

CURRICULUM

From 2018 is Solo Piccolo in the Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala and Filarmonica della Scala. He studied with R. Montrucchio at Conservatorio "G. Cantelli" in Novara, with M. Ancillotti at Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano and later at Zürcher Hochschule der Künste with M. Ziegler. He played with Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, Fondazione Arena di Verona, Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Fondazione Toscanini di Parma, Orchestra Sinfonica "G. Verdi" di Milano, Philarmonia Zürich and Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana. In 2013 he was awarded with a special prize at Concorso Internazionale S. Gazzelloni in Piccolo category. He took part in two recordings for two Cds published for the italian flute magazine FALAUT. He played with renowned conductors as R. Chailly, Z. Mehta, D.Harding, V.Gergiev, F. Luisi, H. Blomstedt, M. W. Chung, F. WelserMöst, N. Santi in important theaters and concerts halls like Teatro alla Scala, Wiener Musikverein, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Barbican Centre and Queen Elizabeth Concert Hall in London, Auditorio Nacional de España, Herkulesaal in München, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Tonhalle and Opernhaus Zürich, Royal Opera House Muscat (Oman), Arena di Verona. In 2019/2020 he teached for a cycle of lessons of piccolo at Conservatorio di Novara and, from 2020, is piccolo teacher at Accademia della Scala.