Curriculum


The "FERRUCCIO BUSONI" CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, a historical ensemble founded in 1965 by Aldo Belli, is one of the first chamber orchestras born in Italy after the war and the oldest in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region. It is a "body of regional interest and for the 50th anniversary the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region has published the volume on the Busoni orchestra, entitled" Today as half a century ago" concerning the promotion of the Region's image at an international level. In addition to the FVG Region, the orchestra's artistic activity is supported by the Municipality of Trieste and the Ministry of Culture through the FUS. The Busoni orchestra in 2021 was awarded the Fourteenth Century Seal by the Municipality of Trieste on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of artistic activity. It is made up of established instrumentalists, winners of international competitions, who pass on the musical civilization of the Trieste Trio and the Italian Quartet of which they were students. In 2005 and 2010 to celebrate the 40th and 45th anniversary of the orchestra, some concerts were held with the extraordinary participation of the violinist Salvatore Accardo. The celebratory concert for the 50th anniversary, had as a guest the violinist Domenico Nordio and, recorded live, was published by the Amadeus magazine. The orchestra attracted the attention of the public and critics by holding hundreds of concerts in Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Tunisia and Italy, with exceptional soloists.

In 2013 he inaugurated, as a representative of Italy, the International Silver Lyre Festival organized by the Philharmonic Society of St. Petersburg and in 2021 he toured Mexico, holding two concerts in the Cohauila region which represented the musical homage of the Italian government. for the Bicentenary of the Independence of Mexico. He presented many premiered works, some dedicated to the orchestra. He has recorded 28 CDs for record companies such as Velut Luna, Concerto Classics, Brilliant Classics, Warner Classics, Movimento Classical, Bongiovanni, Suonare News and Amadeus, presenting first world recordings by important composers such as Andrea Luchesi, Giuseppe Tartini, Giulio Meneghini, Alessandro Rolla and others who have received prestigious awards from the most important magazines in the sector. The Busoni orchestra is the creator and main interpreter of the International Musical Mornings at the Revoltella Museum in Trieste, a chamber music festival that boasts twenty-one years of activity. The Busoni orchestra has carried out many tours in Italy and abroad organized by the CIDIM, the last one in October 2022 together with the violinist Giuseppe Gibboni, winner of the Paganini Prize 2021 which had extraordinary success and touched ten Italian cities. The Busoni orchestra has regularly collaborates with prestigious institutions such as the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano, International Violin Competition "Premio Paganini", the Walter Stauffer Academy of High Specialization in Cremona, the International Competition City of Vittorio Veneto and others. In 2018 the Amadeus magazine published the CD containing two concerts by Giuseppe Tartini in world first recording recorded by Busoni together with Laura Marzadori, dedicating the cover to the artists. In December 2020 and January 2021, the magazine Suonare News published two CDs with the complete works for violin and orchestra by W.A. Mozart with the great young talents of the Stauffer Academy. In 2022 the Amadeus magazine published the CD containing the Piano Concerts by W. A. Mozart recorded by Busoni together with a pianist Giuseppe Albanese, dedicating the cover to the artists. In October 2021, Viotti and Cherubini's music was recorded for Brilliant Classics with the violinist Massimo Quarta.