Severino Gazzelloni
Severino Gazzelloni (born January 5, 1919 in Roccasecca in the province of Frosinone , † November 21, 1992 in Cassino ) was an Italian classical flutist who is counted among the greatest flautists of the 20th century.
After playing the flute at the age of seven (his father also played the flute and was also an organist , but had to earn his living differently), he studied at the Accademia Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome from 1933 . For thirty years he was principal flautist in the RAI Orchestra (to which he had belonged since 1944) and gave up to 250 concerts a year. Not only his technical ability made him famous, but also his broad repertoire from classical music to folk and pop music. Composers such as Luciano Berio , Pierre Boulez , Bruno Maderna , Luigi Nono , Valentin Silvestrov and Igor Stravinsky wrote for him, but he was also known as an interpreter of baroque music. He underlined his nickname flauto d´oro (golden flute) by playing gold-plated flutes, his “trademark”. Gazzelloni died of a brain tumor in a clinic near his hometown.
Gazzelloni was also a flute teacher at the Accademia Santa Cecilia in Rome, at the Chigiana Academy in Siena and since 1952 at the summer courses for new music in Darmstadt . His students include a. Roberto Fabbriciani and the jazz musician Eric Dolphy .
He had been married since 1964 and had two children. In his hometown there is a festival under his name.
Web links
- Biography, Italian, on the side of his hometown
- Severino Gazzelloni in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Severino Gazzelloni at Discogs (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gazzelloni, Severino |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian flautist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 5, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Roccasecca |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 1992 |
| Place of death | Cassino |