Luigi
Magistrelli was born in S.Stefano
Ticino, near Milan, Italy. He studied clarinet at the
Conservatory of Milan with Prof. Primo Borali
and attended some master classes with D. Kloecker,
K.Leister and Giuseppe Garbarino.
He has performed as soloist with the Orchestras of Pomeriggi
musicali ,Angelicum, Teatro
Litta, Radio of Milan
,Cittā di Magenta,Vivaldi
Val Camonica, Legnano
Symphony Orchestra, Grande Orchestra Romantica
of Milan , Beijing
wind band . He has also performed with many chamber groups (from
duo with piano to large ensembles also of contemporary music).
He played for one year as principal clarinet with Sanremo
Symphony Orchestra and as extra player with the orchestras of Pomeriggi Musicali,
Angelicum, Gaspare
da Salō,
Cantelli, Radio Orchestras of Milan
and Turin, Orchester
der Jahrhunderte
in Germany
and Moldova Radio Sympohony
and many others. He has
participated in some tournčes with
the International Orchestra of Italy.
Currently he is serving as a principal clarinet
the Milano Classica
Chamber Orchestra and ArteViva
Chamber Orchestra of Milan. He has won some prizes at the
Competitions of Genoa and Stresa.
He has performed in the principal cities of Italy and also in Swizerland, Malta, Austria, Belgium, ex
Jugoslavia,Czech Republic,
France, Spain, Africa (National Theatre of Nairobi),
India, Germany, Finland, Israel
,Canada, Mexico, U.S.A, South Korea, Russia and in duo
with the pianist Sumiko Hojo
in the Czech Republic, China and Japan. He has recorded 50
Cds of chamber music, with
orchestras and also as a soloist for Pongo
Classica, Bayer Records , Gallo, Nuova Era, Stradivarius,
Urania/Leonardo, Arta Records (on
early clarinets) ,ASV, Brilliant Classics,
Accademia Italiana del Clarinetto, Clarinet Classics, Centaur
Records, Leonarda, Talent Records, MDG gold,
and Orfeo with the well
known clarinetist Dieter Kloecker,
with the orchestra La
Scala Philharmonic
conducted by R. Muti for Sony
Classical and with Milano Classica
Orchestra for Dynamic. He has recorded also two
Mozart Cds for Camerata
Tokyo with Prof. Karl Leister,well
known solo clarinet player of Berlin Philhamonic
for 34 years and two CDs with Dieter Kloecker . He has recorded
for the Italian Radio and BBC of London. He edited unknown
clarinet works for Eufonia, Accolade,Trio Musik,
Poco Nota Verlag
, Accademia Italiana del Clarinetto, Rosewood Publications and Musica Rara.
He is the chairman for Italy of the
International Clarinet Society and performed in many
clarinet congresses around the world. He
held master classes and gave lectures in Italy,
Austria (Mozarteum Academy
of Salzburg and University of Vienna),
Germany, Belgium,
China,
Israel, South Korea, Czech Republic,
Bulgaria, Mexico and USA. He owns a personal clarinet collection
of 260 instruments of any kind. He is Professor of Clarinet at
the Conservatory of Milano.
