Biography
Born in Bologna in 1995, he began studying bassoon at the age of 16, graduating in 2015 with top marks under the guidance of Lorenzo Bettini. He continued his studies with Stefano Canuti at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, obtaining both an MMus and a PGDip with distinction.
In parallel, he studied contrabassoon with Bill Anderson (BBC Philharmonic) and Alessandro Ghibaudo (Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia). He has also attended masterclasses with Matthias Rácz, Klaus Thunemann, Giorgio Mandolesi, Sergio Azzolini, Lorelei Dowling and Johannes Schwarz.
In 2023 he won the competition for the permanent position of Solo Contrabassoon at Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, a role he currently holds.
In 2016 he was a member of the Orchestra Giovanile Italiana and from 2018 to 2023 of the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini under the direction of Riccardo Muti.
He has won auditions for: Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari and "I Pomeriggi Musicali" in Milan. He was shortlisted for: Teatro Lirico di Trieste and Teatro alla Scala di Milano.
He has collaborated with: Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Manchester Camerata, The Hallé, BBC Philharmonic, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo, Orchestra del Festival di Brescia e Bergamo, Orchestra del Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari, Orchestra del Teatro Verdi di Trieste, Orchestra Civica di Fiati di Milano, "I Pomeriggi Musicali" and Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino.
He has performed under: Daniele Gatti, Jeffrey Tate, Riccardo Muti, Heinz Holliger, Alexander Lonquich, Jurah Valchua, Christoph Eschenbach, Wayne Marshall, James Conlon, Martin Brabbins, Leonidas Kavakos, Emmanuel Tjecknavorian, Markus Stenz, Enno Poppe and Michele Mariotti.
He has toured Europe, China and Vietnam.
As a soloist, he has performed works by Vivaldi, C.M. von Weber, Michael Daugherty and others in both Italy and the UK.
Following his passion for contemporary music performance, he has been an academy fellow at the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme 2019 (Composition & Performance), NEXT 2020 (Birmingham Contemporary Music Group), London Sinfonietta Academy 2020, Ensemble Modern Akademie (Klangspuren Schwaz 2020) and Lucerne Festival Academy 2020.
In 2022 he collaborated with the research department of the Conservatorio G. Verdi di Milano on a project about contemporary writing for bassoon, and in 2023 he performed as a soloist with the Divertimento Ensemble (Milan). He continues to commission new works for bassoon and contrabassoon.
Edoardo is a Bernd Moosmann GmbH artist (Waiblingen, Germany) and plays a Moosmann Model 222 SC bassoon.
He studied composition with C. Ballarini, A. Solbiati and G. Manca, graduating from the “G. Verdi” Conservatory in Milan with top marks and honours, with a thesis on the relationship between Western and Japanese composers of the historical avant-garde.
He attended masterclasses in composition and electronic music with M. Lanza, P. Billone, M. Di Bari, A. Bornhoeft and J. Torres Maldonado.
His music has been performed by MDI Ensemble and Divertimento Ensemble, and by soloists including percussionist Elio Marchesini, Carlotta Raponi and saxophonist Xelo Giner.
With a strong focus on new technologies and electronic sound processing, his catalogue includes works for solo instrument (with or without electronics), chamber music and symphony orchestra, as well as numerous transcriptions of works by J.S. Bach, G. P. Telemann, A. Vivaldi, M. E. Bossi, R. Schumann and others for various instrumental combinations, wind ensembles and large orchestra. In 2025, “Il Don Giovanni di Lord G. Byron” for snare drum and live electronics was published by SZ Sugarmusic S.P.A.
In 2024, “L’Abate e il suo Tesoro (Musica per un giardino segreto)” for flute, clarinet, prepared piano, percussion and transducer won the Special Prize at the fourth edition of the Ise-Shima International Composition Competition (Japan). In 2025, he won the Milan Conservatory’s “Rotary Club Linate” prize with “Come io passo l’inverno” for obbligato flute, offstage ensemble and fixed media.
In 2026, Divertimento Ensemble performed “Geometria della cura”, his first opera, with a libretto by Caterina Filograno, and “Victoria” for ensemble and fixed media.
In 2026, he won MDI Ensemble’s “Il segno e il suono” call for a commission for a new work for the 2027 season.
Future projects include a piece for young pianists for Divertimento Ensemble and new transcriptions for bassoon of J.S. Bach’s flute sonatas for the publisher Lumos Edizioni.