What is Anciuti Academy

Anciuti Academy is an intensive, highly specialized masterclass dedicated to the studyof double-reed instruments, in particular the Oboe and the Bassoon, which will take placein Forni di Sopra (Italy) from 23 to 28 August 2021. Every year Anciuti Academy offers a different training opportunity: in the 2021 edition, inaddition to individual instrument lessons, a Music Workshop for Double Reed Ensembleand a Chamber Music Workshop with piano will be offered, dedicated to the originalrepertoire for oboe and bassoon from the Romantic and Modern period.

Teachers of 2021 edition will be:

Paolo Pollastri, Principal Oboe Accademia Nazionale di S.Cecilia - RomeOboe an Chamber music with piano

Fabien Thouand, Principal Oboe Teatro "Alla Scala" - MilanoOboe an Chamber music with piano

Žarko Perišić, Principal Bassoon Zagreb Radio-TV Orchestra (HR)Bassoon an Chamber music with piano

Aligi Voltan, Principal Bassoon Orchestra di Padova e del VenetoBassoon an Chamber music with piano

Serge Haerrig, Oboe Professor Conservatoire de Metz (F)Double reed Ensemble

Enrico Cossio, Principal Oboe FVG Orchestra Double reed Ensemble

Ferdinando Mussutto, pianoPiano accompaniment

Anciuti Academy offers two possibilities for participation:

Custom - 130 €

• 2 individual lessons with Maestri Pollastri and Thouand for the oboe, or Perisic andVoltan for the bassoon;

• Music Workshop for Double Reed Ensemble; • Workshop on reed making; • Performance at the Concerts of Anciuti Music Festival organized in the same period

(23-28 August).

Pro - 250 €

• 4 individual lessons with Maestri Pollastri and Thouand for the oboe, or Perisic andVoltan for the bassoon;

• 2 lessons of Chamber Music Workshop with piano accompaniment; • Music Workshop for Double Reed Ensemble; • Workshop on reed making; • Performance at the Concerts of Anciuti Music Festival organized in the same period

(23-28 August).

HOW THE MASTERCLASS IS ORGANIZED

Individual lessons Depending on the modality chosen (Custom or Pro), each student will be guaranteed 2 or4 individual instrument lessons, lasting 60 'with the two referred teachers.

Music Workshop for Double Reed Ensemble Ensembles of double reeds (trios, quartets, etc.) and a band of oboes and bassoons willbe formed with all the students of Anciuti Academy, who will perform in the scheduledconcerts.

Chamber music workshop with piano For students who have chosen the Pro mode, it will be possible to deepen the originalrepertoire of the Romantic and Contemporary period for oboe, bassoon and piano(Sonatas, Trios). An accompanying pianist will be made available for two 60' lessons withwith the referred teacher.

Further didactic activities are planned (Workshop on reed making, Orchestral excerpts)and will be organized according to the request and the level of the students.

Food&Accomodation

Upon reservation, it will be possible to take advantage of the agreement with the HotelDavost which offers breakfast, lunch and dinner at a total cost of € 24 per day.

It is possible to take advantage of special conditions at the following affiliated facilities, i.e.half board:

• Hotel Davost (Tel.0433 88103): Euro 55 per day - single supplement Euro 10• Albergo Nuoitas (Tel.0433 88387): Euro 75 per day - single supplement Euro 5• Hotel Posta (Tel.0433 88423): Euro 63 per day - single supplement Euro 15• Hotel La Stube (Tel.0433 88158): Euro 60 per day

• Agenzia immobiliare la Fornese (Tel.0433 88100): (Apartments, min. 7 nights)3 beds from 450 euro + City tax (about 1€/day per person)4 beds from 550 euro + City tax 5 beds from 630 euro + City tax 6 beds from 700 euro + City tax

It is possible to arrange other accommodation possibilities by contacting the indicatedstructures directly. Considering the high season, it is advisable to book the accommodation in time.

Equipment The students of Anciuti Academy will actively participate in both concerts and educationaland collateral activities. Forni di Sopra is a mountain resort in Carnia, located at 907mabove sea level. and the temperature range can be significant, therefore it isrecommended to wear both suitable clothing and equipment suitable to face bad weatherand low temperatures. We also recommend: - personal music stand marked with name and surname - rigid folder to keep safe your music - mountain footwear

COVID-19 information note The COVID-19 protocols in force at the date of the Masterclass will be implemented.

Deadline of registration: July 15, 2021

by which the Application form and the payment of the participation fee must be received. The participation fee is not refundable.

CONTACTS AND INFO: Enrico Cossio, coordination and organizational management cell. +39 347 8930999 segreteria@anciutimusicfestival.it www.anciutimusicfestival.it

Anciuti Academy - Weekly plan

Mo 23 augusth. 14 Registration of participantsh. 15 Individual lessonsh. 19 Dinnerh. 21 Workshops

Tu 24 augusth.9 Individual lessonsh.13 Lunchh.15 Individual lessons/Workshopsh.19 Dinnerh.21 Workshops

We 25 augusth.9 Individual lessonsh.13 Lunchh.15 Individual lessons/Workshopsh.19 Dinnerh.21 Workshops - Night walk

Th 26 augusth.9 Individual lessonsh.12.30 Anciuti Academy Student's Concerth.13.30 Lunchh.15 Individual lessons/Workshopsh.19 Dinnerh.20.45 Concerto Anciuti Music Festival

Fr 27 augusth.9 Individual lessons/Workshopsh.12.30 Anciuti Academy Student's Concertyh.13.30 Lunchh.15 Individual lessons/Workshopsh.17.30 Anciuti Bassoon copy presentation conferenceh.19 Dinnerh.20.45 Concerto Anciuti Music Festival

Sa 28 augusth.9 Workshopsh.12.30 Anciuti Academy Student's Concerth.13.30 Lunchh.15 General rehearsal Chamber music with piano Concerth.18 Anciuti Academy Student's Closing Concerth.20.45 Anciuti Music Festival - Anciuti Academy Teacher's Concerth.22.30 Closing Dinner Anciuti Academy

TEACHERS OF ANCIUTI ACADEMY 2021

PAOLO POLLASTRI

Since 1990 Paolo Pollastri has been Solo Oboe of Accademia Nazionale diSanta Cecilia in Rome. Born in Bologna in 1960, he graduated with full marks under the guidanceof S. Gallesi, then completed his studies at the Chigiana Academy with L.Faber (Diploma of Honor 1977) and at the Brussels Conservatory with P.Dombrecht (Premier Prix in Modern and Baroque Oboe 1982) Winner ofnumerous national and international competitions, he was Principal Oboeof numerous orchestras (OGI - Italian Youth Orchestra 1977, TeatroComunale di Genova 1979, RAI Orchestra of Rome 1981, ORT - Orchestradella Toscana 1982-1990) and has carried out solo activity as well as thatwith the ORT and Academia Bizantina, I Virtuosi Italiani, the SymphoniaPerusina, participating in the Festivals of Salzburg, Montreaux, Zagreb and

Belgrade, Martigny and Vevey, Paris, Toulouse, Stuttgart, Lucerne, Edinburgh, Sidney, Melbourne andCanberra , Tel Aviv ... He has worked in chamber music with the pianists M.W.Chung, A.Pappano,A.Lonquich, M.Campanella, with the Chicago String Trio, the Amati Quartet, with the Twentieth CenturyWind Quintet and the Italian Wind Ensemble . At the same time he devoted himself to ancient instruments, and played under the direction of F. Bruggen,A. Curtis, T. Haselblock, R. Gatti, F. Biondi and as a soloist with G.Leonhardt, Ch.Hogwood, R.Norrington,N.Roger, R.Kohnen, J.Rifkin, S.Vartolo, R.Alessandrini, F.M.Sardelli, C. Chiarappa, S.Montanari, A. DeMarchi…. He has recorded more than 200 CDs for Erato, Emi France, Denon, Tactus, Fonè, Sound Materials,Music Image, Europa Music, Arts, Stradivarius, Brilliant and Naive. Two cd with Modo Antiquo received theNomination for the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in 1997 and 2000. He is the only Italian oboist to have recorded the Sequenza VII for Oboe solo by L.Berio under thesupervision of the Maestro, the Solo for Musetta, Oboe, Oboe d'amore and English horn by B. Maderna, andrecently with The Strings of Santa Cecilia Gabriel's Oboe by Ennio Morricone. He has had numerous conducting experiences, at the head of wind groups, with the Orchestra of RadioMontebeni, with the Orchestra Sinfonica de Friuli Venezia Giulia, with the Ensemble Musica Rara of Milanwith the JuniOrchestra and with the Accademia Barocca di S. Cecilia.

FABIEN THOUAND

In 1996 Fabien Thouand was awarded first prize from the Conservatoire Nationalde Region de Paris, where he studied with Jean-Claude Jaboulay. He then pursuedhis studies at the CNSM de Paris, initially under the guidance of Jacques Tys andJean-Louis Capezzali, winning first prize unanimously in 2000, and then partakingin the masters course with Maurice Bourgue the following year.In 2001 Thouand won 2nd prize in the Prague Spring International MusicCompetition and the 3rd prize in the Giuseppe Tomassini international competitionin Petritoli. He was awarded the 3rd prize at the Toulon Wind Instruments InternationalCompetition in May 2002.Since then he has pursued a career in France and abroad, specializing in the fieldof orchestral and chamber repertoire. As a soloist, he has been invited to performwith orchestras including the ones of La Monnaie (Bruxelles), BayerischerRundfunk Symphonie Orchester, London Symphony Orchestra, BayerischeStaatsoper (Munich), Opera de Lyon, Bamberger Symphoniker, Camerata Salzburg

as well as the Toulouse National Chamber Orchestra and the Chamber Ochestra of Europe. Furthermore, hehas played under the baton of renowned conductors such as Ricardo Muti, Loreen Maazel, Zubin Metha, YuriTermikanov, Kurt Mazur, Charles Dutoit, Claudio Abbado, Valery Gergiev and Daniel Barenboim.Since 2004 Fabien has been principal oboe at the orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. Beyond hiscareer as a performing musician, he is also active as a teacher, and was nominated principal oboe teacher atthe Lugano School of Music in 2001 and assistant teacher at the CNSM of Lyon in 2010.

ŽARKO PERIŠIĆ

Žarko Perišić is born in 1967, in Split Croatia, where he finishes high scholmusical education. In 1985, he enrolls Music Academy in Zagreb, and enters the class of Prof.Marijan Kobetić. As a student he has won several student competitions, as wellas the 2nd prize at the Young Artists Competion as a bassoon soloist, and as achamber musician (woodwind trio and woodwind quintett). He graduates in 1990with excellence and was awarded with special award of the Dean of the ZagrebUniversity. Later on, he studies in the class of Prof. Milan Turković, at the„Mozarteum" Salzburg untill 1992 when he joins the Jerusalem SymphonyOrchestra, Israel under Maestro David Shallon; as a coordinate first bassoonistuntill 1996. He appears as a soloist with the *Les violins du Roi David*, Chamberensemble of the Israeli Radio, and performs with ensembles like: *Van Leerensemble*, Musica Nova, Caprisma ensemble, XXth century players, and appearsin numerous recordings with the JSO - IBA. Upon returning to Salzburg, heperforms as a solo bassoon with the Salzburger Kammerphilharmonie, andCamerata Salzburg, and continues studies at the Mozarteum Salzburg with Prof.Richard Galler. He also performs with the ÖENM ensemble, XXJH (20th century)

and Klangforum, Vienna; Gustav Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Georgian Chamber Orchestra Ingolstadt,Budapest Festival Orchestra, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Chamber Orchestra of Europe. From 1997 –2004 teaches Bassoon, Chamber music at the Academy of music in Novi Sad, Serbia and from 2004 tillpresent at the Academy of music in Zagreb, Croatia, as a tenure professor. From 2012 until 2017 teaches atthe Sarajevo music academy as a bassoon and chamber music professor. Since 2005. performs as a solobassoonist with the Symphony orchestra of the Croatian radio and television. As a bassoon soloist performs with the Zagreb Philharmonic orchestra, Georgian Chamber orchestraIngolstadt, Salzburger Kammerphilharmonie, Varaždin CO, Zadar PO, Split CO Symphony orchestra of theCroatian HRT, Zagreb Soloists, Croatian Chamber orchestra, with the string quartets Sebastian and ZagrebString Quartet. He performs regularly at summer festivals in Osor, Zadar, Split, Dubrovnik, Bar, Budva ,Ohrid, Salzburg.

ALIGI VOLTAN

He graduated cum laude at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory ofVenice in 1990, later driven by his passion for the Baroque repertoirehe specialized in performing with historical instruments. In 1995 hemoved to Paris where he became the first bassoon of the Orchestra"La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy" by J.C.Malgoire and later bythe Orchestra "Les Talens Lyriques" by C. Rousset, with whom heperformed in the most important Theaters in France and in the mainBaroque festivals in Europe, the United States and Australia. From2004 to 2010 he held the role of first bassoon soloist at the Orchestra"La Chambre Philharmonique" by Emmanuel Krivine, with this team,specialized in the romantic repertoire, he carries out a denserecording activity for the Naïve record company (we remember amongall the integral of Ludvig van Beethoven's symphonies and Dvořák's"New World" symphony). He was also the bassoonist of the "Astrèe"

ensemble in Turin, with whom he completed an impressive recording project by recording the completeChamber Concerts, Sonatas and Cantatas by A. Vivaldi preserved at the National Library of Turin, for Naïve-Opus111, recordings for which he has received praise from the critics of the most important specializedmagazines. By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart recorded as solo bassoon the concerto KV 191 for the recordcompany "Velut Luna" and the Sinfonia Concertante Kv 297b for "Harmonia Mundi". He was invited by 'thesoloists of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra "for a tour with the 4th symph. Of G, Mahler version Simon, fromthe" Festival de Verbier "for the seventh of L. V. Behoven and at the" Haydn Festival "at Esterhazy Castle inHungary as solo bassoon for the concertante symphonies of Haydn and Pleyel. He has collaborated as firstbassoon with many of the most important Italian ensembles including the Haydn Orchestra of Trento andBolzano, I Pomeriggi musicali, Teatro la Fenice of Venice, Orchestra da camera di Mantova, Solisti Veneti.Since 1999 he is Solo bassoon of the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto.

SERGE HAERRIG

Serge HAERRIG studied oboe at the Conservatory of Strasbourg, his birthplace,at the age of ten, in the class of Pierre VENOT. Subsequently, he studied successively with Michel BENET, solo oboe in theParis orchestra, then in Claude MAISONNEUVE's class, at Rueil Malmaison,where he obtained the first prize for virtuosity. Holder of the Certificate of Aptitude for Oboe Teaching, since 1985 he hasbeen an oboe teacher at the Metz Conservatory. Whether in recital or withindifferent orchestral groups, numerous concert tours have already taken him toScotland, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Canada, United States ... However, it is to hisclass at the Metz Conservatory that he devotes most of his musical activities. The Lorraine public has often heard many of his arrangements and

transcriptions during the frequent concerts given by “Les hautbois de Metz”. This group of students, placedunder his artistic direction, covers a very wide repertoire, ranging from renaissance music to thecontemporary period. Also a designer, Serge HAERRIG has produced, in collaboration with FUZEAU editions, many posters andillustrations for educational books intended for the teaching of music. In 2009, he organized the thirteenthcongress of the Association Française du Hautbois in Metz.

ENRICO COSSIO

Enrico Cossio has been the Solo Oboe of the Friuli Venezia Giulia RegionalOrchestra since 2002. Graduated cum laude in modern and baroque oboe, heattended the masterclasses of world-famous oboists, such as Diego DiniCiacci, Ingo Goritzki, Gordon Hunt, Paolo Grazia and Maurice Bourgue. Duringthe three-year period 1997/2000 he attended the courses of FondazioneToscanini of Parma under the guidance of Alberto Negroni and Paolo Pollastri,obtaining the Higher Education Diploma in Symphonic Orchestra (AFOS); atthe same time he specialized in Chamber Music with the Bibiena Quintet atthe Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, obtaining several awards, including the FirstPrize at the "AlpeAdria" Music Biennale, the Special Prize for the bestinterpretation of Contemporary Wind Music (1996) and the Second Prize atthe International Music Competition of Acqui Terme (1998). In 2001 he obtained the Konzertdiplom in Oboe at the Musikhochschule in

Lugano (CH), attending the class of Hans Elhorst. In the same year he was called by Maestro ClaudioScimone to fill the role of Solo Oboe in the prestigious Orchestra of "I Solisti Veneti". He has collaboratedwith numerous orchestras and opera organizations, including: Il Teatro "La Fenice" di Venezia, l'Orchestradella Radio della Svizzera Italiana, l’Orchestra Sinfonica dell’Emilia-Romagna "A.Toscanini", l'OrchestraSinfonica della cittá di San Remo, "I Virtuosi Italiani", Il Teatro "Verdi" di Trieste, L'Orchestra Sinfonica"G.Verdi" di Milano, l'Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma. About ten original compositions for oboe have been dedicated to him by contemporary authors. He hasperformed in numerous important musical events such as the Ravenna Festival, Umbria Jazz, the concertseason of the Teatro alla Scala, the Ljubljana Festival, Risuonanze Festival, the Venice Biennale. He hasnumerous CD recordings with both chamber and symphonic formations, recorded for the record companiesBongiovanni, Pilz, Ars Musica, Arts, Agorá, Rivo Alto and Real Sound. In 2017, for the Artesuono record company, he recorded the CD "La Banda" with saxophonist FrancescoCafiso. He has also recorded for RAI, RTV-Slovenija, ORF-Österreich, Rtsi-Radiotelevisione della SvizzeraItaliana.

FERDINANDO MUSSUTTO

Born in Udine in 1976, Ferdinando Mussutto graduated withfull marks in piano at the age of 20 at the "J. Tomadini ”ofUdine; subsequently he attended several master-classes forboth the solo and chamber repertoire, perfecting himself withthe Masters Panhofer, Rattalino, G. Lovato, D. Rivera, Fister,Porta and with the Trio di Parma. In 2001 he completed thetwo-year specialization course with Maestro Andrea Lucchesiniat the Sesto Fiorentino Music School and the advancedchamber music courses at the Trieste Trio Music School inDuino (TS), under the guidance of the masters De Rosa,

Zanettovich, Jones and Bronzi, obtaining the Diploma of Merit. He has been awarded in various national andinternational competitions, both solo and chamber, including the "C. Togni ”in Gussago (BS), the“ S.Omizzolo ”in Padua, the“ S. Marizza ”in Trieste, the“ G. Rospigliosi ”in Lamporecchio (PT) and the AgimusCompetition in Rome. He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in Italy, Austria, Germany,Switzerland, England, Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia, Spain, China, Paraguay and Venezuela, gaining acclaimfrom the public and critics everywhere. He has collaborated with numerous musical realities in Northern Italyand Carinthia including the "G. Verdi "of Trieste, the" I Pomeriggi Musicali "Orchestra of Milan, the RegionalSymphony Orchestra of the FVG, the" Academia Ars Musicae "Orchestra of Klagenfurt, the" Karmelos"Orchestra, the" Mikrokosmos "Ensemble, 'Association "CarinthiaArtis" and the Conservatory "A. Steffani "ofCastelfranco Veneto (TV), the Choir of Friuli Venezia Giulia, the Schola Cantorum of S.ta Giustina (BL), theDaphne Chamber Orchestra of Belluno, the Estate Musicale Portogruarese and the FVG MitteleuropaOrchestra. In the summer of 1997 he was assistant teacher at the "G. Verdi ”of Trieste; in 2001 he recordedtwo CDs for the RealSound record company in Udine, making a first recording with chamber works by theGerman composer Arnold Schoendlinger (sonata for viola and piano and second sonata for violin and piano);in 2005 he recorded J. Brahms' Quartet Op. 60 for RAI Radio3, while in 2007 he participated in the liverecording of Carmina Burana with the FVG Choir. In December 2002 he was also the winner of the selectionfor collaborating pianists of the instrumental classes organized by the “A. Steffani ”of Castelfranco Veneto(Treviso), with whom he collaborated for four years, also covering the role of official accompanist inmasterclasses and international opera competitions. In 2009 he was invited to hold a piano masterclass atthe Escuela “O. Lopez "in Caracas, while in 2010 he was awarded the" Carinthicum 2010 "prize by theCarinthia Artis Association (Koetschach, A) for his concert activity in Carinthia. He constantly exploresmusical genres outside the classical sphere, from contemporary music to contaminations, and in 2011 herecorded the CD "Intersections" for the ARTESUONO label in a duo with saxophonist Alex Sebastianutto,obtaining generous appreciation from specialized magazines in the sector. He is one of the founders of the"PIANO TWELVE" Ensemble, a group of 12 pianists that is enjoying considerable success, and with whom hehas performed worldwide for RAI 1 SPORT. He carries out an intense concert activity that has seen himprotagonist together with international artists including Annamaria Dell'Oste, Domenico Balzani, LuisaCastellani, Lucio Degani, Domenico Nordio, Marco Gerboni, Nicola Mazzanti, Massimo Mercelli, RobertoFabbriciani, the Szabò Quartet , the Italian Saxophone Ensemble and the Tallin Sinfonietta.