Paolo Beltramini first Clarinet Soloist of the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, has won over 20 national and international competitions including the 1st Prize overall at the prestigious International Clarinet Competition “Prague Spring 1996”, the 2nd prize at the International Competition for Chamber Music of Paris 1996 and the 1st absolute prize at the Chamber Music Competition of Trapani 1997, for which he also received the “Premio della Stampa”. These statements brought Paolo Beltramini to the attention of the public and critics as one of today’s most interesting wind instrument virtuosos on the international music scene.
He graduated brilliantly at the age of 18 from the “G.Verdi” conservatory in Milan, he later specialized at the Scuola di Alto Perfezionamento in Saluzzo with T. Friedli and W.Boeykens and at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena with G. Garbarino where, in 1987, he obtained a diploma of honor and a scholarship from Siae.
A refined interpreter of the entire clarinet repertoire, he has been a guest of prestigious concert institutions and has performed in the most important concert halls throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, the United States and South America.
He also collaborated with M.Argerich, A. Lonquich, S.Gabetta, A.Meneses,
A. Lucchesini, G.Carmignola, E.Dindo M.Bourge, the Fiesole quartets, Stamic, Prometeo. As Principal Clarinet he has played with the following Orchestras: Royal Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, Filarmonica della Scala, Rai National Orchestra of Turin, Santa Cecilia of Rome, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Mantua Chamber Orchestra, Italian Chamber Orchestra.
He is regularly invited to juries of national and international competitions and has been a lecturer in Master Classes in Italy, Switzerland, the USA, Japan, France, Slovenia, China and Portugal, the Czech Republic.
Paolo Beltramini is a “RIPA” Artist, Silverstein and Legere Reeds.
He holds the professorship at the Luzern Hochschule.
