Andrea Dell´Ira

During 1989 he met Pierre Thibaud and he studied with him for four years. In 1995 he graduated at the MusikHochschule di Detmold (Germany) with Max Sommerhalder. In 1993 Andrea won the 3rd price at the International Competition in Tolone and the first prize at the International Competition “Città di Porcia”. When he was 20 years old he become Principal trumpet at Teatro San Carlo in Naples and after two years Principal trumpet soloist at the Orchestra Regionale Toscana where it remains for about seven years. He played and still play as Principal trumpet with some of the most important European orchestras, like NDR Hamburg, Bayerische Rundfunk Symphonie Orchester Munich, WDR Sinfonieorchester Cologne, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala (Milan), the Orchestra National de France and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome), where he has personally been called by M° Luciano Berio. From 1993 he is Principal trumpet and soloist of the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, directed by Zubin Metha. In 2004 he collaborated with Riz Ortolani as soloist for the realization of the sound track of the film of Pupi Avati “Ma quando arrivano le ragazze”.