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Alfredo Bernardini
oboe
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Born in Rome in 1961, Alfredo Bernardini moves to The Netherlands in 1981 to
specialize in baroque oboe and early music with, among others, Bruce Haynes and Ku
Ebbinge. In 1987, he receives his soloist diploma from the Royal Conservatory of The
Hague. He has performed all over Europe, in Russia, USA, Japan, China, Korea, Malaysia,
Egypt, Israel, South America and Australia as a member of some major baroques ensembles
such as Hesperion XX, Le Concert des Nations, La Petite Bande, The Amsterdam Baroque
Orchestra, Das Freiburger Barockorchester, The English Concert, Bach Collegium Japan,
Balthasar Neumann Ensemble and others. In 1989, he founded the ensemble Zefiro together
with the brothers Paolo and Alberto Grazzi. He has taken part to some 100 recordings.
Among others, his CD featuring Vivaldi oboe concertos was acknowledged with the Cannes
classical Award 1995. In 1999, he realized together with Zefiro a documentary-film on
Antonio Vivaldi for the Belgian Television. As a director, he has worked with several
orchestras in Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Holland, Poland, Australia and
with the European Union Baroque Orchestra. Besides, his research on the history of
woodwind musical instruments has resulted in several articles published by important
international magazines. Since 1992, he teaches baroque oboe at the Conservatory of
Amsterdam and from 2002 to 2005 at the Escola Superior de Musica de Cataluña in
Barcelona.
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