Umberto Clerici

Born in

Turin (Italy)

Education

Turin Conservatory

University of Music in Nuremberg

Sydney Conservatorium with Eduardo Diaz-Munoz and Richard Gill (conducting)

Important Engagements

Cello: Principal cellist at the Teatro Regio di Torino and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra – also engagements at Carnegie Hall in New York, the Musikverein in Vienna, Wigmore Hall in London, Shostakovich Hall in St. Petersburg, Parco della Musica in Rome, ...

Conductor: Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Woollahra Philharmonic, Izmir and Istanbul State Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Principal Conductor of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra (2023), Orchestra del Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Orchestra Regionale Toscana (2024)

Debut an important works at Volksoper Wien

Season 2023/24: Concert Ives / Elgar / Mendelssohn Bartholdy with the Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

Significant prizes and honours

Janigro Competition in Zagreb

Rostropovich Competition in Paris

Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow

National Association I. C. O. competition in Rome

Website

https://www.umbertoclerici.com/

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