Mario Brunello (born 1960) is an Italian cellist and musician. The turning point in his artistic life was the 1986 victory of the

International Tchaikovsky Competition The International Tchaikovsky Competition is a classical music competition held every four years in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia, for pianists, violinists, and cellists between 16 and 32 years of age and singers between 19 and 32 years of ...

Life and career

Origins and musical beginnings

Brunello, born in Castelfranco Veneto (Treviso - Italy), studied under Adriano Vendramelli (Venice Conservatorio of music) and of

Antonio Janigro Antonio Janigro (21 January 19181 May 1989) was an Italian cellist and conductor. Biography Born in Milan, he began studying piano when he was six and cello when he was eight. Initially taught by Giovanni Berti, Janigro enrolled in the Verdi ...

. In 1986 he was awarded the first prize at the

(Moscow) in the cello section.AMC Music
- ex equo with Kirill Rodin (Russia then USSR). Since then Brunello has played with the many orchestras in the world:

London Philharmonic The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony ...

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Orchestre National de France The Orchestre national de France (ONF; literal translation, ''National Orchestra of France'') is a French symphony orchestra based in Paris, founded in 1934. Placed under the administration of the French national radio (named Radio France since ...

, NHK Symphony Orchestra (Tokyo), Scala Philharmonic Orchestra, Santa Cecilia, only to name a few, and under conductors such as

Valery Gergiev Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (russian: Вале́рий Абиса́лович Ге́ргиев, ; os, Гергиты Абисалы фырт Валери, Gergity Abisaly fyrt Valeri; born 2 May 1953) is a Russian conductor and opera company d ...

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Yuri Temirkanov Yuri Khatuevich Temirkanov (russian: Ю́рий Хату́евич Темирка́нов; kbd, Темыркъан Хьэту и къуэ Юрий; born December 10, 1938) is a Russian conductor of Circassian ( Kabardian) origin. Early life ...

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Seiji Ozawa Seiji (written: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , or in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese ski jumper *, Japanese racing driver *, Japanese politician *, Japanese film directo ...

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, Myung-Whun Chung and

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. As a chamber musician Brunello has performed with artists such as

Gidon Kremer Gidon Kremer ( lv, Gidons Krēmers; born 27 February 1947) is a Latvian classical violinist, artistic director, and founder of Kremerata Baltica. Life and career Gidon Kremer was born in Riga. His father was Jewish and had survived the Holoc ...

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and the

Borodin Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin ( rus, link=no, Александр Порфирьевич Бородин, Aleksandr Porfir’yevich Borodin , p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr pɐrˈfʲi rʲjɪvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈdʲin, a=RU-Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin.ogg, ...

and

Alban Berg Alban Maria Johannes Berg ( , ; 9 February 1885 – 24 December 1935) was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. Although he left a relatively sma ...

Quartets. He is Artistic Director of the International String Quartet Competition

Premio Paolo Borciani The International String Quartet Competition "Premio Paolo Borciani" was created in 1987 in Reggio Emilia, Italy, and is dedicated to their famous fellow citizen, founder and first violin of thQuartetto Italiano The promoter and organiser iFondazion ...

and of the

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String Quartet Festival.

Orchestra d'Archi Italiana

In 1994, Brunello founded the "Orchestra d'Archi Italiana" (Italian String Orchestra) starting a double performing activities as a conductor in addition to that of soloist and touring in many European countries.

Brunello's cello

Brunello plays a Maggini cello (17th century) which, in the 20th century, belonged to Benedetto Mazzacurati and then to Franco Rossi, cellist of the "

Quartetto Italiano The Quartetto Italiano ( en, Italian Quartet) was a string quartet founded in Reggio Emilia in 1945. They made their debut in 1945 in Carpi when all four players were still in their early 20s. They were originally named Nuovo Quartetto Italiano b ...

Personal life

Family

References

Discography

* 2010
Mario Brunello - Bach - sei suites a violoncello solo senza basso
- brunello serie
EGEA
- Recorded at Auditorium Santa Cecilia - Perugia -Italy - 2009. * 2009
Mario Brunello - cello / Andrea Lucchesini - piano - Lekeu Sonata for cello and piano in F major - Schubert Sonata for Arpeggione and piano in A minor D.821
- brunello serie
EGEA
- Recorded at Auditorium Scuola Comunale Chiappano (

Vicenza Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan. Vicenza is a th ...

) -Italy -2004 * 2009 - Mario Brunello - Antonio Vivaldi
CONCERTI PER VIOLONCELLO
- brunello serie
EGEA
* 2009 - Mario Brunello
VIOLONCELLO AND
- brunello series - Recorded at Chiesa Monastica del Monastero di Bose (Italia) 25-27 Ottobre 2004 * 2008
Mario Brunello / orchestra d'archi italiana - Odusia -
brunello series - Recorded at Auditorium Santa Cecilia - Perugia -Italy * 2002 - XRCD2 Mario Brunello Alone (JVC) Sollima - Ligeti - Casado

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brunello, Mario 1960 births Italian classical cellists Living people People from Castelfranco Veneto