Andrea Caputo
clarinet
Italian by birth, citizen of the world by training, Andrea has been studying all over the globe with some of the most sought-after mentors in the world: in Los Angeles at The Colburn School with Yehuda Gilad, at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome with Alessandro Carbonare, as well as graduating from the Universität “Mozarteum” in Salzburg in the class of Wenzel Fuchs and at the Conservatoire national supérieur de Paris in the class of Pascal Moraguès.
As a teacher, Andrea was Professor of Clarinet at the Conservatory of Trapani, Italy. As an orchestra player, Andrea is currently a member of the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, and he has performed in many of the best stages with some of the finest ensembles, such as the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia di Roma, Orchestre de Paris, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as being regularly part of the Verbier Festival Orchestra, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Estonian Festival Orchestra - among others - under the baton of Riccardo Muti, Valery Gergiev, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Klaus Mäkelä, Gianandrea Noseda, Iván Fischer, Paavo Järvi, Daniele Gatti, Zubin Mehta, Christoph Eschenbach, Fabio Luisi, Manfred Honeck, Charles Dutoit, Hannu Lintu, Lahav Shani.
Andrea is a prizewinner of several national and international competition, such as “Carlino” International Clarinet Competition, Premio Crescendo, and Sándor Végh International Competition.
In his free time, he enjoys photography and exploring different food cultures.
