Andrea Caputo

Italian by birth, citizen of the world by training, Andrea has been studying all over the globe with some of the most soughtafter 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.

Upcoming engagements in the 2024/2025 season include, among others, a tour as Guest Principal Clarinet with the Estonian Festival Orchestra, Paavo Järvi and Sol Gabetta, a tour with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, a Japan tour with Brahms and Mozart’s Clarinet Quintets, as well as a debut as soloist with the Budapest Festival Orchestra conducted by Gábor Takács-Nagy, performing Weber’s Clarinet Concerto in F minor, Op. 73.

An active orchestral musician, 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, Simon Rattle, Antonio Pappano, Gianandrea Noseda, Iván Fischer, Paavo Järvi, Daniele Gatti, Zubin Mehta, Christoph Eschenbach, Fabio Luisi, Manfred Honeck, Charles Dutoit, Hannu Lintu, Lahav Shani, Tarmo Peltokoski, Peter Oundjian, Gábor Takács-Nagy.

Andrea also has a passion for chamber music, which led him to perform with many great artists, most notably Paul Watkins (Emerson String Quartet) and Tine Thing Helseth for the Colburn Chamber Music Society season, as well as a tour with members of the Berliner Philharmoniker winds during the KonstKnekt Vinterfestspill in Norway.

Andrea is a prizewinner of several national and international competition, such as the prestigious 18th Aeolus International Competition (Düsseldorf), “Carlino” International Clarinet Competition (Udine), Premio Crescendo (Firenze), and Sándor Végh Competition (Budapest).

As a teacher, Andrea was Professor of Clarinet at the Conservatory of Trapani, Italy. He is currently the Teaching Assistant for the clarinet studio of Yehuda Gilad at The Colburn School in Los Angeles, where he is also pursuing his Artist Diploma. He is also a wind coach for the Colburn Youth Orchestra and Colburn Sinfonietta.

In his free time, he enjoys photography and exploring different food cultures.