Four musicians based in Brussels but with Italian roots will be presenting a colorful program, mixing the richness of timbers of a flute, clarinet, bassoon, and a cello, to recreate well-known and beloved pieces by Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven, transcribed for this unorthodox instrumentation.

• J. S. Bach, Trio Sonata, Bwv 1039 (flute, bassoon and cello)
• J. S. Bach, Flute Sonata in E Major, Bwv 1035
• L. van Beethoven, Duet for Clarinet and Bassoon in B flat major, WoO o. 3
• W. A. Mozart, Divertimento for 3 basset horns No. 1 in B flat major, kv 439b (transcribed for flute, clarinet and bassoon)
• W. A. Mozart, Divertimento for strings in D major, K. 136 (transcribed for flute, clarinet, bassoon and cello)

Matteo del Monte- flute
Antonio Capolupo- clarinet
Gordon Fantini- bassoon
Eduardo Tonietto- cello


The artists:

MATTEO Del Monte

italian flutist, holds the position of solo flute at the Brussels opera house La Monnaie/De Munt; he also held previously the same position at the Verdi Orchestra in Milan. As a soloist, Matteo performed accompanied by the Osi - Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, Juniorchestra of Santa Cecilia di Roma, and he was awarded several prizes, including First Prize in the Giovani Musici Competition of the Arts Academy in , First Prize in the National Syrinx Competition organized by the Accademia Italiana del Flauto in and , First Prize in the National Chamber Music Competition "Città di Campagnano" in , First Prize in Emanuele Krakamp Flute Competition . Furthermore, he collaborates as First Flute with Teatro del Maggio (Florence Opera), Teatro Regio Torino, la Verdi Orchestra (Milan), Orchestra Leonore (Pistoia), Orchestra Italiana del Cinema, I Solisti Aquilani, Roma Tre Orchestra, and as Second and Piccolo Flute with Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Teatro Lirico di Cagliari.

ANTONIO Capolupo

italian clarinetist, holds the position of solo clarinet at the Brussels opera house La Monnaie/De Munt; he held previously the positions of co-principal clarinet at the Belgian National Orchestra and at the Malmö SymfoniOrkester in Sweden.
Antonio has 11 international awards, including First Prize at the International Clarinet Competition "Marco Fiorindo" in , First Prize at the International Clarinet Competition of Chieri in , Second Prize at the International Clarinet Competition "Saverio Mercadante" in . He also collaborated with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Opéra de Toulon (France), Osr - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande of Geneva, Haydn Symphony Orchestra (Bolzano-Italy), and the orchestra of the Teatro Regio Torino.
In January , Antonio made his debut as a soloist with orchestra in Bozar performing the world premiere of a piece dedicated to him by the Spanish composer Mauricio Sotelo, under the baton of the maestro Alain Altinoglu.

GORDON Fantini

italian bassoonist, holds the position of principal bassoon at the Belgian National Orchestra.
He has also collaborated with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Venice Opera "La Fenice", Filarmonica of "La Scala" of Milan, Berner Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Kammerorchester Basel and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London.
In , Gordon was a prize winner of the Sàndor Vègh Competition that has seen him as a soloist with the Budapest Festival Orchestra in October .
As a soloist, Gordon has performed Vivaldi’s “La Notte”, Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante and many performances of Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto with the Ensemble “Accademia dell’Annunciata” of Abbiategrasso. In September he was also invited by the Chamber Music Society of Colombo (Sri Lanka) to play two concertos by Vivaldi and he was the first bassoon player to perform as a soloist on the island.

EDUARDO Tonietto

italian-Brazilian cellist, has collaborated as guest solo cello with Sinfonietta Cracovia, Brussels Chamber Orchestra and Polish Art Philharmonic. He is a regular guest musician at Brussels Philharmonic, and has played with Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Opera of Florence), Brussels opera house La Monnaie/De Munt, Haydn Orchestra (Bolzano - Südtirol), Chamber Orchestra of the National Forum of Music (Poland). Eduardo has taken part in several international festivals, such as Rheingau Musik Festival (Germany), Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival (Poland), Musiq Alpe (France) and gave masterclasses at the University of Rio de Janeiro. As a soloist, he performed accompanied by the Brasília International Summer Course orchestra and by the Brasília University Orchestra. Passionately active in chamber music, Eduardo is also the artistic director of Brussels Muzieque.


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