Mercelli Massimo

Artistic Education
Massimo Mercelli, studied flute with the famous flautists Andrè Jaunet and Maxence Larrieu.

Artistic Career
At just nineteen years of age, he became the first flute at Teatro La Fenice in Venice. After dedicating himself with passion to teaching, he started an intense activity of concert playing, performing as a soloist in some of the world most prestigious concert halls (e.g. Carnegie Hall of New York, Colon Theatre of Buenos Aires, the headquarters of the United Nations at New York) and important festivals (Ljubljana Festival, Berlin Festival, Santander Festival, Beethoven Festival, Saint Petersburg Festival).He has worked with artists such as Yuri Bashmet or Philip Glass, and with orchestras such as the Moscow Soloists, the Wiener Symphoniker or the European Union Chamber Orchestra.

Artistic director and founder of Emilia Romagna Festival. Member of the directive committee of the European Festival Association since 2001. Member of the panel of judges in important international competitions such as Jean-Pierre Rampal of Paris, the Geneva Competition, the Concert Artist Guild of New York, the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition USA.

In 2006 he played the first performance of “Façades” by Philip Glass with the composer at the piano and performed at the Wigmore Hall of London and Mozarteum of Salzburg.

Prices
Won the Premio Francesco Cilea, the Concorso Internazionale Giornate Musicali and the Concorso Internazionale di Stresa.