Francesco Petri

Since 2022, he has been the clarinet soloist of the German Würth Philharmoniker orchestra. He graduated with top marks under the guidance of clarinettist Lorenzo Guzzoni and then attended the Master degree with the same professor at the Conservatory of Riva del Garda, graduating with top marks, with honors and honorable mention.

From 2018 he continued his studies with clarinetist Shirley Brill at the Hochschule für Musik Saar and the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg (Germany), graduating with top marks in the summer of 2022. Also significant for his training were the various Masterclasses with musicians Mate Bekavac, Davide Lattuada, Matthias Höffer, Lorenzo Coppola, Calogero Palermo, Andreas Sunden, Karl Leister and with Alessandro Carbonare at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena. He has collaborated with many orchestras, including Orchestra Mozart, Orchestra da camera di Mantova, Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento, Orchestra del Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza, Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino, Orchestra del Festival Pianistico Internazionale di Brescia e Bergamo, I Cameristi d'Europa, Orchestra Giovanile Cherubini conducted by Riccardo Muti and from 2013 to 2015 he was first clarinet of the Orchestra Giovanile Italiana in Fiesole.

He has played with various conductors and musicians, including Riccardo Muti (in the concert dedicated to the death of M. Abbado), Christian Tielemann, Charles Dutoit, Kent Nagano, Daniele Gatti, Jeffrey Tate, John Axelrod, Lawrence Foster, Anna Netrebko, Diana Damrau, Jörg Widmann, Misha Maisky, Enrico Dindo, Veronika Eberle, József Lendvay.