Davide Borgonovi

Davide Borgonovi graduated with honors from the Conservatory of Mantua under the guidance of M° Neldo Lodi in 1991, and subsequently perfected his studies with M° Stefano Ammannati and M°Roger Bobo at the Conservatory of Lausanne, obtaining the “Premier Prix de Virtuosite de Tuba”. He was awarded first prize in the major Italian Lyric Symphonic Foundations, such as Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, Teatro Bellini di Catania, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. In his orchestral experience, which began in 1990 as a member of the Italian Youth Orchestra, he has played with great conductors including Zubin Metha, Lorin Maazel, Mstilav Rostropovic, Christoph Von Dohnayi, Antonio Pappano, Riccardo Muti, Myung Whun Chung, Daniele Gatti, Alan Gilbert and composers such as Luciano Berio. He has played with prestigious international symphony orchestras such as the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester of Hamburg. Winner of public competitions for qualifications and exams, he ranked first at the Bande Militari Centrali in Rome for the roles of orchestral player as Banda dell’Esercito for the roles of Tuba in F and Tuba in Eb. Banda della Marina Militare for the roles of 1°, 2° and 3° Tuba BBb. Full member of the brass quintett “Accademia Brass Quintett”. As a teacher he has held master classes in tuba for important musical instituation in Italy, Spain, Lithuania and Estonia. He taught Bass Tuba at the State Conservatory “N. Piccinni” of Bari from 2000 to 2012. Since November 2012 he has been teaching Bass Tuba at the Conservatorio Statale “A.Casella” in L’Aquila.