Andrea Cellacchi

Andrea Cellacchi gains international prestige after winning the 1st Prize at the 10th Aeolus International Competition in Düsseldorf, Germany, and the 1st Prize at The Muri Competition 2016, Switzerland, being the first Italian who has ever gained these prestigious awards.

He also is winner of the Premio Abbado 2015 and of the 1st Prize in the International Bassoon Competitions “Audimozart 2016”, “G. Rossini” in Pesaro and “Città di Chieri”. 19-year-old, he wins the Principal First Bassoon position at the Konzerthausorchester.

In 2018 he won the 2nd Prize at the Internationaler Instrumentalwettbewerb Markneukirchen and the 1st Prize at the International Fox-Gillet Competition 2018 organised by the International Double Reed Society IDRS in Granada, Spain.

In 2019, 22-year-old, he becomes Principal Bassoon at the RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Turin and he wins the 2nd Prize, with no awarded 1st Prize, at the prestigious ARD International Competition in Munich.

15-year-old, he is admitted to enter the “Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia” in Rome, Italy, where he attended the Bassoon Master Course held by M° Francesco Bossone.

In 2018 he got the Master Music Performance at the “Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ZHdK” in Zürich, Switzerland, in the class of Professor Matthias Rácz, where he is currently attending the Specialising Master in soloism.