Orchestra Filarmonica Pugliese
Nicola Perettosaxophone(Italy)
St Julian’s
Hilton, Grand Masters suite
Nicola
Peretto
Saxophone
Nicola Peretto , born in 1992 in Aosta (Italy), is considered one of the brightest classical saxophonists of his generation.
He won 8 prizes during important international competitions as soloist, among others:
-1st Prize of “Adolphe Sax" International Competition in l’Hay-les-Roses (Paris, 2016)
-3st Prize of "Josip Nochta" International Competition (2017, Zagreb)
-1st Prize of International Music Competition "Marco Fiorindo" in 2018, (Nichelino, Italy)
-1st Prize and Special Prize at the "Classic Winds International Competition" in 2018 (Hamburg, Germany).
He played several times as a soloist with wind or string orchestra pieces like : Glazunov Concerto, Divertimento by Boutry, Larsson Concerto, Concertino da camera by Jacques Ibert, Concertino by Rueff . In January 2013 he made a live CD recording of “Rapsodie” by André Waignein during the “ Concert du Nouvel An 2013” in Pont-Saint-Martin with Orchestre d’Harmonie du Val d’Aoste.
For the opening concert of the International Music Competition "Marco Fiorindo" 2018, he was invited to perform the "Orientale" concerto by Martin Loridan for 2 saxophones and wind orchestra in Turin.
He performed in different venues like Teatro Superga in Turin, Festival Saxena and Salle Cortot in Paris and, during the “Eurasian Stars music festival” 2018 of Astana, he was invited as soloist with the “Academy of soloists State Orchestra” conducted by Mischa Katz in the Kazakhstan Central Concert Hall.
As a member of symphonic orchestras he recently collaborates with Orchestra Sinfonica Verdi (Milan) , Teatro Carlo Felice (Genova), Antwerp symphonic orchestra (Belgium), Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice and Sinfonieorchester Aachen (Germany).
Since 2017, he has been a member (tenor saxophone) of the Klassik4Sax quartet, performing concerts in particular in Belgium and France (Festival des Minimes, Festival Chapel for Europe, concert in Nadia Boulanger's house, etc). Klassik4sax was also invited to perform at the European Parliament in Brussels for the prestigious ceremony of the election of the new President in april 2018.
He was recently invited for giving Masterclass at "Conservatoire de la Vallée d'Aoste". He regularly teaches in Italy for summer masterclass and he is currently the classical saxophone teacher at the Antibes conservatory (France).
He plays on Yamaha Custom EX saxophones and he is an artist officially sponsored by "Vandoren Paris" since 2016.
Orchestra Filarmonica Pugliese
OFP has collaborated with renowned musicians as Giuseppe Gibboni, Corrado Giuffredi, Pierluigi Camicia, Maria Pia Piscitelli, Nicola Hansalik Samale, Pietro Brogonovo, Marco Misciagna, Alfonso Soldano, Evgeny Starodubstev, Fabrizio Dorsi, Giuseppe La Malfa, Roberto Corlianò, Francesco Defronzo, Sklodowsky Bartosz, Anna Geniushene, Mai Koshio, Stefania Argentieri, Leonardo Colafelice, but also with non-classical artists such as Ronn Moss, Stef Burns, Andrea Braido and Gianni Ciardo.
He already has 5 recordings to his credit, the last and most important, with soloists Giovanna Buccarella (cello) and Francesco Diodovich (guitar), Giovanni Minafra (director), for the prestigious Stradivarius label, Radio RAI went live during the program "Primo Movimento".
In August 2019 the OFP was the creator and protagonist of the “Sol dell’Alba” event, the most important concert at dawn, in terms of numbers and artistic quality, on the entire Italian East coast. Given the extraordinary success of the pilot edition, the “Sol dell’Alba” format, created in collaboration with MAG Communication, has reached its third edition and there is already great anticipation for that of 2022. The OFP makes use of the talented baton of Giovanni Minafra, permanent conductor of the orchestra since its foundation, and the artistic direction of Giacomo Piepoli.