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Alfredo Bernardini

Alfredo Bernardini
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About

Alfredo Bernardini is an Italian oboist and conductor born in Rome in 1961, widely regarded as one of the foremost baroque oboe specialists of his generation. He trained in the Netherlands under Bruce Haynes and Ku Ebbinge, graduating from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague in 1987, and in 1989 co-founded Ensemble Zefiro with brothers Paolo and Alberto Grazzi. Alongside leading Zefiro, he has performed with virtually every major period-instrument ensemble in Europe and beyond, and since 2014 holds a professorship in historical oboe at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg.

100+
CD recordings as performer or director
1995
Cannes Classical Award (Vivaldi oboe concertos)
2009
Diapason d'or de l'année (Handel Fireworks with Zefiro)

What's new

  • 2026-08

    Bernardini is scheduled to conduct Bach's Mass in B minor at the Chigiana International Festival in Siena, in co-production with the Mozarteum University of Salzburg.

  • 2025-08

    Bernardini performed and taught at the Chigiana-Mozarteum Baroque Program in Siena, directing the Chigiana-Mozarteum Baroque Orchestra in Vivaldi's La Senna festeggiante.

  • 2025-02

    Bernardini returned to lead Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra in Toronto in a program of Bach, Handel and Fasch (Feb 21-23, 2025).

Tracks

Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks (Zefiro)Diapason d'or de l'année 2009; one of Zefiro's most celebrated recordings
Vivaldi: Oboe Concertos (Zefiro)Won the Cannes Classical Award in 1995
Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos (Zefiro)Rated by Gramophone as one of the 50 best Bach recordings of all time
Bach: Ouvertures (Zefiro)Released 2016 on Arcana; praised by Gramophone
Grand Tour a Venezia (Zefiro)2022 album on Arcana

😴 Nothing scheduled with this artist in the near future.

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