Di Càsola Fabio
(28. 01. 1967)
Genre: Classical Music
Biography
* 28. 01. 1967.
In 1990 at the age of 23, Fabio Di Càsola wins the first price of the famous CIEM (Concours
international d'exécution musicale) in Geneva – 18 years after the last time a clarinettist has won the
first price. Soon after that he was invited to leading international festivals, including the Berlin
Festival under Claudio Abbado, the Evian Festival under Mstislav Rostropovich, and Lockenhaus with
Gidon Kremer. In the years that followed he also won the Grand Prix Patek Philippe, the Prix Suisse
for Contemporary Music, and the International Contemporary Music Competition in Stresa. In 1998
the jury and audience in Geneva voted him the "Swiss Musician of the Year."
After a performance of Mozart's clarinet concert at Tonhalle Zurich, SONY decided to publish his
recordings. First there were two chamber music CD's that were followed in 2009 by an orchestral CD
with clarinet works of C.M.v.Weber. This CD received the 'Editor's Choice' of the well-respected
Gramophone Magazine. Also the next CD with Mozart's clarinet concert received many good critics.
Fabio Di Càsola is performing as solo clarinettist with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, the Basel
Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, the
Musikkollegium Winterthur and many others. He also appears regularly in a very wide range of
chamber music ensembles.
He is professor for clarinet and chamber music at the Zurich Academy of the Arts and he is the artistic
director of the chamber music festival "klang-Musiktage auf Schloss Meggenhorn".
In 1990 at the age of 23, Fabio Di Càsola wins the first price of the famous CIEM (Concours
international d'exécution musicale) in Geneva – 18 years after the last time a clarinettist has won the
first price. Soon after that he was invited to leading international festivals, including the Berlin
Festival under Claudio Abbado, the Evian Festival under Mstislav Rostropovich, and Lockenhaus with
Gidon Kremer. In the years that followed he also won the Grand Prix Patek Philippe, the Prix Suisse
for Contemporary Music, and the International Contemporary Music Competition in Stresa. In 1998
the jury and audience in Geneva voted him the "Swiss Musician of the Year."
After a performance of Mozart's clarinet concert at Tonhalle Zurich, SONY decided to publish his
recordings. First there were two chamber music CD's that were followed in 2009 by an orchestral CD
with clarinet works of C.M.v.Weber. This CD received the 'Editor's Choice' of the well-respected
Gramophone Magazine. Also the next CD with Mozart's clarinet concert received many good critics.
Fabio Di Càsola is performing as solo clarinettist with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, the Basel
Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, the
Musikkollegium Winterthur and many others. He also appears regularly in a very wide range of
chamber music ensembles.
He is professor for clarinet and chamber music at the Zurich Academy of the Arts and he is the artistic
director of the chamber music festival "klang-Musiktage auf Schloss Meggenhorn".
Repertory
:
Béla Bartók: Rumänische Tänze für Klarinette und Klavier
Alban Berg: Vier Stücke für Klarinette und Klavier
Luciano Berio: Sequenza IXa für Klarinette
Leonard Bernstein: Sonata für Klarinette und Klavier
Harrison Birtwistle: Verses für Klarinette und Klavier
Pierre Boulez: Domaines für Klarinette
Johannes Brahms: Sonate Es-Dur, op. 120 Nr. 2 für Klarinette und Klavier
Johannes Brahms: Sonate f-moll, op. 120 Nr. 1 für Klarinette und Klavier
Elliott Carter: Gra für Klarinette
Aaron Copland: Sonata für Klarinette und Klavier
Johann Peter Eschmann: Zwei Phantasiestücke für Klarinette und Klavier
George Gershwin: Three Preludes für Klarinette und Klavier
Paul Juon: Klarinettensonate, f-Moll, op. 82 (clarinet sonata, F minor, op. 82) for clarinet and piano
Charles Koechlin: Sonata Nr. 2, op. 86
Charles Koechlin: Sonata Nr. 1, op. 85
Olivier Messiaen: Abîme des oiseaux für Klarinette
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Konzert, KV 622 für Klarinette und Orchester
Sergej Prokofiev: Sonata Nr. 2, D-Dur, op. 94a für Klarinette und Klavier
Maurice Ravel: Pièce en forme de Habanera für Klarinette und Klavier
Max Reger: Sonata B-Dur, op. 107 für Klarinette und Klavier
Nino Rota: Sonata D-Dur für Klarinette und Klavier
Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke, op. 73 für Klarinette und Klavier
Robert Schumann: Romanze, op. 94 für Klarinette und Klavier
Karlheinz Stockhausen: In Freundschaft für Klarinette
Richard Strauss: Duett Concertino
Igor Stravinskij: Drei Stücke für Klarinette
Franz Tischhauser: The Beggar's Concerto
Sándor Veress: Concerto für Klarinette und Orchester
Isang Yun: Piri für Klarinette
Discography
Feuerbilder. Chamber Music (Oehms Classics Nr. OC 443, 2014)
Dratva, Tomas
Tamás, János: Traumquell (1979)
Tamás, János: Triofantasie (1983)
Tamás, János: Im Garten von Saanen (1984)
Tamás, János: Feuerbilder (1986)
Tamás, János: Trio (1992)
Interpreters:
Di Càsola, FabioDratva, Tomas
Works:
Tamás, János: Poema (1952-1961)Tamás, János: Traumquell (1979)
Tamás, János: Triofantasie (1983)
Tamás, János: Im Garten von Saanen (1984)
Tamás, János: Feuerbilder (1986)
Tamás, János: Trio (1992)
Info: www.fonoteca.ch
Fabio di Càsola (Grammont Porträt Nr. 103, 2007)
Lehmann, Hans Ulrich: Mosaik (1964)
Jarrell, Michael: Assonance I (1983)
Pagliarani, Mario: Alcuni particolari oscuri (1983)
Hefti, David Philip: O, star! (Mosaik-Zyklus - Teil 1) (2003)
With more works of: Pietro Damiani, Gion Antoni Derungs, André Jolivet
Interpreters:
Di Càsola, FabioWorks:
Gerber, René: Prélude et Fugue sur le nom de Bach (1935)Lehmann, Hans Ulrich: Mosaik (1964)
Jarrell, Michael: Assonance I (1983)
Pagliarani, Mario: Alcuni particolari oscuri (1983)
Hefti, David Philip: O, star! (Mosaik-Zyklus - Teil 1) (2003)
With more works of: Pietro Damiani, Gion Antoni Derungs, André Jolivet
Info: www.fonoteca.ch
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