Antonio Gambula obtained his diploma in cello with Maestro Renzo Brancaleon at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Turin, where he continued his instrumental specialization with M° Antonio Janigro and M° Michael Flaksman and of quartet with M° Piero Farulli.
Professor of Orchestra at the RAI in Turin, the Teatro Regio in Turin and the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa until 2018. He was a member of the baroque instrumental group ‘La Suite’ with which he carried out intense concert activity until 1981.
He attended Orchestra Conducting courses at the Accademia Musicale Pescarese held by M° Gilberto Serembe and collaborated with Orchestra dell’Arena di Verona as Maestro Giuliano Carella’s assistant in the operas Traviata and Butterfly, debuting in P. Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana with Orchestra di Alessandria.
In the 1990s he founded the ‘Johann Christian Bach’ orchestra, composed of the first parts of the Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova performing at the Beçancon Festival in France, at the Accademia di Palazzo Ducale in Genoa and at the Unione Musicale in Turin.
In 1997 their disc ‘Biscogli Vivaldi’ was released with the world premiere of Concerto for trumpet, oboe and bassoon by Francesco Biscogli. He was invited to conduct Nino Rota Orchestra of Bari, ‘Carlo Coccia’ Symphony Orchestra of Novara, ‘Carlo Felice’ theatre orchestra in Genoa and ‘Donizetti’ theatre orchestra in Bergamo.
Regarding ballet, M° Antonio Gambula performed ‘Daphnis et Chloé’, ‘La Valse’ and Ravel’s ‘Bolero’ at ‘Donizzetti’ theatre in Bergamo and Rossini’s ‘Cinderella’ at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, along with Compagnia Italiana.
Repertoire
Symphonic, Opera and Ballet.
Antonio Gambula
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