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Ivano Ascari was born in Guastalla in 1958 and began to play the trumpet
in primary school. He studied at “Arrigo Boito” Parma State Conservatory
and graduated in 1977 with M. Renzo Robuschi. After this he studied in
Paris with Pierre Thibaud.
Having won a national competition, M. Ascari was appointed principal
trumpet of the Haydn Symphony Orchestra of Bolzano where he remained
for 14 years and performed many concertos including those by Haydn,
Hummel, Telemann, L.Mozart, Shostakovich and Martin as well as double
concerti by Vivaldi, Manfredini and Franceschini.
Ivano has performed with the Scala Theater Milano Orchestra from 1977-
78 and also the Budapest Symphony, Bergamo Stabile Orchestra and the
Bologna Opera Theater. Since 1978, he has played with the Verona Brass
Ensemble with whom he has won several international chamber music
competitions. The ensemble has also recorded a CD and given concerts throughout Europe, China and
the US.
In 1992, Ivan Ascari was appointed Professor of Trumpet at Riva del Garda State Conservatory of Music.
He is also Artistic Director of the Verona International Brass Ensemble Festival.
In April, Ivano Ascari released a CD of contemporary trumpet music commissioned for him.
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