PICCOLO
Marta Rossi has held the position of Flute and Piccolo for the Rome Opera House (Daniele Gatti Music Director) since 2002.
She regulary performs in recital or chamber music concerts and has been invited as guest piccolo player at international Festivals, such as NFA Annual Flute Convention (USA), several editions of “Flautissimo” in Rome, Festival “Severino Gazzelloni”, Craco Landscape Flute Festival, “Italian Experience” at New York Hofstra University, Italian Cultural Festival of Mumbay, International Piccolo Festival in Grado.
As a solist she performed with several Orchestras (Solisti Aquilani, Orchestra Regionale del Lazio, Orchestra Tartini, Orchestra da Camera del Gonfalone, Orchestra del Conservatorio di S.Cecilia, JuniOrchestra di S. Cecilia, Chamber Orchestra Juvenalia Espoo of Finland) in repertoire concerts, like the whole Vivaldi piccolo Concerts.
She gave also premieres for solo Piccolo and orchestra by Irma Ravinale, Azio Corghi, Luigi Marinaro and the italian premiere of the Piccolo Concerto by Lowell Liebermann at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome.
Winner of orchestra auditions, she played as First Flute in Orchestra Giovanile Italiana, Solisti Aquilani and Orchestra Regionale del Lazio, cooperated as piccolo player with Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Orchestra Sinfonica di Savona.
She played in recording sessions for films soundtracks with Oscar prize winners like Ennio Morricone,
Louis Bacalov and Nicola Piovani, joining them for international concerts. Marta, born in Rome, gradueted with the highest honors at Music Conservatory “S.Cecilia”, studied with
Mario Ancillotti at the “Scuola di Musica di Fiesole” (Florence), with Angelo Persichilli at the “Accademia Nazionale di S.Cecilia” and Raimond Guiot at the “Accademia Italiana del Flauto” of Rome (Premier Prix à l'unanimitè) and then with Wolfgang Schulz in Vienna. She also studied Piccolo with Nicola Mazzanti.
In 2006 she obtained the Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rome “La Sapienza” with highest honors.
She teaches Piccolo at the Accademia Italiana del Flauto in Rome and she is a member of the International Piccolo Academy.