Antonio Tinelli

Musicians who added a significant contribution to his artistic development are Angelo Clemente, Romeo Tudorache and Karl Leister. His artistic collaboration with Karl Leister, Fabio Bidini, Yuri Gandelsman, Paolo Pollastri, Francesco Pomarico, Ovidiu Balan, Riccardo Ceni, Ivano Battiston, Fabio Di Cásola, Victoria Soames Samek, Aurelian Octav Popa, Mark Clinton, Karen Becker, Angelo Inglese, Landon Baumgard, Patrick Messina, Enesco Quartet (Paris) and Giuliano Mazzoccante is remarkable. 

Winner of over thirty prizes in important national and international soloist and chamber music competitions. As an artist, he has performed in concerts held in Europe, Far East and USA. 

As a soloist, he has collaborated with various orchestras among which: Kiev RTV Festival Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra “George Enescu” of Bucarest, Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, Orchestra Milano Classica, Orchestra of the Bologna Theater, Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela (Caracas), Mersin Opera and Ballet State Orchestra (Turkey), Kazakhstan State Academic Symphony Orchestra (Almaty), Portuguese Navy Band (Lisbon) and Kyiv Virtuosi Orchestra (Malta). He inaugurated with a Recital the prestigious 39th international convention "ClarinetFest ®" in the Lied Center for the Performing Arts in Lincoln, Nebraska USA and was member of the jury ICA Young Artist Competition and I.C.A. High School Solo Competition. 

Many composers have dedicated him works of chamber music and soloist (Angelo Inglese, Luigi Giachino, Fabrizio Festa, Giuseppe Garbarino, Giuseppe Ricotta, Sergio Calligaris, Ante Grgin, Walter Farina…). Tinelli has recorded for the National Radio of Bucarest (Romania), RAI and SKY Classic (Italy), Deutsche Südwestfunk (Germany), TVR 1 Bucarest (Romania), TV Dubai (U.A.E.), News 24 (Albania), Venezuela TV, Radio Classic (Kazakhstan) and some CD with first world recordings released by Urania Records, Dad Records, VDM Records/RAI Trade, Phoenix Classics dedicated to Saverio Mercadante, Sergio Calligaris, Raffaele Gervasio and Johannes Brahms awarded, this one, by discography critics. Camerata Tokyo (Japan) has released a CD in trio with Karl Leister and Giuliano Mazzoccante (piano) that has been praised by the international critics. Moreover, Farelive (Italy) has released four CD’s with Tinelli: "Musiche dall'Europa" (as conductor of the CMM Band of the Italian Red Cross Military Corps); "Ebanthology" (as conductor and soloist of the Méditerranée Clarinet Ensemble); "I Musici Pugliesi" (as conductor); and "Pearls & Discoveries" (as a duo with pianist Yulia Moseychuk). These last four CDs received awards at the "Global Music Awards" in Los Angeles, with the first three receiving silver medals and the last a gold medal.

"Ebanthology" was also included among the "Global Music Awards TOP 10 albums – Spring/Summer 2017" and awarded 5 stars by the national music magazine "Musica." His recordings are available on all major streaming platforms (Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Play, iTunes, and Deezer). 

He’s currently Clarinet Professor, member of the Academic Council, coordinator of the Wind Orchestra and head of the Artistic Production office in the Music Conservatory “N. Piccinni” of Bari (Italy). He also holds numerous master classes in Europe (Oulu University, Finland; Universities of Bucharest, Iasi, and Timisoara, Romania; Tirane Art University, Albania; ClarinetsOnStage, Belgium; Musik und Kunst Wien, Austria; Academy of Music in Krakow, Poland; Conservatories in Spain…), USA (California State University, Northridge) and Far East (Beijing Central Conservatory of Music, Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, Qingdao Festival). He is additionally the Artistic Director of various musical organizations like the International Clarinet Competition “Saverio Mercadante”. Antonio Tinelli is an official Buffet-Crampon Artist and Gleichweit mouthpieces and D’Addario Woodwind endorser.

".. I am very impressed by the sound beauty, the dynamics quality, the tone colour play, the musical expressiveness and fantasy rendering"
[Karl Leister – historical first clarinet of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlin conducted by Herbert von  Karajan]

“in a word, superbly”
[Fanfare Magazine USA]

“perfect  musicality”
[Musica Magazine]

“masterfully interpretation”
[The  Clarinet USA]

“admirable coherence, a whole warm, rich and very  charming sound”
[Journal of Music]