Collection of notable flutists who have made publicly available recordings of the flute repertoire represented on the MASTERING the FLUTE website.
Remarkable flutists
Nicola Mazzanti is acknowledged Italian piccolo player. Since 1988 he holds Solo Piccolo position in the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra.
Nicola Mazzanti has performed at various festivals in Vienna, New York, Chicago, San Diego, Belgrade to name a few. Since 2008 he performs and gives masterclasses at Weggis (Switzerland) festival hosted by James Galway.
Since he has inspired various composers to write works for piccolo and piano or orchestral concerts, Nicola Mazzanti name is associated with many premières.
From 2001, he hosts annual piccolo courses in Florence and Rome. He also teaches piccolo at various schools in Luzern, Lugano and Milan. In 2014 he published the book “The Mazzanti Method” dedicated to his favourite instrument.