Andrea Massimo Grassi
The passion for sharing knowledge and musical culture drives Andrea Massimo Grassi’s performances, musical research, and training. Born in Milan, he graduated in clarinet at the Conservatorio ‘G. Verdi, under the guidance of Primo Borali. Later, he specialized in chamber music with Vittorio Luna and with Masha Yanouchevsky, Maureen Jones, and Dario De Rosa. In 1995, he received the prestigious ‘Diploma d’onore’ from the Accademia Musicale Chigiana of Siena, and in 1996, the diploma of the Accademia Internazionale di Musica of Biella as a student of Antony Pay. He completed his musical studies, graduating with honors in modern literature at the University of Parma and gaining a PhD in Musical Philology at the Facoltà di Musicologia of Cremona.
He has performed chamber music in Italy as well as in USA, Russia, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, France, Portugal, Serbia and Swiss, playing for the University of Chicago, Minnesota State University, Teatro alla Scala of Milan, Université de Rouen, RAI Radiotelevisione italiana, Gnessins College of Moscow, Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Lusitanian festival ‘Sete sòis Sete luas’, Musikhochschule of Mannheim, Northeastern Illinois University, Southeast Missouri State University, University of Leeds (UK), National Serbian Clarinet Association, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (CH), Accademia ‘Incontri col maestro’ of Imola.
He has held lecture-recitals and master classes in the USA, Russia, the United Kingdom, Romania, Serbia, Switzerland, and in dozens of Italian Universities and Music Academies.
He has published papers on W.A. Mozart, C.M. von Weber, and J. Brahms, in particular the book ‘Fräulein Klarinette’. La genesi e il testo delle opere per clarinetto di J. Brahms [‘Fräulein Klarinette’]’. The genesis and the text of J. Brahms’s clarinet work, published by ETS (Pisa 2006), as well as the Urtext edition of the Quintet for clarinet and strings by Brahms for the Henle Verlag, Munich.
He also collaborated with biographical entries for the Enciclopedia Treccani della musica contemporanea. He has been dedicated to training and education in music and musical theatre, particularly since 2002, as a full professor at the Accademia Teatro alla Scala in Milan.
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