Trumpet solo at the Rome Opera House, MAURO MAUR graduated in Trieste at a very young age. In 1975, he successfully passed the admission audition at the National Conservatory of Paris where he perfected his studies with Pierre Thibaud. While he was still a pupil of the Conservatory, he won the audition of first trumpet for the Toulouse National Orchestra (directed by Michel Plasson) and with them took part in several competitions around the world such as the United States, Austria, Germany and Italy.
Moreover, he has played with various famous French orchestras (Opera, National, Radio) composed of prestigious groups such as L’Ars Nova, Les Solistes de France, Ircam, and accompanied of great soloists such as Hendricks, Isoir, Thibaud. He has also been directed by great masters such as Muti, Bernstein, Ozawa, Boulez and Maazel. 
Mauro Maur was a gold medalist at the International Competition of Toulon in 1981, a recipient of the First Prize at the Superior National Conservatory of Paris Competition in 1982 and a winner of several competitions in Lille (France) and at the Opera House in Rome, the S. Carlo Theatre in Naples and the National Academy of S. Cecilia (Italy). Furthermore, he has played in prestigious concert’s halls around the world such as: Carnegie Hall of New York, Boston Symphony Hall, Hollywood Bowl (USA), Hercules Salle of Munich, Opera in Dresden (Germany), Festspiele Salzburg, Vienna Festspielhause (Austria), Megaron Athens (Greece), Seoul Art Center (Korea), Prado Madrid (Spain), Scala di Milano (Italy) and was accompanied by the Solisti Veneti from Claudio Scimone in the concertos by Tartini, Albinoni, Haydn.
Great composers such as Morricone, Theodorakis, Bussotti, Clementi and Vlad have dedicated several musical compositions to Mauro Maur. Since 1985, he has been the First Trumpet for the Orchestra of the Opera House in Rome. With regards to the cinema and television industries, Mauro Maur has played in more than 100 films on soundtracks composed by Morricone, Piovani, Ortolani, Goldsmith and Delerue.
He has appeared on several popular television shows such as: Maurizio Costanzo Show, Tappeto Volante, La Notte di Marzullo, and on radio shows and he has recorded for BMG Ariola, RCA and Sony Columbia. Trumpet player, conductor and composer for the theater, the television as well as for the cinema, Mauro Maur has played with musicians such as Gloria Gaynor, Plácido Domingo and the Solisti Veneti from Claudio Scimone.
Mauro Maur has been professor of the Superior Studies in trumpet at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. He has given masterclasses in Italy at the conservatories of Palermo, Firenze, Montefiascone, Portogruaro, Trieste, at the MusicaRiva Festival in Trentino, at the McGill University in Montreal, and in Moscow at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. He is coach instructor for the trumpets of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas.
At the request of Italian President of the Council of Ministers, Mauro Maur was given the honorary distinction of Cavaliere (Knight) dell'Ordine "al Merito della Repubblica Italiana". The President of the Italian Republic can bestow “honours of the Republic” on persons who have a particular merit in regard to the nation.

 

 

Some reviews...

 

Trumpeter Mauro Maur followed with virtuosic magic and glowing timbres even in his topmost range.

(C. Porter, Washington Post)

Tartini's Trumpet Concerto afforded opportunities for the ensemble's trumpeter, Mauro Maur, to show his bright tone and considerable agility...

(A. Kozinn, New York Times)


 

Mauro Maur

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