Carlo Aonzo performs regularly in Europe and the United States, where he has established himself as a principal proponent of the classical mandolin. A graduate with honors from the C. Pollini Conservatory in Padua, Aonzo has played with the Philharmonic Orchestra of La Scala in Milan, the Pomeriggi Musicali of Milan, the Symphony Orchestra of Emilia Romagna, the Carlo Felice Theatre of Genoa, the Lirico Theatre of Cagliari, the Symphony Orchestra of Cannes, and the Nashville Chamber Orchestra.
Among his awards are the Vivaldi first prize at the Vittorio Pitzianti National Mandolin Competition in Venice, and first prize at the Walnut Valley National Mandolin Contest in Winfield Kansas. He has recorded a concert video on the mandolin repertory across the centuries for Mel Bay (Carlo Aonzo: Classical Mandolin Virtuoso). Other recording projects on turn-of-the-century mandolin repertory include Serenata, with Beppe Gambetta on harp-guitar; and Traversata, with David Grisman on American mandolin. In 2007 he released his latest recording, the acclaimed Kaze, with guitarist Katsumi Nagaoka, which they presented on their concert tour of Japan. Each year he organizes and teaches at an international mandolin workshop in New York and in 2006 he began the International Italian Academy for the Mandolin.
As a researcher, he has worked on the origins of his instrument and has collaborated with the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. He edited musical publications for Bèrben publishers. He gives presentations on the iconography of the mandolin, in institutions such as Yale University, Boston University, and the National Instrument Museum in Rome.
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