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Renato Bizzotto, Oboe player modifier

Renato Bizzotto [1](born in 1963 in Switzerland) was destined to a career of professional footballer when he started oboe at the age of 17. He studied the oboe with Prof. Peter Fuchs and Kurt Meier, and did masterclasses with Ingo Goritzki and others.

Renato Bizzotto has a wealth of experience as a solo oboist and orchestra musician (e.g. Zurich Symphonic Orchestra, Aargau Symphonic Orchestra, Shanghai Radio Orchestra, Beijing Symphonic Orchestra, Opera Orchestra Zurich).

He has performed extensively with orchestras, chamber music ensembles and as a soloist throughout Asia and Europe. He is a member of the Aargau Wind Soloists and organizes international master classes for oboists and bassoonists (www.murimasterclasses.ch) as well as events on the Herzberg near Aarau.

Renato Bizzotto is the artistic director of the Musik im Festsaal series offered by Murikultur and currently first oboe of Zurich Symphonic Orchestra.

He is the founder of the Muri Competition (founded in 2013). The Muri Competition is an international competition for young oboists and bassoonists. Selected by a competent pre-jury, 40 candidates each at most are invited to present themselves to an international top-class jury and to compete for one of the much looked for, generous scholarships.

Renato Bizzotto is the artistic director of the ensemble Bizzotto & Friends. With his son Leonardo Bizzotto, bassoon player, they started to enlarge the ensemble as the Bläsersolisten Aargau, and wellknown musicians such as Albrecht Mayer (from Berlin Philharmonic), Dimitry Ashkenazy (European Soloist Ensemble), Alexey Botvin, played with Bizzotto & Friends. They gave concerts in many countries in and outside Europe in various formations such as duo, trio, quartet, quintets and with chamber orchestras.

  1. (de) Bettina Leemann, « Das Freiamt – eine Heimat », sur www.freiamtplus.ch (consulté le )