Andrea Bressan
Bassoon
Andrea Bressan is principal bassoon of the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
He has played as principal bassoon with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Cappella Barca, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala in Milan, I Solisti Veneti, Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin, Orchestra sinfonica nazionale della Rai and baroque and classical music with periods instruments with the Venice Baroque Orchestra, Il Concerto Italiano, Il Pomo d’Oro, Balthasar Neumann Ensemble, performing in the main concert halls around the world (Asia, Europe, America) with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Ivan Fischer, Daniel Harding, Franz Velser Most, Fabio Luisi, Jordi Savall, Cristopher Hogwood.
He has collaborated as Principal bassoon with the Orchestra da camera di Mantovasince 2003.
As soloist he got the 1st prize at the Tradate International Competition (1990), the 2nd prize at the Concorso internazionale “Riviera del Conero” (1999) and the 1st prize at the Sàndor Vegh competition in Budapest (2014) performing the main concerts of the repertoire in Europe, South America, Australia, with recordings for the labels Egea, Brilliant, Velut Luna, CPO, Channel Classics. In the field of chamber music he has worked alongside musicians such as Alexander Lonquich, Igor Roma, Domenico Nordio, Franco Petracchi, Enrico Bronzi, Roberto Prosseda, Silvia Careddu.
Over the years he has explored and developed other languages, including jazz improvisation and ethnic music, playing with Paolo Fresu, Markus Stockhausen, Saverio Tasca, Patrizia Laquidara, Mario Arcari.
He is a tenured bassoon teacher at the “F. Dall’Abaco” Conservatory in Verona.
