Michel Tirabosco, Pan Pipes

Biography

Born
in Rome Italy in 1968, Michel Tirabosco settled in Geneva, Switzerland. He
studied at the Geneva Conservatory, where he became the first student ever
student to carry out a transverse flute certificate with the panpipes. This, as
well as his Musical Diploma at the Geneva Higher Conservatory and a Panpipes
Master Diploma at the Higher Institute of Music in Geneva, have awarded Michel
many prizes. He currently gives master classes and teaches students in
professional classes in different conservatories and academies.

 Michel
Tirabosco has continued his career of soloist and concert performer since
the the age of 14. At 16, he played his first concerto as a soloist with a
symphony orchestra and recorded his first disc. Because of his talent, the
press considered him the young wonder of the panpipes.

 At the
age of 18, he began his career as a soloist at the sides of famous artists,
such as the violin-cellist Christian Benda and the actor Jean-Luc Bideau. He
toured with Marcel Cellier, producer of Gheorge Zamfir. He recorded
two CDs with Andre Luy, the organist of the Lausanne cathedral, and the
celebrated harpist Chantal Mathieu. Then, he left on tour for South America
and Europe with the Argentinian pianist Miguel Angel Estrella.

Since
1993, he has regularly been invited to the castle of Bourglinster to
play in the presence of the Duke of Luxembourg. He was selected to give
the closing concert for th Contest of Composition of the Marie Queen of
Italy. In 1997, in collaboration with the Embassy from Switzerland in
Washington, he carried out a tour of twelve concerts in the United States,
in particular the prestigious Myra Hess Concert in Chicago. In 1998, he
was also invited by the Orchestra of the European Communities to
interpret, in Turkey, the Concerto for flute, harp and orchestra of W.A.
Mozart.

Since
2000, agency in Hortnagel concerts celebrates him and regularly invites
him to perform in Munich and Nuremberg, in duet and quartet. Propelled onto the
international scene, he takes part in many concerts and festivals, the most
important ones being those of Delft and De Bron (Netherlands), Ljubljana
(Slovenia), Denver and Atlanta (the United States), Arles (France), Melbourne
and Port Fairy (Australia), (New Caledonia), Varna and Bourgas (Bulgaria), Sao
Luis (Brazil). Lugano and Folia-Rougemont (Swiss). Contemporary composers
write for him.