Paolo Ferraris

Paolo Ferraris began his flute studies at the age of seven with Maria Teresa Mossina. After studying at the Conservatorio di Musica Giacomo Puccini in Gallarate, Italy, under Maurizio Valentini, he continued his artistic training at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome with Andrea Oliva and in Biella with Davide Formisano. He then completed a master’s degree with Felix Renggli at the Conservatory of Lugano, Switzerland. He attended masterclasses with Sir James Galway, Peter Lukas Graf, and Paolo Taballione.

In 2014, he was a member of the Italian Youth Orchestra, and in 2016 an academy member of the Orchestra of La Scala in Milan. Additionally, he performed with orchestras such as the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI in Turin, the Orchestra Filarmonica del Teatro Regio in Turin, the Orchestra Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale in Bologna, and the Orchestra del Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, collaborating with conductors including Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Christoph Eschenbach, and Jeffrey Tate.

He has won several prizes at international competitions and performed at various music festivals, including the Japan Opera Festival in Nagoya. Since the 2021/22 season, he has been deputy principal flutist of the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln.