Anton Dressler

ANTON DRESSLER described by the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, as a clarinetist of “Spellbinding sensibility”, with a “superb intonation, a unique sense of intimacy” priced by the Bologna “Resto del Carlino”. His appearances as soloist include such countries as Great Britain, Italy, Belgium, Germany, France, Russia, Sweden, Israel and Taiwan, performing with Mischa Maisky, Julian Rachlin, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Boris Petrushansky, Itamar Golan, Daniel Müller-Schott, Ingrid Fliter, Vladimir Spivakov, Pavel Vernikov, Alexander Gindin, Olga Kern, S.Petersburg Quartet, Aviv Quartet, Moscow Chamber Orchestra (K.Orbelian), Four Seasons Chamber Orchestra (V.Bulakhov), Piccola Sinfonica di Milano (S.Lucarelli) etc. He participated in different music festivals such as “Festival Dei Due Mondi” in Spoleto, “Portogruaro Festival”, “ Da Bach a Bartok”, “Emilia-Romagna Festival”, “Colmar Festival”, “Four Seasons” in S. Petersburg, “Russian Winter” in Moscow. Mr. Dressler has joint various orchestras as first clarinet such as "Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra", "Moscow Conservatory Virtuosi" (J. Bashmet), “Padova e Veneto” chamber orchestra, "Orchestra da Camera di Mantova", “Pomeriggi Musicali” Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica di Savona, etc. He took part in the one-year postgraduate orchestra masterclasses at the La Scala Academy participating as a first clarinet in different projects of opera and symphonic music at the Teatro Alla Scala, Milan. Deeply committed to the chamber music repertoire, he is one of the founding members of the “Kaleido Ensemble”, formed by first class musicians, soloists from different European Orchestras such as La Scala - Milan, Santa Cecilia - Roma, Rai of Turin, Orchestra Mozart - Bologna, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Born in Moscow in 1974. He concluded his studies at the Moscow Conservatory under the leadership of L.Mikhailov and V.Sokolov; at the Bologna Conservatory with Italo Cappicchioni; participated in master classes by A. Pay, S. & W. Meyer, E. Daniels, F. Meloni and V. Mariozzi. He has won first prizes in competitions such as the “Young Talents of Soviet Union” in Russia, International Competition in Stresa (Italy), “Ponchielli Competition” in Cremona, “ Rovere d’Oro” (Italy). He was awarded the Diploma of Promising Soloist in International Clarinet Competition in Markneukirchen (Germany), second price at the International Music Tournament (T.I.M.) and the third prize at the " Valentino Bucchi" International Competition in Rome. Devoted to the music of our time, Mr. Dressler has premiered numerous work and several composers such as U.Brener, E.Podgaiz, M.Bronner, A.Rosenblat, E.Galperin, A.Chaikovsky, have dedicated their compositions to him. He currently lives in Milan, Italy, with his partner, pianist Ingrid Fliter, and teaches at the postgraduate clarinet courses at the Cremona Institute of Music.