CURRICULUM VITAE
| Name: Domenico Carlo Melchiorre |
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| Date of birth: 19/10/1982 | ||
| Birthplace: Basel, Switzerland | ||
| Nationality: Swiss, Italian | ||
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Domenico Melchiorre is Solo-Timpanist of the "Symphony Orchestra Basel" since 2007.
He worked among others under the direction of Pierre Boulez, Dennis Russell Davies, Peter Eötvös, Mario Venzago, Nello Santi, Michail Pletnew, Baldo Bodic, James Avery, Kai Bumann, Valery Gergiev, Maxim Schostakowitsch, Heinz Holliger, Jean Deroyer.
Domenico studied at the Musikhochschule Freiburg im Breisgau with Prof. Bernhard Wulff, Prof. Taijiro Miyazaki and Prof. Pascal Pons.
From 2007 to 2010 he was lecturer at the Music Universitiy of Lugano.
Competitions:
| 1999, 2001, 2003 winner of the " Schweizerischer Perkussionisten Wettbewerb " | |
| 2002 | Won first prize as Soloist with the Percussion ensemble PPP in the "Schweizerischen Musikwettbewerb für Jugendliche" |
| 2003 | First prize in the " Oesterreichischen Perkussionisten Wettbewerb " |
| 2006 | Semi-finalist at the " Premier Concours International de Timbales de Lyon" |
| Recepient of the " Carl Seemann-Preis " Freiburg | |
| Prizewinner at the competition for Schlagzeuger und Dialogpartner with the newly formed Percussion duo EARDRUM in Morschen. | |
| 1. Prize at the german Musikhoschulwettbewerb in Bremen with the Percussion duo EARDRUM. | |
Other projects:
| 2004 | Tour of China with the Percussion ensemble Freiburg |
| Tour of Mongolia with the Percussion ensemble Freiburg | |
| 2005 |
Permanent member (2005-2010) of the "Ensemble Laboratorium" |
| Permanent member of the " Lucerne Festival Percussion Group ", the today's ENSEMBLE XII | |
| Tour in Spain with the "Ensemble Laboratorium" | |
| 2006 | Concerts with the Ensemble SURPLUS at the Festival Chiffren in Kiel |
| Lucerne Festival Orchestra under the direction of Pierre Boulez | |
| Concerts with the "Lucerne Festival Percussion Group" at the Lucerne Festival and the Festival Klangspuren in Schwaz (Oesterreich). | |
| Concert tour in Vietnam with the Percussion duo EARDRUM | |
| As prizewinners of the competition "Schlagzeuger und Dialogpartner", a concerttour in Germany as Percussion duo EARDRUM | |
| 2007 | Concerts with the ENSEMBLE LABORATORIUM in Madrid and the Lucerne Eastern Festival. |
| Concerts as EARDRUM Percussion Duo with new works from Nicolaus A. Huber, Gerald Eckert, Dieter Mack, Eugene Craig Ughetti and John Trevinio. | |
| Concert with the ENSEMBLE LABORATORIUM at the Gare du Nord Basel with new works from Francesco Maria Paradiso and Gary Berger. | |
| Concerts with the "Lucerne Festival Percussion Group" at the Lucerne Festival and the Musikfestival Klangspuren in Essen (Germany). | |
| Korea Tour as Percussionduo EARDRUM. | |
| 2008 | Recordings with the ALBERO SONORO at the Studio "Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology" in Zurich. |
| Polen / Ungarn Tour with percussion Solorepertory | |
| Concerts with the "Lucerne Festival Percussion Group" at the Lucerne Festival with new works from Gary Berger and Jan Robin and a special project directed by Fritz Hauser. | |
| "Was einst die Väter der Avantgarde, sind heute die Grossväter..." A five hour percussion night at the theatre of Basel with guests all over the world. | |
| 2009 | Polen / Ungarn Tour with the percussiontrio MADRAS CURRY |
| CD Production with the ENSEMBLE XII (formerly: Lucerne Festival Percussion Group) in San Diego. A recording and documentation des of all the repertory written for the ENSEMBLE XII | |
| 2010 | Concerts as percussiontrio MADRAS CURRY at the Borealis Festival in Norway. |
| CD Production as EARDRUM Percussion Duo at the Bayerischen Rundfunk in Munich. | |
| CD Production as quartet, EARDRUM & Duo D'accord in Lübeck. |