Marcello Gatti

Marcello Gatti serves as Professor of Historical Flute at Mozarteum University Salzburg's Department of Wind & Percussion Instruments. An internationally recognized performer specializing in Renaissance through Romantic repertoire on period instruments, he maintains an active dual career in both academia and performance.

His research focuses on historical performance practice across multiple musical eras, with particular expertise in traverso technique and interpretation. Gatti's scholarly work manifests primarily through his extensive discography and collaborations with leading period-instrument ensembles including Europa Galante, Accademia Bizantina, and Ensemble Aurora.

The 15 most recent recordings demonstrate his evolving expertise across musical periods:

• Renaissance: Chamber works like 'Le Parler et le Silence' showcase his mastery of early flute consort repertoire
• Baroque: Major projects including Lully/Charpentier's 'Idylle sur la Paix' and Monteverdi's 'Vespro'
• Classical: Mozart opera collaborations and Schubert sacred works
• Romantic: Verdi, Moniuszko and Mendelssohn-Schumann symphonic projects

His performance methodology consistently emphasizes historically informed techniques while maintaining artistic expressivity, particularly noted for 'sensitive cantabile' phrasing across diverse repertoire.

Professor Gatti maintains significant teaching commitments beyond his Mozarteum position, regularly instructing at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena and the Fondazione Italiana Musica Antica in Urbino. His performance career includes over 80 documented productions with specialized ensembles including Ensemble Zefiro, Europa Galante, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, and L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra.