Calogero Palermo

Calogero Palermo is the Principal Clarinet of the prestigious Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam. At a very young age, he already held this position in the Orchestra of the Teatro V. Bellini of Catania, successively in the Orchestra of the Teatro dell’Opera of Rome and in the National Orchestra of France in Paris, benefiting from the experience of prestigious conductors such as Kurt Masur, Mariss Jansons, Valery Gergiev, Sir Colin Davis, Yuri Temirkanov, Daniele Gatti, Herbert Blomstedt, John Eliot Gardiner, Klaus Makela, Daniel Harding, Andris Nelsons, Iván Fischer, Neemi Järvi, Charles Dutoit and Riccardo Muti, playing in the most important concert halls in Europe, Asia, Africa and America.
Winner of the Jeunesses Musicales International Competition in Bucharest and many other prizes in the most important Italian Clarinet Competitions, he has an intense solo career playing with orchestras such as the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, North Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra, Sinfonica LaVerdi di Milano, Orchestra del Teatro Bellini di Catania, Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Colibrì Ensemble, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Györ Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese and Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana.
For years he has been a member of the Quintetto di fiati Santa Cecilia – Concertgebouw with Andrea Oliva, Francesco di Rosa, Andrea Zucco, Guglielmo Pellarin and has many chamber music collaborations with musicians and groups such as Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Giovanni Sollima, Ellen Corver, Gringolts Quartet, Quartetto d’archi della Scala, Camerata RCO, Aron Quartett, Roma Opera Ensemble.
His repertoire, which ranges from Mozart to contemporary, also includes authors who have composed pieces dedicated to him such as Luis Bacalov, Renato Chiesa, Claudio Cimpanelli, Antonio Fraioli and Nunzio Ortolano.
He has recorded for B.M.G. Ricordi, Riverberi Sonori, Fonè, Accord for música-Roma, Trio Zecchini, Wicky Edition, Cristal Records, Gutman Records, Brilliant Classics, BIS Record, Cypres Records and A.I.C.
Many of his performances have been broadcast on radio and television: RAI, Vatican Radio, Romanian National Television, Radio Clásica RNE, Radio France, RadioTre, France Musique, RaiTrade and NPO Radio 4.
He dedicates himself with special passion to teaching activities, which see him involved in numerous Masterclasses both in Italian and international Conservatories: Mozarteum Salzburg, CRR de Paris, University of Gothenburg, Conservatoire de Lyon, Tokyo University of the Arts, Malmö Academy of Music, Conservatori Liceu de Barcelona, IMEP Institut Supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie de Namur, College of Music Mahidol University Bangkok, Manhattan School of Music New York, Sibelius Academy Helsinki, Luca School of Arts Leuven, Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag and Conservatorium van Amsterdam.
He is regularly invited to the annual courses of the Accademia Scatola Sonora in Rome and to the summer courses of the Ticino Musica and Musica Riva Festival.
He is the author of the didactic text Soli d’orchestra for clarinet with piano accompaniment published by Riverberi Sonori.
Calogero Palermo is a Buffet Crampon, A. Licostini and D’Addario Woodwinds artist.