Principal Clarinet of the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Alessandro Carbonare lived in Paris for 15 years while serving as Principal Clarinet of the Orchestre National de France. As guest Principal Clarinet he has also played with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and New York Philarmonic Orchestra.

A winner of major international competitions (Geneve, Prague, Toulon, ARD Munich, Paris, among others) and a two-time recipient of the Diapason d’Or, Carbonare has served on the juries of the world’s most prestigious competitions for his instrument.

He has appeared as soloist with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, National Orchestra of Spain, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester, Bayerischer Rundfunk Munich, Wien Sinfonieta, National Orchestra of France, Berlin Radio Orchestra and all the major orchestras in ltaly.

At the personal invitation of Claudio Abbado, Carbonare serves as Principal Clarinet of both the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and the Orchestra Mozart. Their collaboration extended to acclaimed recording projects for Deutsche Grammophon, notably Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto K.622 conducted by Abbado, which earned a Grammy Award in 2013. His discography also includes The Art of the Clarinet and Invenzioni, released on Decca.

Carbonare is not only an active classical musician, but also involved in jazz and klezmer projects. He has collaborated with many famous friends a variety of musical styles, including Leonidas Kavakos, Yuja Wang, Pinkas Zuckerman, Alexander Lonquich, Lang Lang, Martha Argherich and his jazz collaborations include the likes of Paquito D’ Rivera, Luis Sclavis, Enrico Pieranunzi and Stefano Bollani.

As a dedicated educator, he has taught as a guest professor at The Juilliard School in New York and the Royal College of Music in London, and currently holds a professorship at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena.

Deeply committed to music education as a tool for social development, he collaborated with Claudio Abbado on social initiatives involving the El Sistema movement, assisting the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra and youth orchestras across Venezuela.