Prof. Patrick De Ritis Born 15.12.1959 in France Grew up in Italy Education in Austria and Italy Lives in Vienna and Pescara
Education
Patrick de Ritis started at the age of 8 years with piano lessons and with 13 years with intensive bassoon-training. For some years he played both instruments and later on with 17 he dedicated himself to the study oft he bassoon fulltime. He studied bassoon among others: – at the the Conservatory Santa Cecilia in Rome with Marco Costantini – Mozarteum, Salzburg with Milan Turkovic – with Klaus Klaus Thurnemann And direction among others with: – Michael Dittrich – Franco Ferrara
Carrer and International Performances
1978 – Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese, Italy – won the competition for the for the place as first solo-bassoonist, afterwards engagement till 1982 1978 – taught at the Conservatory in Lecce, Italy 1982 – Orchestra Regionale Toscana , Italy – won the competition for the place as first solo-bassoonist 1985 – RAI A. Scarlatti in Neapel, Italy – won the competition for the for the place as first solo-bassoonist, afterwards engagement till 1987 1987 – Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Italien – won the competition for the for the place as first solo-bassoonist, afterwards engagement till 1989 1987 – 1st prize, Kammermusikwettbewerb Martigny, Schweiz numeros concerts as soloist Konzerte im Schweizer Rundfunk 1989 – Rundfunkorchester RAI, Rom, Italien – engagement as first solo-basoonist and concerts as soloist till 1990 1990 – Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Wiener Symphoniker, Austria – won the competition for the place as first solo-bassoonist, afterwards engagement till today
– Engagement as first solo-basoonist in the Vienna Symphony Orchestra since 1990 – Ensemble member of the Chamber Orchestra Wiener Concert-Verein since 1990 – Founder and Artistic Director of the wind-ensemble Pratar Ensemble from 1982 to 1990 – Founder and Artistic Director of the wind-ensemble European Wind Soloists since 1990 – Founding member, artistic director and Vice-President of the Chamber Orchestra Concertino Wien, Members of the Vienna Symphony Orcestra since 2009 – Founding member and artistic director of the Quinteto Briccaldi since 1987 – Founding member and artistic director of the Trio Jean Francaix since 2013
Carrer as a Soloist
Besides performing as a soloist alongside the Vienna Symphony Orchestra with world famous conductors such as Georges Prêtre, Vladimir Fedosjev, Wolfgang Sawallisch and Maris Janson in Russia, Japan, the USA, Europe and Asia, Patrick de Ritis’ has had a very active career as soloist and conductor with many world-class orchestras:
Solo-Concerts international with following Orchestras, excerpt
Orchester Santa Cecilia Rome, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana Lugano, Chamber Orchestra Bozen, Teatro „La Fenice“ Venice Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (OSESP), Bilkent Symphony Orchestra Ankara, Wiener Concert-Verein, Concertino Wien, Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano, Orchestra da Camera di Palermo, Philharmonic Orchestra Bucharest, Philharmonic Orchestra Bratislava, Theater Würzburg, Orquestra Nacional de Catalunya, Philharmonic Orchestra Lublin, Philharmonic Orchestra Botosani
1996 – World Premiere Peter Maxwell Davies Concert for Bassoon and Orchestra unter dessen Leitung, Wiener Musikverein. 2008 – Ankara, First Premiere Rossini Bassoon Concert 2008 – Tournee in Spain with the Orchestra Toscanini di Parma conducted by Lorin Maazel 2009 – Sao Paulo – Solo Concert with the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maestro John Neshling, First Premiere Verdi Bassoon Concert 2010 – Orchestra de i Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano, Italy 2011 – Concertino Wien, Tournee through Italy as a soloist and conductor 2012 – Solo-concert with Dimirij Kitajenko, recording of the disc ‚ Mozart, Grieg & Telemann LIVE aus dem Casino Baumgarten’ , Vienna, Austria 2012 – Solo-concert, Verdi and Rossini bassoon concertos with I Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano, Italy 2014 – Recital at the Conservatory of Peking 2014 – Soloist and conductor oft the Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese, Italy 2014 – Solo-concert and recording oft he disc for Bassoon and Orchstra by Anthony de Ritis, with the Boston Modern Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gill Rose, Boston, USA 2014 – Solo-Concert, Mozart Bassoon Concert with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Musikverein Wien, Austria 2014 – Solo-concert and recording for NAXOS-USA, Bassoon-concerts Verdi, Rossini and Paganini, Theater Würzburg, Germany 2014 – Concert for bassoon, flute and string orchestra by Telemann‚ with the chamber orchestra Concertino Wien, Konzerthaus Vienna, Austria 2015 – Wiener Symphoniker Quintett, Konzerthaus Wien, Austria 2015 – Soloist and conductor oft the Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese, Italy 2015 – Solo-concert with the string orchestra of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Musikverein Wien 2015 – Wiener Symphoniker Quintett, Festival Bregenz, Austria 2015 – Solo-concert, recital French Composers oft the 1900’s, Festival Federico Cesi, Bevagna, Italy 2015 – Solo-concert with Adam Fischer, Konzerthaus Vienna, Austria 2015 – Wiener Symphoniker Quintett, Festival Stresa, Italy 2015 – Solo-concert, recital French Composers oft the 1900’s, Matera, Italy 2015 – Solo-concert at the Mozart Saal, Konzerthaus Wien 2016 – Wiener Symphoniker Quintett, Festival Bregenz, Austria 2016 – Orchesta Sinfonica di Bari, as conductor and soloist 2016 – Soloist with the Chamber Orchestra Wiener Concert-Verein, Tour through Italy and Austria
Conductor and Soloist international with following Orchestras, excerpt
Orchestra Sinfonica di Pesaro Orchestra Sinfonica di Bari Camerata di Fiesole Vienna Symphony Orchestra Radio Symphonic Orchestra Bratislava Wiener Concert-Verein Concertino Wien Matav Orchestra Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra Lublin Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese Symphonic Orchestra Granada Lublin Philharmony Theater Würzburg Theatro Maruchino de Chieti Voronezh State Symphony Orchestra
European Wind Soloists, since 1990 numeros concerts throughout Europe, excerpt – Festival de Musica Pescara, Italy – Festival di Reate, Italy – Italy Tournee, 2007 – Eggenberger Schlosskonzerte 2009, Graz, Austria – Austria Tournee, 2009 – Odsherred Kammermusik Festival, Dänemark – Festival de Musica Atri, Italy 2014 – Eggenberger Schlosskonzerte, Graz, Austria 2015 – Pescara, Italy, 2015
Teaching Assignments
Since more than 25 years Patrick de Ritis is Docent for bassoon and chamber musicat the University L. d’Annunzio in Pescara Furthermore he has been teaching at – different conervatories of Italy – Lyceo de Bercelona, Spanien – Karlsruhe, Deutschland – Ankara Bilkent Conservatory – yearly worldwide guest lectures and bassoon masterclasses – Docent for basoon at the Prayner Conservatory Vienna – Monthly Bassoon Masterclasses in the Conservatorio Aria de Musica, Rome, Italy
Discography
– Slovart Records, CD Concerts for Bassoon with the Bratislava Chambersoloists and conductor Michael Dittrich – Studio Bongiovanni, Bologna: CD recording oft he complete works for wind quintett by Giulio Briccialdi with Dante Milozzi. This disc was elected the best classic-CD oft he month in an italian music-gazetta. Published 1980’s – BRICCIALDI, GIULIO, DANZI, FRANZ IGNAZ: Tre quintetti op. 124, op. 10 nn. 2-3 per flauto, oboe, clarinetto, corno e fagotto, Quintetto n. 1 op. 56, published 1980’s – Tactus, conducted by Dirk Vermeulen with the Wiener Concertverein: CD ‚Bellafronte: Concerti’ – Preiser Records, conducted by Dimitrij Kitajenko with Concertino Wien: CD ‚Mozart, Grieg & Telemann LIVE aus dem Casino Baumgarten’ – Naxos USA, CD in production Bassoon Concerts Rossini, Verdi & Paganini with the Theater Würzburg conducted Enrico Carlesso. Published in 2015 – Naxos USA, CD in production: ‚Italian Opera’ with the Ensemble European Wind Soloists. Published in 2015 – Boston Modern Symphony Orchestra‚Pop Concerto’, Concerto for Bassoon and Orchstra by Anthony de Ritis with the Boston Modern Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gill Rose. Published in 2016