Chamber music occupies a special place in his work, and he shares the stage with artists such as pianists Frédéric Vaysse-Knitter, François Dumont, Alexandre Léger, Eric Le Sage, Franck Braley, Samuele Sgambaro, harpsichordists Kenneth Weiss, Elisabetta Guglielmin, Emmanuel Rousson, organists Daniel Roth, Ghislain Leroy, Damien Simon, Pierre-Yves Fleury, and harpists Valéria Kafelnikof, Aurélie Saraf, Catherine Michel, guitarist Caroline Delume, cellists Frédéric and Florent Audibert, Hélène Dautry, Peter Szabo, violinists Catherine Jacquet, Marie Charvet, Oswald Sallaberger, Jan Orawiec, percussionist Claudio Bettinelli, the Béla, Cambini, Van Kuijk and Voce quartets, the L’Instant Donné ensemble, the Ensemble Calliopée and the Siècles soloists.
He performs in prestigious halls and theatres throughout the world: Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Carnegie Hall in New York, Berlin Philharmonie, Victor Albert Hall in London (BBC Proms), Philharmonie de Paris, Théâtre des Champs – Elysées, Théâtre du Châtelet, Salle Pleyel, Seattle Benaroya Hall, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Tonhalle Zürick, Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice, Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, Semper Oper in Dresden, Prinzregententheater in Munich, Philharmonie in Cologne, Philharmonie in Essen, Würzburger Residenz, Kursaal in San Sebastien, Glocke – Bremen Konzerthaus, Seattle Benaroya Hall, Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley, Royce Hall in Los Angeles, Tokyo International Forum.
As a soloist, he has performed numerous concertos, including Mozart’s concertos, Telemann’s Overture Suite and Conclusion, Devienne’s concertos, Rodrigo’s Concierto Pastoral, J. S. Bach’s Suite in B minor and 5th Brandenburg Concerto, Couperin’s Concerts Royaux, and L. Bernstein’s Halil.
He has made numerous internationally acclaimed recordings, notably with Les Siècles, as well as the Presto! television series for France 2, available on DVD. Several recordings and live radio broadcasts for France Musique, with the Orchestre National de France and in chamber music. His album dedicated to Claude Debussy as a flute and piano duo, for the KLARTHE label, has been hailed by the critics.
Gionata Sgambaro teaches at the École Supérieure de Musique Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, the CRR de Boulogne-Billancourt and the CRD d’Aulnay-sous-Bois. He was Director of Studies at the ESM Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, after teaching flute and chamber music at the Pont Supérieur – Pôle d’Enseignement Supérieur Bretagne – Pays de la Loire and the CRR de Rennes. He is a member of juries at the Paris and Lyon Conservatoires. He gives master classes in Italy, Germany, France and Turkey.
As a composer, his catalogue includes instrumental and vocal works, premiered at the CRR in Rennes, the Carrière de Normandoux (Poitiers), the Festicantus vocal festival in Bourg en Bresse, the Hochschule in Karlsruhe, the Théâtre de Chartres and the Triangle in Rennes.
He trained at the Conservatoire de Vicence (Italy) in flute (Antonio Carraro) and composition (Paolo Giuliani), at the Conservatoire National de Région de Rueil-Malmaison (Philippe Pierlot, Jean Michel Damase), at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon (Philippe Bernold, Robert Thuillier, Sergio Menozzi, Jean Louis Capezzali), the Haute École de Musique de Genève – baroque flute (Serge Saitta), the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy at the University of Padua, and working with musicians such as Aurèle Nicolet, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Glauco Cambursano, Alain Marion, Raymond Guiot, Maxence Larrieu, Conrad Klemm, Trevor Wye, Emmanuel Pahud, Barthold Kuijken, and conductors Ernst Schelle and Zolt Nagy.
As a composer, his catalogue includes instrumental and vocal works, premiered at the CRR in Rennes, the Carrière de Normandoux (Poitiers), the Festicantus vocal festival in Bourg en Bresse, the Hochschule in Karlsruhe, the Théâtre de Chartres and the Triangle in Rennes.
He trained at the Conservatoire de Vicence (Italy) in flute (Antonio Carraro) and composition (Paolo Giuliani), at the Conservatoire National de Région de Rueil-Malmaison (Philippe Pierlot, Jean Michel Damase), at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon (Philippe Bernold, Robert Thuillier, Sergio Menozzi, Jean Louis Capezzali), the Haute École de Musique de Genève – baroque flute (Serge Saitta), the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy at the University of Padua, and working with musicians such as Aurèle Nicolet, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Glauco Cambursano, Alain Marion, Raymond Guiot, Maxence Larrieu, Conrad Klemm, Trevor Wye, Emmanuel Pahud, Barthold Kuijken, and conductors Ernst Schelle and Zolt Nagy.
