Italian bassoonist Paolo Carlini is among a small fraternity of artists considered world class on this difficult instrument. He studied with <a href="spotify:artist:0HLqp813o9kv2t8JtVLH4a">Klaus Thunemann</a>, Michael Werba, and Marco Constantini and graduated from the Conservatorio di Musica Frescobaldi di Ferrara. While he played the bassoon in a multitude of orchestras in Italy, Carlini established himself as a chamber musician, which has brought him around the world, frequently as a member of the period-instrument group <a href="spotify:artist:1k1AM2ESRQseVAj6rvBdtx">I Virtuosi Italiani</a>. Carlini has served very conspicuously as an advocate of contemporary music for his instrument and has commissioned works from <a href="spotify:artist:5M1ZBrPeHjV8y3qFKnq7hO">Luciano Berio</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3WYaVkaqreSv0ARzFzXDoW">Jean Françaix</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1MFVgpyMtMcGIUZ8EPGjXK">Sylvano Bussotti</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:2NmexLa0KPYne2ZeinmeUV">Alessandro Solbiati</a>, among others. Carlini has recorded for Chandos, Bongiovanni, Tactus, Fonè, Edipan, Materiali Sonori, Frame, and Diapason. Carlini is on the faculty of the Instituto Musicale Mascagni in Livorno