Pietro Tagliaferri graduated from the Conservatory of Piacenza with the highest  possible grades, he studied at the Chigiana Musical Academy of Siena with Garbarino and at the International Academy of Biella with Anthony Pay. He also earned a degree in musicology summa cum laude. Winner of numerous national and international competitions, he maintains an impressive schedule of concerts, both as a soloist and as a chamber musician,  in Italy and abroad (Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Polonia, Austria, Sweden, United States, Mexico, China). Many composers have written works for him. He has made numerous recordings for Fonit Cetra, Rusty Records, Millennio, Bottega Discantica, Stradivarius, Cdpm Lions Records, Rai Radiouno. From 1991-2005 he was musical consultant for Mediaset channels, he work  prodigiously as producer and sound engineer in the recording industry, with about 70 cd published. Since 2005, he is a famous video director. He published many DVD’s for Sony, Decca. Since 2009 he is director and producer of the videos of the Filarmonica della Scala. His videos (about 100) are transmitted by Rai5, Sky Classica and Stingray Brava. Having won the ministerial competition, he teaches clarinet at the Nicolini Conservatory of Piacenza. Pietro Tagliaferri is a Patricola artist. (www.pietrotagliaferri.it)