Raphael Leone
Flute, Piccolo | All of Switzerland
Offer
As an ex-orchestral musician of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, I know the most important repertoire. I am specialised in piccolo, I was solo piccoloist of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. I know every flute repertoire in the orchestra as well.
I like to play with organ; the piccolo fits wonderfully and comes through easily.
I can also be used as a G flutist and I have a wonderful bass flute. (Stravinsky, Daphnis on the G, and Zandonai on the bass flute and modern works like Holliger).
About me
Raphael Leone received his basic musical training as a music teacher in Basel with Joseph Bopp. His career as an orchestral musician began with the Basel Radio Orchestra and led him to the Oslo Philharmonic, the Durban Symphony Orchestra (South Africa) and in 1972 to the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Intensive chamber music activity in Europe, Asia and the USA. In 1988 he taught at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and since 1989 at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. In 1991 he founded the “Österreichische Flötengesellschaft”, of which he is still chairman.
In many workshops, especially for piccolo, he wants to inspire flutists for the smallest instrument, provide literature for piccolo and make access possible also for inexperienced players. (The last piccolo masterclasses were in Buenos Aires, Manila, Bangkok ,Tokyo and Seoul,in Poznan, in Italy at Conservatorio di Pesaro ( 3 times), Trieste, Senigaglia, Bolzano and Latina, Split, Koper, and Manila for the 5th time.
In 2019 he will be in Poland for the 4th time at the Intern. In 2019 he will be in Poland for the 4th time at the International Wind Seminar where he will play recitals and give master classes. In August again at the Bregenz Festival for a masterclass at the IBC .
In many places he played piccolo recitals and concerts with orchestra as soloist (Arlesheim 26/27 Jan, Cremona 16/17 April, Izmir 6/May 2019).
In 1985 Raphael Leone received Austrian citizenship on the basis of special services to the Republic, but he is also still Swiss.
Since 2010 Prof. at the Kalaidos University in Zurich.
Since September 19 he has been a professor of piccolo in Leuven, Belgium.