Corps Philharmonique de Châtilon - Aosta

HISTORY OF THE BAND

The Corps Philharmonique de Châtilon was founded in 1780 with the name "Musique" and is one of the few Italian ensembles which dates back to the eighteenth century. Ever since, despite the turbulence of regional and world history, the band has continued its activities without interruption. Indeed, their presence has been noted at all the important events in the Italy and border towns, such as royal family visits, the consecration of the church in 1905, and the return of soldiers from the wars.

Recently, the Corps Philarmonique has focused on the training of its members and benchmarking its programs against those elsewhere in Italy and Europe. In this vein, they have spent time with Maestros with considerable experience and have taken part in exchanges with numerous Italian, French and Spanish bands, as well as giving performances overseas.

The group give a dozen concerts every year. In 2013 they played in Gresoney, on the shores of Lago Gabiet, at 2,300 meters in altitude. This performance was an adaptation, with singers, of the opera "La Traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi, under the direction of Fulvio Creux. In 2014, in the same location, they performed the musical and literary show, "Divina Comedia", with music by Robert Smith and texts by Dante Alighieri. Also in 2014, on behalf of the Consiglio Regionale della Valle d'Aosta, they gave a concert entitled, "Et in Terra Pax", to commemorate the centenary of the start of the First World War.

The activities of the Corps Philarmonique include the running of its own music school and performing as a youth band in the 18th edition of its Music Festival.

BIOGRAPHY OF THE CONDUCTOR

David Enrietti

David Enrietti lives in the Valle de Aosta. He began studying music under the direction of Marco Perfetti (principal clarinet of the San Remo Orchestra), and obtained his diploma in clarinet from the Conservatory of Turin. He went on to teach music, and to study analysis, piano and composition. He has also studied wind orchestra conducting and its historical and current repertoire.

He has taught music in middle and high schools in the Valle de Aosta and has given classes in clarinet and saxophone in various music schools. He has attended numerous master classes in Italy and overseas, taught by maestros such as Eugène Migliaro Corporon, Fulvio Creux, Angelo Bolciaghi, Jan Van Der Roost, Johan De Meij, Lorenzo Della Fonte, Franco Cesarini, Ronald Johnson, Ferrer Ferran, Douglas Bostock, and José Rafael Pascual Vilaplana.

He has conducted l'Antica Musica dei Vigili del Fuoco of Turin in various concerts in Italy (Lingotto di Torino, Basilica Superiore di Assisi) and in Hungary (Budapest). He was also assistant director of the Ivrea division of the Fanfara dell'Aeronautica and director of the Banda Musicale Città Caluso (To). He plays the clarinet and bass clarinet in local bands and with the Orchestre d'Harmonie du Val d'Aoste and the Ars Nova Ensemble. Since 1993 he has been the director of the Corps Philharmonique de Châtillon and taught in its music school.