Gianluca Farina is the newly appointed principal trumpet of Sarasota Orchestra. Previously, he spent three years as a trumpet fellow at the New World Symphony.
Gianluca has made multiple guest appearances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, The Florida Orchestra, and Nu Deco Ensemble, and has also performed side-by-side with members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.While studying in Los Angeles, Gianluca has held principal trumpet positions with the American Youth Symphony and the Young Musicians Foundation's Debut Chamber Orchestra. Gianluca has spent his summers performing with the Tanglewood Music Center, the Pacific Music Festival Academy Orchestra under Maestro Valery Gergiev, the National Repertory Orchestra under Carl Topilow, and the National Orchestral Institute and Festival.
Gianluca's principal teachers were Alex Jokipii of the Buffalo Philharmonic, Thomas Rolfs of the Boston Symphony, and James Wilt of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Hometown: Nesconset, New York (Long Island)
First year with Sarasota Orchestra: 2022
Instrument: Bb trumpet - 1947 NY Bach Stradivarius 37 with a #7 leadpipe C trumpet - 2016 Bach Artisan Stradivarius with a Yamaha NY Gen 2 leadpipe and tuning slide Rotary trumpet - Weimann Passion C, gold plated Eb/D trumpet- 2013 Bach Artisan Stradivarius A/Bb piccolo - 2013 Schilke P5-4 "Butler-Geyer" model, with a stock Bb leadpipe, and a Blackburn P2 leadpipe pitched in A My mouthpieces for Bb trumpet and piccolo are original designs from Vennture Mouthpieces, and my Eb, C, and Rotary mouthpieces were handmade in Japan by Toshiaki Kameyama.
Education: State University of New York at Fredonia - Bachelor of Music in Education c/o 2015; New England Conservatory of Music - Master of Music in Trumpet Performance c/o 2017; Colburn School - Artist Diploma in Trumpet Performance c/o 2019
Career Highlights: Getting told by the associate conductor of the Mariinsky Theatre that my solo in Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto was 'very not bad.' Playing principal on Scheherazade under Maestra Xian Zhang with the Colburn Orchestra, and then playing principal on Prokofiev's Sixth Symphony Symphony with her at New World. She remembered me! Ending my time with the New World Symphony by playing principal on Mahler's Fifth Symphony. Believe it or not, getting to meet one of my idols, Phil Smith, after winning my audition here.
Passions and Interests: Working out, cooking, trying new craft beers, playing guitar, exploring new cities.
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