Aldo Botta
Born in 1994, he began studying the clarinet under the guidance of his father Renato and Maestro Giovanni D'Auria. He graduated with top marks and honours from the 'D. Cimarosa' Conservatory of Music in Avellino under the guidance of Maestro Antonio Napolitano. He specialised with Maestro Calogero Palermo, his lifelong mentor.

He has taken part in orchestral training courses at the JuniOrchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Youth Orchestra of the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome and the Orchestra Academy of the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, with workshop-lessons held by the orchestra's first parts. A winner of numerous national and international competitions from a very young age, he has played for RAI television on several occasions both as a soloist and as an orchestral player.

He has collaborated with the orchestras of the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale in Bologna, 'LaFil' Philharmonic Orchestra of Milan, Orchestra Filarmonica Salernitana of Teatro Verdi in Salerno, Teatro Gesualdo in Avellino, Orchestra L. Cherubini, Orchestra Internazionale della Campania, Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Bulgaria Classic, where he had the opportunity to play with conductors such as R. Muti, Z. Mehta, Y. Abel, J. Bernacer, F. I. Ciampa, M. Boni, R. Abbado, L. Quadrini, P. Nuzzo, N. Paszkowski, M. Seco, A. Pantaneschi, S. Genuini, A. Lonquich, F. Mildenberger, V. Sinaisky, L. Hager, F. Petrac ...