Musicologist · Flutist · Journalist · Teacher · Author

Telling music from the inside.

I play the modern and the baroque flute, write about records and history, host radio programmes and teach. Different crafts with a single starting point: listening.

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01 — Bio

Between the music stand and the page

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Born in Milan, flutist and musicologist Gabriele Formenti has always worked on two fronts: performing music, and studying and telling its story. After his flute diploma he specialised in the baroque flute and historically informed performance, recording rarely heard works of eighteenth-century Italian instrumental music.

A professional journalist, he writes about music and recordings, hosts programmes on Venice Classic Radio and is the author of historical novels set in the world of music. He holds a permanent post as a music teacher in a lower secondary school and is a tutor at the University of Milano-Bicocca.

Education

Milan ConservatoryFlute diploma, «Giuseppe Verdi» Conservatory
Vicenza ConservatoryThree-year diploma in baroque flute, «Arrigo Pedrollo» Conservatory, with Marcello Gatti
UniversityDegree in Modern Literature, with a thesis in Music History on Pietro Nardini's works for flute
Italfor · 2026Professional qualification as Certified Artificial Intelligence Trainer (advanced training course, Italian Law 4/2013)

02 — Work

Radio, journalism, teaching

Radio · Venice Classic Radio

Passione Barocca

The baroque repertoire told through its recordings, its performers and the choices behind each album.

Prime Note

New releases and interviews with the artists.

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Podcast

Allegro, con Brio!

The magical world of classical music, told every week through interviews, in-depth features and reports.

Journalism

Professional journalist. He has written as a music critic for Classic Voice and Amadeus, and founded and edited the online record-review magazine cdclassico.com.