Organist, Harpsicordist

Born
in
Treviso
the 26th of
February 1967
, Gianandrea Pauletta learned music at the Venice Conservatory. There he
obtained brightly the diploma of Prepolyphonical Music (Gregorian songs),
Organ Interpretation, Organ
Composition, (with full marks) and the
Superior
Diploma of Composition.
He also studied Orchestral Direction in
Bologna
.
He
has taken advanced courses with masters as Radulescu and Tagliavini. He obtained
consecutively in 1985 and 1986 the first price of the National Organ
Competition of Noale (
Italy
). Finalist in the A.
Bruckner International Competition of
Linz
(1986), he won the C.
Franck Kaltern International Competition (1990).
He was really young when he began a musical activity. At twelve years old,
he was organist at the San Felice Church, and he was the holder of the San
Giorgio Maggiore Basilica Organ at thirteen. He began his organ activity on this
instrument. Thereafter he gave concerts in Europe on organ or harpsichord, as a
solist or with an orchestra (la Fenice theatre orchestra of Venice,
Solisti Veneti, Interpreti Veneziani, Offerta
Musicale).
His musical activity got rich when he was conductor and director of the
string orchestra Nova Accademia Veneta from 1985 to 1995.
Simultaneously, he was conducting the Ensemble Vocale choir of
Venice
. At the same period he
formed and conducted the Gregorian choir Jucunda Laudatio of
Venice
.
Among his recordings, it needs to be enlightened the six Trio.sonatas and the
Passacaglia (J.S. Bach) performed on pedal-harpsicord.
Organ teacher at the
Cagliari
conservatory (1992-1994), he
also taught organ and organ composition at the Treviso Diocesan Institute of
sacred music (1989-2000).
He
actively collaborates at the conservation and restoration of organs in
Venetia. He
is now organist at the
Casale-sul-sile
Church
(near
Treviso
) where he lives. He
created and conducted the contemporary music ensemble Ad Hoc. He
is a member of the Teclas Ensemble, group of four compositors-interprets
characterised by the exclusive utilisation of keyboard instruments (organ,
piano, harpsichord and synthesizer) for contemporary works interpretation.
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