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Andrea Lucchi has been Principal Trumpet of the "Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia" since January 2003 when he won the orchestra audition; he previously held the same position at the RAI Symphonic Orchestra between 1996 and 2002. He has also played as guest Principal Trumpet with the "Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala", the "Maggio Musicale Fiorentino" Orchestra and the NDR Sinfonieorchester in Hamburg. He began studying with his father, Orio Lucchi; he then graduated in Trumpet with first-class honours at the Conservatoire G. Rossini in Pesaro, where he was also awarded the "Giuseppe Filippini" Prize as best student. He then mastered his studies in Germany and took the diploma as "Konzertexamen" cum laude at the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold, Germany, under the guidance of Prof. Max Sommerhalder. A regular guest of both Italian and international music institutions, he has performed the most important concertos of the trumpet repertoire: Quiet City by A. Copland (2006 - "Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia"), Trumpet Concerto by G. Tartini (2004 - "I Musici di Parma"; Valencia Symphonic Orchestra; St. Petersburg Chamber Orchestra at the Credomatic Music Festival in Costa Rica), Concerto in E flat major by J. W. Haertel (2004 - Valencia Symphonic Orchestra), Trumpet Concerto by H. Tomasi (1998 - RAI Symphonic Orchestra), Concertos in D major by G. Ph. Telemann and Leopold Mozart (1996 - Musica Rara in Milan), The Brandenburg Concerto by J. S. Bach (1995 - Musica Rara, Milan; 1999 - RAI Symphonic Orchestra), Concerto in E flat major by F. J. Haydn (1991 - Arturo Toscanini Symphonic Orchestra). Winner of several national and international awards, he distinguished himself at the following auditions: ARD in Munich (1997), CIEM in Geneva (1996), Porcia (1996), Ponchielli in Cremona (1991), Stresa (1984). Among his various recordings is the Trumpet Concerto by H. Tomasi with the RAI Symphonic  Orchestra (2003 - label: Video Radio Classics), Gustav Mahler's Fifth Symphony with the "Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia" (2004 - Musicom).