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Alfredo Bernardini is an Italian oboist and conductor, and the co-founder of the ensemble
Zefiro. He is a specialist in Baroque oboe, and he has concentrated on early music for most of his career. He received his musical education in the Netherlands, where he worked with Bruce Haynes and
Ku Ebbinge, and he earned his soloist diploma from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague in 1987.
Bernardini has performed internationally with such ensembles as the
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, the
Bach Collegium Japan,
Hespèrion XX,
Le Concert des Nations,
La Petite Bande, the
English Concert, the
Freiburger Barockorchester, and other major early music groups. In 1989,
Bernardini joined
Paolo and
Alberto Grazzi in creating
Zefiro, and their recordings have been released on Ambroisie, Astree, Naïve, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, and Arcana.
Bernardini has also recorded for CPO, EtCetera Records, and Auvidis, among other labels. He has taught Baroque oboe at the Conservatorium of Amsterdam and the Escola Superior de Música de Cataluña in Barcelona, and he has given master classes in Europe, Israel, and the United States.