Andrea Giuffredi

Andrea Giuffredi is heralded worldwide as a once-in-a-lifetime virtuoso trumpet artist – truly one of the finest and most versatile performers on stage today.

Stylistically comfortable in all genres ranging from classical to contemporary, Giuffredi’s heart-warming Bel Canto playing and excitingly masterful onstage presence have resulted in standing ovations, five-star reviews, and memorable performances across nations and cultures. Born in Parma, Italy.

He began trumpet studies at 9, entered the Piacenza conservatory at 14, and by age 17 was performing professionally on RAI Radio with the trumpet section of the esteemed RAI Milan Symphony. His freelance career ensued, as he began performing with the most recognized Italian symphony orchestras, including the Arturo Toscanini Symphony of Parma, RAI of Milan and Turin, I Pomeriggi Musicali of Milan, and occasionally with “Teatro Communale” of Florence and “Teatro alla Scala,” Milan. This represented over 25 years’ experience as a first symphonic trumpet.

Maestro Giuffredi has performed around the globe alongside of the world’s foremost conductors, including Riccardo Muti, George Prêtre, Zubin Mehta, Seiji Ozawa, and many others. He has been a featured performer four times at the prestigious International Trumpet Guild World Conference which spotlights the foremost players from all over the world – Doc Severinsen, Sergei Nakariakov, and Arturo Sandoval.
Dedicated wholeheartedly to the trumpet and music education, Andrea Giuffredi has presented performance concerts along with Master Classes and instructional clinics in North and South America, all over Europe and the Middle East, and throughout Asia, including mainland China.

Commercially, he has played for many years on the Mediaset networks in numerous successful broadcasts of Canale 5 and Radio Television Italian channel.
In 2008, he appeared as a trumpet soloist in the Italian national TV with the famous Liza Minnelli In the Pop and Contemporary areas, he recorded solos for successful albums and participated in live tours for the most acclaimed Italian pop singers His discography includes three critically-acclaimed albums for Summit Records USA. His most recent recording “Cuore e Passione” was released in 2018 to outstanding critical reviews. Since 1993, Maestro Giuffredi has been professor of trumpet at the Civica Scuola di Musica Milano “Claudio Abbado” Andrea Giuffredi is a Yamaha artist and Wedge Mouthpieces artist.