Gianandrea Pauletta
harpsichordist, organist, composer

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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, 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" Caldaro 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. He has recorded, for NICOPEIA, Organ Concertos of J.S. Bach (from Vivaldi), Goldberg Variations and a live concert containing M. Reger and J.S. Bach works. The six Trio-sonatas of J.S. Bach are recording.
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 conservations and restorations of organs in Venetia. He is now organist at the Casale-sul-sile Church (near Treviso) where he lives.
For a few years, he works intensively in composition. The 13th of august 2000, for the 60th death birthday of Maximilian Kolbe, his oratorio " M. Kolbe la Gloria nascosta " was exhibited at Auschwitz for the first time in the world, and a second time in Mestre (Venice) and Padova in 2002.
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.