Dario Balzan

Musician and saxophonist, he has developed a carrer marked by significant collaborations within both the national and international music scenes. He has had the privilege of studying and working with distinguished conductors, musicians, composers, and teachers such as Georges Prêtre, Luciano Berio, Salvatore Sciarrino, Giovanni Bonato, Eliahu Inbal, Valery Gergiev, Daniel Oren, Yutaka Sado, Filippo Maria Bressan, Javier Girotto, Markus Stockhausen, Jean-Marie Londeix, Eugene Rousseau, and Daniel Kientzy.

Throughout his career, he has collaborated with prestigious orchestras and ensembles, including the RAI National Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra Teatro Regio (Torino), the Orchestra Teatro Verdi (Trieste), the Orchestra Teatro Lirico (Cagliari), and the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, and many other leading ensembles.

Long devoted to contemporary music, he collaborates with Ensemble El Cimarrón and has performed numerous world premieres, contributing to the dissemination and enhancement of the saxophone repertoire.

He is also deeply engaged in teaching: he serves as Professor of Saxophone at the Conservatory of Music  "G. P. da Palestrina" in Cagliari and regularly gives advanced training courses and masterclasses.