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"Black Swamp tambourines have an articulation that I've never found in other instruments. They are versatile for all symphonic and operatic repertoire."
In Semptember of 2007 Giachino won the position of Percussionist in the Orchestra del Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Principal Conductor: Zubin Metha) . In January 2009 he won the Audition for Percussionist in the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Principal Conductor Antonio Pappano); the position that he holds today.

Edoardo has worked with the following orchestras: Orchestra Filarmonica del Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Orchestra Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini di Parma, Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera in Rome, Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino.

Giachino has also worked with the following conductors: Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, Mstislav Rostropovic, Georges Pretre, Myung Whun Chung, Antonio Pappano, Jurij Temirkanov, Riccardo Chailly, Gustavo Dudamel, Daniele Gatti, Daniel Harding, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, Gabriele Ferro, Klaus Peter Flor, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Will Humburg, Eliahu Inbal, Dmitrij Kitaenko, Diego Matheuz, Zoltan Pesko, Nello Santi, Pinchas Steinberg, Jeffrey Tate, Tan Dun.

He has performed as a soloist often in multi-percussion programs for various musical institutions and he play in the followed chamber music groups: I percussionisti dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Contemporary Ensemble of Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, TafelMusick Baroque Orchestra of Toronto, Belcanto Orchestra, Zefiro Ensemble, Laboratorio Ensemble, Divertimento Ensemble.

He has participated in the Lucern Music Festival , Biennale di Venezia, Settembre Musica, Sagra Malatestiana in Rimini, Unione Musicale di Torino, Mito Milano Torino Festival, Festival of the World's Symphony Orchestras in Moscow, Festival de Musica de Canaria, Piccolo Regio Laboratorio, Antidogma, Scuola di Alto Perfezionamento di Saluzzo, Scuola Superiore della Valle d'Aosta, Spazio Arte, Fabrica by Oliviero Toscani.

Edoardo teaches at the Salerno Conservatory, the Turin Conservatory where he specializes in Orchestra Repertoire, and gives Master Classes for musical institutions.

His studying was supported by Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe and De Sono Associazione per la Musica.

Links
www.santacecilia.it

Percussion Course

Recordings
Demoe Percussion Ensemble:
Xenakis: Psappha, Okho, Persephassa

Demoe Percussion Ensemble: Donatoni: Darkness, Omar, Mari, Mari II, Bok, Clair, Earth and Heart Dances

Orchestra Nazionale della RAI:
Music by Giorgio Battistelli

Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia:
Arie d'Opera with Joice Di Donato

Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia:
Sinfonia n.2 Rachmaninoff, Le Campane Rachmaninoff

Zefiro ensemble
Music by Beethoven with original instruments

Divertimento Ensemble
Bruno Maderna - Venetian Journal / Juilliard Serenade / Konzert Fur Oboe Und Kammerensemble / Kranichsteiner Kammerkantate