Manuel Granatiero was born in Naples in 1976. In 1991, he was awarded the third prize at the international prize “MittelEuropa”. He received his diploma in 1994, subsequently earning the “Premier Prix ” with the unanimity of the jury at the “Accademia Italiana del Flauto” with R. Guiot . He continued his studies in modern flute with Alain Marion (Académie de Perfectionnement d’été, Nice), Irena Grafenauer (Mozarteum, Salzburg) and Angelo Persichilli (Accademia di S. Cecilia, Rome). In 1998, he began studying baroque flute with Laura Pontecorvo. In 1999, he was admitted to the “Koninklijk Conservatorium ” in Brussels , where he studied baroque and classical flute with Barthold Kuijken, Marc Hantai and Frank Theuns and where he graduated “with distinction” in 2004. He performs with some of the most important early music ensembles as a soloist and as a principal player including Gli Incogniti ( A.Beyer), Academia Montis Regalis (A.De Marchi) , Il Complesso Barocco (A. Curtis) , Australian Chamber Orchestra (R. Tognetti ), Les Ambassadeurs (A. Kossenko ), Le Cercle de l’ Harmonie (J. Roher ), La Chambre Philharmonique (E.Krivin), Les Talens Lyriques (C. Rousset), Holland Baroque Society, Ensemble Philidor (Mira Glodeanu), Ensemble Cordia (S. Veggetti), Ricercar Consort (P. Pierlot) and Ausonia Ensemble (F.Haas), to name a few. Thanks to these experiences, he has performed throughout the world with the most prestigious specialists in early music. He has recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, Naive, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Zig Zag Territories, Dinamic, Virgin Classique Atma Classique, Radio 3 and Stradivarius. In 2005 he founded the ensemble “Accademia Ottoboni”. He currently teaches baroque flute at the Conservatory of Perugia.
