Praised for his “lustrous tone” by Musical America, Italian flutist Giorgio Consolati has performed at venues such as Carnegie Hall, David Geffen Hall, the Kimmel Center, the Marlboro Music Festival, as well as in Italy, Germany, and China. Giorgio has won prizes in numerous competitions, including the 9th De Lorenzo International Flute Competition and the National Society of Arts and Letters Woodwind Competition. He is currently the principal flute of the York Symphony Orchestra and serves as Marina Piccinini’s teaching assistant at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, where he also teaches flute minors and chamber music. Giorgio earned the prestigious Artist Diploma at Peabody as a student of Marina Piccinini and studied with Carol Wincenc at The Juilliard School, where he was a proud recipient of a Kovner Fellowship.