Lecturer in Trombone
| Contact Campus | Hobart CBD Campuses |
| Building | Conservatorium of Music |
| Telephone | +61 3 6226 7335 |
| Fax | +61 3 6226 7333 |
| michael.bertoncello@utas.edu.au |
Michael is founder and Co-Director of The Melbourne International Festival of Brass (currently in its 6th year) and currently teaches at the University of Tasmania Conservatorium of Music and the Univeristy of Melbourne.
MSO trombonist Michael Bertoncello began his studies with Ian Perry at the Victorian College of the Arts and in 1997 took up a position with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. In 1998, he joined the Shanghai Radio Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra as Principal Trombone and the following year joined the Auckland Philharmonia in the same position. Michael then moved to Switzerland to take up the position of Solo Trombone of the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zurich in 2001 before coming home to Australia for his current position with MSO in 2005.
Michael has been active as a chamber musician both in Australia and overseas. He was a founding member of both the Melbourne and Australian Chamber Brass Ensembles, has also been a member of the Australian Trombone Quartet, and has performed with the European ensemble, 'German Brass' on tour throughout Germany. Michael is also in demand as a recitalist and teacher having given classes and recitals in Germany, France, Switzerland, USA, China and Hong Kong.
As a soloist Michael has performed with The MSO, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony, Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse and Tonhalle Orchestra in Zurich.
Michael has recorded the David and Wagenseil Trombone Concertos on the Arte Nova Classics label, with David Zinman and the Tonhalle Orchestra.