Gian-Luca Petrucci
was born in 1951 in Italy and studied the flute with his father. He has been First Flute of the Orchestra of Teatro Regio in Parma, of the Angelicum and Pomeriggi Musicali of Milan, and of the Radio Television Symphony Orchestra in Rome. Petrucci toured Europe, the United States, South America, India, Asia and North Africa, has recorded numerous albums, and edited revisions and transcriptions for important publishing houses. As an essayist, he has published historical studies translated also in English, French and German. Petrucci has been flute professor at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome.