Nicola Gomirato

Musical shows

Biography

Nicola Gomirato was born in Venice, Italy in 1963. At an early age, he demonstrated a natural musical talent and at the age of nine, he began taking private piano lessons.

In the first year of studying piano, he reached such a high level of technique that he was able to enroll in the local music school. Additionally, he attended junior secondary school courses within the Conservatoire, as well as complementary courses about instruments, theory and solfeggio, harmony, history of music, literature and science.

Nicola’s teachers consistently noted his excellent musical skills and suggested he not only work as an instrument player, but as a conductor. With his sights set on this new option, he decided to expand his knowledge of orchestral instruments and began taking French horn and violin lessons.

Well before Nicola finished his academic studies, he started working both as a concert player and teacher. He performed several concerts in Venice and the surrounding area, and taught children at the Rudolf Steiner School in the primary and junior levels.

As a horn player, he was asked by the Teatro La Fenice to perform a series of concerts, including the cycle of Mahler’s symphonies. In the same period, he substituted for his own French horn teacher and taught beginner classes.

In 1983, he was awarded his French horn diploma, and began his career as a music education teacher in state schools and as an instrument teacher in private schools. At the same time, he continued performing concerts and taking part in a variety or orchestras and chamber music groups in major Italian and European cities.

Since then, Nicola has actively collaborated with youth orchestras as a horn-player and conductor, composed pieces specifically aimed at young musicians and formulated new teaching methods.

He worked as a teacher and director at the Music Academy of Treviso in Italy, taught primary and junior levels at the Leonardo da Vinci Institute in Switzerland and played horn in chamber music groups in Switzerland and Milan.

In 2000, he began work in music theatre, and began writing music for fairy tales.

In 2005, he formed a new orchestra called “Orchestra Rondinella,” and worked with the Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra in Muscate.

In 2012 he starts the activity as publisher with Martin's World!, an imaginary world for kids translated in musical fairy tales

Compositions

Some of his compositions are registered at the National Library in Florence.

Educational compositions

Educational compositions for choirs

Compositions for various instruments

Quartets for 4 horns. Short concerto for Timpani and orchestra Short concerto for flute, violin and orchestra “Images” for horn and harp

Miscellaneous compositions

Musical fairy tales for narrator and small orchestral group

Invention

The cafehorn, is a unique musical instrument, was invented by Nicola Gomirato and crafted in Italy.

The idea came from the Italian custom of preparing coffee with a caffettiera (a coffee percolator) it is a type of pot used to brew coffee.

Cafehorn is made of six caffettiere, with the same shape but with different size, connected with brass tubes and a bell, has 3 rotary valves.

The cafehorn produces a particular and coloured sound similar to French horn sound.

In 2006, Nicola Gomirato received a patent for it.

Lessons and Teacher

As musical teacher Nicola Gomirato taught for several years teaching history of music, composition, piano, guitar, and French horn as well as brass ensamble. Nowadays he decided to devote himself to a worldwide teaching experience. Using his knowledge, his music, his love for teaching and the technology. See HGTMusic.com

Children's Literature

As writer, Nicola Gomirato wrote more than 930 short stories for children, now published by Atelier 416 under "Il Mondo di Martino" logo. See www.ilmondodimartino.com