Alberto is a leading talent of his generation...- Emmanuel Pahud Alberto Navarra gained notable recognition in the Spring of 2022, winning the Carl Nielsen International Flute Competition in Odense (Denmark), adding further prestige to his portfolio of recent competition successes including the Severino Gazzelloni International Flute Competition (Italy) in 2021 and Dorel Baicu International Competition (Romania) in 2020. In the 2022-23 season, Alberto joined the Berliner Philharmoniker as a member of the prestigious Karajan Akademie, studying and performing alongside world renowned flautists Emmanuel Pahud, Sebastian Jacot and the entire BPO flute section. With the Berliner Philharmoniker, he has already had the opportunity to play in prestigious international festivals, such as the Salzburg Festspiele, Osterfestspiele in Baden Baden, Lucerne Festival and BBC Proms in London; under the direction of conductors such as Kirill Petrenko, Ivan Fisher, François-Xavier Roth, Christian Thielemann, Tugan Sokhiev and others. Since March 2024, Alberto is the principal flute of the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich. As a soloist, Alberto has performed with the Aarhus Symfoniorkester, Odense Symfoniorkester Tampere Filharmonia and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic. Following his success at the Carl Nielsen International Flute Competition, Alberto records his debut album alongside the Odense Symfoniorkester on the British label Orchid Classics.