Andrea Cellacchi is principal bassoonist of the Concertgebouw Orchestra since April 2022. In addition, he is bassoon professor at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano since 2025.
Born in a family of musicians, he began his studies at an early age and graduated in bassoon at the Conservatorio di Musica in Latina aged sixteen. He then continued his studies with Francesco Bossone at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome and with Matthias Rácz at the Hochschule der Künste in Zurich.
From a young age, Cellacchi gained international recognition after winning several important solo bassoon competitions, including second prize at the ARD Competition in Munich and first prizes at the Muri Competition, the IDRS Fox-Gillet Competition, the Aeolus Competition in Düsseldorf, and the International Bassoon Competition ‘Gioachino Rossini’ in Pesaro.
Cellacchi engages in many solo and chamber music concerts. Furthermore, in 2025 he founded BassoonLAB Amsterdam, an innovative bassoon academy which has been an international meeting point for students from all over the world since the very beginning.
He previously held principal bassoon positions with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai in Torino, the Luzern Symphony Orchestra, and the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, and taught the bassoon at ther Conservatorium van Amsterdam from 2022 and 2025.
Andrea Cellacchi has received a Heckel bassoon from the Foundation Concertgebouworkest.