Duo
Maggiolini
Mottini
flute & piano
About us
Tommaso Maggiolini
flute
Nicolas Mottini
piano
The duo was founded in 2011in Lugano (Switzerland) Tommaso and Nicolas have performed at numerous festivals in Switzerland and across Europe - also within larger chamber ensembles - exploring repertoires ranging from the Baroque to the Romantic era, up to the most recent works in the literature for flute and piano.
In 2025, their first CD was released on the Aulicus Classics label, produced at RSI – Radiotelevisione svizzera: Late Romantic Swiss Flute Sounds.
Born in Milan in 1991, Tommaso Maggiolini graduated in flute at the age of 18 from the G. Verdi Conservatory in Milan. He later studied with Rocco Abate, Alfred Rutz, Verena Bosshart, and Felix Renggli at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana and the Hochschule der Künste in Bern. He has an intense chamber music career, ranging from duos to quartets, which has led him to perform in Italy, Switzerland, France, Austria, Germany, and the USA. He regularly performs with pianist Nicola Mottini and harpist Elisa Netzer. He has recorded with various ensembles for labels such as VDE-Gallo, Concerto Classics, Sony Classical, and Aulicus Classics. He has performed live on RSI-Radio Svizzera Italiana on several occasions. He is the artistic director of various concert series in Switzerland and teaches at the University of Music of the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana.
Nicolas Mottini, born in Bellinzona in 1989, studied at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana and the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne with Sandro D’Onofrio, Nora Doallo, and Ricardo Castro. In 2008, he won first prize at the Swiss Youth Music Competition. He has attended masterclasses with pianists Pascal Rogé, Aleksandar Madzar, and Hans-Jürg Strub. He regularly performs with Valentina Londino and Tommaso Maggiolini, with whom he has performed in Switzerland, France, Italy, and Germany, and has recorded the CD Une flûte enchantée for the VDE-Gallo label. He has also performed live on RSI-Radio Svizzera Italiana multiple times. He teaches piano and serves as an accompanist at the Music School of the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana.
