Fabrizio Buzzi, second prize winner of the VIII “Giovanni Bottesini” International Competition, is Principal Double Bass at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples. He has won numerous national and international awards, including the Premio Nazionale delle Arti (2020), First Prize at the Milan Conservatory (2021), and the Bottesini award (2022).

In 2024, he became Principal Double Bass at Teatro di San Carlo and has performed with the Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala, Filarmonica della Scala, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, and other leading ensembles, regularly appearing as a critically acclaimed soloist. He studied with Giuseppe Ettorre and Franco Petracchi and attended masterclasses with artists such as Alberto Bocini, Francesco Siragusa, Enrico Fagone, Thomas Martin, David Desimpelaire, Lorraine Campet, and Wies de Boevé.