I Cinque Elementi Wind Quintet

I Cinque Elementi (from the Italian for the five elements) is a musical ensemble from Padua.

I Cinque Elementi Wind Quintet
Origin	Padova, Italy
Genres	Classical, Chamber music
Years active	2007 – present
Website	www.i5elementi.info
Members	Flute: Sophie Babetto Oboe: Claudio Fanton Clarinet: Daniele Trincanato Horn: Dario Cavinato Bassoon: Loris Zanetti

The members of this ensemble (flute: Sophie Babetto,[1] oboe: Claudio Fanton,[2] clarinet: Daniele Trincanato,[3] horn: Dario Cavinato, basson: Loris Zanetti) play chamber music and new music.[4][5]

I Cinque Elementi gave its first performance during the International Summer Festival in Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) where it obtained the warm approval of public and critics.

The musicians of the group have attended the masterclasses of famous teachers and concert artists and have won the first prize of important musical contests as soloists or as members of chamber ensembles. They play with famous orchestras like Venice's “Orchestra del Teatro la Fenice” and Ferrara's “Orchestra del Teatro Comunale”.

Their repertory consists not only of original music for wind quintet, but also of arrangements of symphonies and overtures of composers of the classical age and of the 1900s, some of them have been arranged by Claudio Fanton.[6]

Bärenreiter, the German classical music publishing house based in Kassel, published the I Cinque Elementi Wind Quintet recordings as music sheet examples in its online store.