Ugo Orlandi (born in Brescia, 1958) is a musicologist, a specialist in the history of music, a university professor and internationally renowned mandolinist virtuoso.
"[3] Music historian Paul Sparks called him "a leading figure in the rehabilitation of the eighteenth-century mandolin repertoire, having recorded many concertos from this period.
"[1] Orlandi is known to the general public for his collaboration with I Solisti Veneti, directed by Claudio Scimone, with whom he has performed around the world.
[5] Ugo Orlandi began by studying the mandolin and trumpet, with Giovanni Ligasacchi and Rosa Messora at Centro di Bresciano Giovanile Educazione Music (Music Education Centre of Youth Brescia).
[6] He has toured the world, going to music festivals, including "Salzburg, Montreux, Edinburgh, 'Mostly Mozart' in New York, and 'The Prestige de la Musique' in Paris.