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Igino Conforzi is well known in the field of early music. Pioneer in the historical use of the trumpet, it combines concert activity, research and teaching.
He founded Tibicines, a unique consort of “pifferi" and “trombetti", reconstructing a forgotten repertoire of the 16th and 17th centuries.
His recordings, Girolamo Fantini (1993), Tra sacro e profano (2001), Battalia! (2005) and HAoTaT (2009), have met unanimously favoured by scholars and international critics.
Among the critical editions stand out the Modo per imparare a suonare di Tromba by Girolamo Fantini (1638) and La Banda by Alessandro Vessella (1935). For teaching purposes he published 100 buzzing exercises (1997) and Short Long Steps (Voll. I-VI, 2020-2022).
He teaches at the Conservatorio “G. B. Martini“ in Bologna.