Elizabeth Martignetti
Hornist Elizabeth Fleming Martignetti has performed chamber music, orchestral concerts, and recitals in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Elizabeth is a dedicated chamber musician, and is hornist with the the horn-organ duo Cor de Nuit with organist Aymeric Dupre la Tour, the Tessera Wind Quintet, and Hellgate Harmonie, and she has performed in chamber music concerts at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall and Norfolk’s acclaimed Music Shed. As an orchestral hornist, she has served as principal horn for Ensemble 212, Ensemble du Monde, Ensemble Polifonica, and the Empire State Sinfonia, among others, performing in notable venues throughout New York, Connecticut, and Asia. Elizabeth has also recently served as instructor of music at Southern Connecticut State University, where she taught music appreciation and world music, and has taught horn at Yale College and at the University of Bridgeport. A native of the Atlanta area, she has also done recording for the Cartoon Network.
Elizabeth holds Master of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from the Yale School of Music, where she completed research on the manifestation of nostalgia and tradition in the horn works of Paul Hindemith, and Bachelor of Music degree from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati.