At a very young age, Mauro Maur graduated in Trieste. In 1975, he successfully passed the admission audition at the National Conservatory of Paris where he perfected his studies with Thibaud. While he was still a pupil of the Conservatory, he won the audition of first trumpet for the Tolosa National Orchestra (Plasson) and with them took part in several competitions around the world such as the United States, Austria, Germany and Italy. Moreover, he has played with various famous French orchestras (Opera, National, Radio) composed of prestigious groups such as L'Ars Nova, Les Solistes de France, Ircam, and accompanied of great soloists such as Hendricks, Isoir, Thibaud. He has also been directed by great masters such as Muti, Bernstein, Ozawa, Boulez and Maazel. Mauro Maur was a gold medalist at the International Competition of Toulon in 1981, a recipient of the First Prize at the Superior National Conservatory of Paris Competition in 1982 and a winner of several competitions in Lille (France) and at the Opera House in Rome, the S. Carlo Theatre in Naples and the National Academy of S. Cecilia (Italy). Furthermore, he has played in prestigious concert’s halls around the world such as: Carnegie Hall of New York (U.S.A), Boston Symphony Hall (U.S.A), Hollywood Bowl (U.S.A), Hercules Salle of Munich (Germany), Opera in Dresden (Germany), Festspiele Salzburg (Austria), Vienna Festspielhause (Austria), Megaron Athens (Greece), Seoul Art Center (Korea), Prado Madrid (Spain), Scala di Milano (Italy) and was accompanied by the Solisti Veneti from Claudio Scimione in the concertos by Tartini, Albinoni, Haydn, Hummel, Telemann, Morricone, Jolivet.. Great composers such as Morricone, Theodorakis, Bussotti, Clementi and Vlad have dedicated several musicals compositions to Mauro Maur. Since 1985, he has been the First Trumpet for the Orchestra of the Opera House in Rome. With regards to the cinema and television industries, Mauro Maur has played in more than 100 films