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Stefano Montanari - conductor
One of the
most outstanding baroque violinists of his generation, Stefano Montanari is now
much in demand as a conductor both with modern and period orchestras. Amongst
his recent engagements, it is worth mentioning: Dido and Aeneas at
the Teatro Ristori in Verona; L’Elisir d’Amore at the Teatro La fenice in
Venice; Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo. His
concert appearances include: a Liederabend with Marianna Pizzolato for
the opening of the Amici della Musica di Firenze (playing the fortepiano);
Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin in Taranto; a concert tour in
Australia with the Brandenburg Consort; concerts in Palermo, Milan, Florence,
Turin, Padua, Zurich and Bern in the role of solo violin and conductor.
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Montanari was nominated for a Grammy Award (Best Classical Vocal Solo) for his
recording of Purcell’s O Solitude with Andreas Scholl for Decca. His
recording of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas has just been published for the
Italian music magazine Amadeus and he has just edited a Baroque Violin method
for Carisch.
Stefano
Montanari continues his collaboration with the Opéra in Lyon where in the past
seasons conducted Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, Die
Zauberflöte and Carmen (awarded as the best opera staged in France in
2012).
Future
plans include:
Don Giovanni, L’Inganno Felice and series of concerts at the Teatro
La Fenice in Venice; Così fan Tutte at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow;
Rossini’s Stabat Mater and a Baroque ballet the Teatro Filarmonico in
Verona; a new production of Il Viaggio a Reims at the Nederlandse Opera
in Amsterdam; Bach’s Mass in B Minor and series of baroque concerts in
Florence; concerts in Milan with LaVerdi and with the Orchestra I Pomeriggi
Musicali, in London at the Wigmore Hall, and in Montréal with the Arion Baroque
Orchestra. He will also play in several concerts with his own ensemble
L’Estravagante in Italy and Europe.
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