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Stefano Montanari - Conductor
After
graduating cum laude in Violin and Piano, he focused his studies on the
historically informed practice. Since 1995, he is the first violin of the
Accademia Bizantina in Ravenna (on period instruments). M° Montanari
collaborates with the leading exponents in the field of early music,
particularly with Christophe Rousset and his ensemble, Les Talens Lyriques. He
teaches Baroque Violin both at the International Academy of Music in Milan and
at the "E.V. Dall’Abaco" Music Conservatory in Verona. He conducted Vivaldi’s
Four Seasons with the Baroque Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa
Cecilia in Rome, for a Christmas concert in 2007 and for a gala in honor of the
150th anniversary of Italy’s unification in 2011; both events have
been broadcast live on Italian National Television. As a conductor he is regular
guest in theaters such as: Opéra de Lyon, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro
Donizetti in Bergamo, Opera Atelier in Toronto. Stefano Montanari is Principal
Director of the “Jugendspodium Dresden-Venice” project. His recording of
Corelli’s Violin Sonatas op. 5 for Arts received widespread recognition
and numerous international prizes, including a Diapason d’Or and the Midem award
as the best Baroque Music Cd of the year (2007 and 2010). M° Montanari was
recently 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. M° Montanari has edited a Baroque Violin method
for Carisch.
Amongst his
recent engagements it is worth mentioning: Piccinni’s La Cecchina and
Così Fan Tutte at the Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo; L'inganno Felice, Così
Fan Tutte, La cambiale di matrimonio and a series of concerts at the Teatro
La Fenice and at the Teatro Malibran in Venice; Nozze di Figaro, Don
Giovanni, Così fan tutte and Carmen at the Opéra de Lyon (Carmen
has been awarded as the best opera staged in France in 2012); Dido and
Aeneas at the Teatro Ristori in Verona; Die Zauberflöte in Lyon. 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 series of concerts on tour in Australia
with the Brandenburg Consort; concerts in Palermo, Milan, Florence, Turin, Padua
and Bern in the role of solo violin and conductor.
Future
plans include:
Le Comte Ory and a series of concerts in Lyon; L'Elisir d’Amore,
Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, Don Giovanni, L’Inganno
Felice and symphonic concerts at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice; Handel’s
Alcina in Toronto; Rossini’s Stabat Mater at the Teatro Filarmonico
in Verona; Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas in Treviso; concerts in Bolzano
and in Messina with L’Estravagante, in Venice with the Teatro La Fenice
orchestra, in Milan with LaVerdi and with the Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali.
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