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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). He 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. He 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). He 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.
He recently
conducted: 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. 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; and 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;
Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Palermo; 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 a concert tour in Australia with the Brandeburg Consort.
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