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Biography October 2019 Paolo SPADARO MUNITTO Conductor Musical assistant Teatro alla Scala - Milan Professor at Accademia del Teatro alla Scala - Milan Pianist, Cembalist and Continuo player He studied Piano performance with Emilio Bonino, Composition with Paolo Arcà and Gianni Possio, Orchestral Conducting with Donato Renzetti and Gustav Kuhn, Vocal Chamber Music with Daniela Uccello, Piano Jazz with Franco D'Andrea, Coaching with M. Robert Kettelson. As CONDUCTOR, he performed in many Festivals and Theaters in Italy and abroad. Just to name a few: - in Italy, Teatro Alla Scala in Milan where he conducted many performances of Flauto magico in 2016-17, Elisir d'amore per i bambini in 2018-19... (as well as Teatro Fraschini in Pavia, Tones on the stones Festival, Milano classica, Ghislieri musica - Pavia barocca, Opera giocosa in Savona, Milan Cathedral “Duomo” with Cameristi della Scala and Federica Lombardi soprano ... - in Austria, Tiroler Festspiele Erl where he conducted the Chorus and the Orchestra of the TFE in 2012, in 2013, in 2016, even live on national television (ORF), in the presence of President of Republic; - in Belgium, Zomeropera Festival, where he conducted Donizetti's Don Pasquale in June 2017, Rossini's Italiana in Algeri in June 2019... - in Israel, Jerusalem Lyric Opera Festival, where he conducted Mozart's Don Giovanni in July 2018, Mozart's Nozze di Figaro in July 2019... He was one of 9 finalists (out of 112 participants) at the "Mancinelli" Opera Conductors International Competion in Orvieto. About him, Alexander Raskatov wrote "Paolo is a wonderful conductor”. As MUSICAL ASSISTANT (Maestro di sala), after working in several theaters in Italy and abroad, in 2002 he set (open-ended contract) in Teatro alla Scala in Milan where he works with the greatest singers and conductors in the world in a repertoire ranging from Orfeo conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini to Pelleas et Melisande conducted by Georges Pretre, from Così fan tutte conducted by Ottavio Dantone to Zimmermann's Die Soldaten conducted by Ingo Metzmacher, through the Puccini's Triptych, Andrea Chenier and Butterfly conducted by Riccardo Chailly, Aida conducted by Daniel Oren, Tosca conducted by Lorin Maazel, Rosenkavalier conducted by Zubin Mehta, Siegfried and Rheingold conducted by Daniel Barenboim ... After his performance of Brahms's Sonatas for viola and piano, Maestro Barenboim, during an International competition, summoned him in front of the assembled commission, and said "I would d like tell you personally that you are bravissimo!" As PIANIST he performed in Italy, England, France, Austria, Spain, Germany, Russia, Israel, Greece, Turkey, Norway, Hong Kong, Swiss, in important Halls such as Teatro alla Scala, Wigmore Hall in London and Instanbul Music Festival, with great artists such as Sonia Prina, Anita Rachvelisvili, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Mariella Devia, Massimo Cavalletti, Nino Machaidze, Luciana D'Intino, Ekaterina Semenchuk.... He collaborates with "Cameristi del Teatro alla Scala" performing with Principal of Orchestra such as Fabrizio Meloni (Bernstein's Riffs), Fabien Thouand, Andrea Manco... About one concert of his, "Il Giornale" reviewed "Paolo Spadaro has excellently accompanied on the piano." As piano soloist he was always raking first place prize at many competitions (first prize Cittá di Genova), as pianist chamber music he won the prize at Società Umanitaria musical competition recording a cd for Sarx records. As CONTINUO PLAYER he is in Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra on period instrument. As well as in the Teatro alla Scala's production, he is often required by other theaters and Festivals in Italy and abroad (Barocchisti and Diego Fasolis, Ravenna Festival, Due mondi Festival in Spoleto, New European Festival in Stuttgart...) in a repertoire from Monteverdi to contemporary composer. His performance was deemed "excellent" by Carla Moreni on "Il sole 24 ore", received special mention by Susanna Toffaloni on "Operaclick" and compliments by Paolo Isotta on "Corriere della Sera". As CHORUS MASTER he has been collaborating for many years with Ghislieri Music in Pavia, whose Consort has been signed by Sony Deutsch Harmonia Mundi, instructing the University Choir in a repertoire ranging from Vivaldi, through Mozart, Haydn, Fauré, to contemporary Edoardo Farina. As PROFESSOR, besides holding Masterclasses all over the world, from Europe to China, he teaches at the Academy of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, both Course for Opera singer and Course for Opera coach and assistant Conductor; just at Scala's Academy, he specialised in 2001 as Opera coach and Assistant conductor graduating with honors. www.paolospadaro.it.
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