Sergio La Stella

Pianist and conductor, he graduated at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in . He attended Masterclass by Bernstein in S. Cecilia and Rozdentvensky at the Accademia Chigiana. He made his debut in 1994 at the Rome Opera House with 'Manon Lescaut'. Pianist and coach alongside great conductors like Albrecht, Ahronovich, Bartoletti, Gelmetti, Giulini, Lombard, Mehta, Oren, Prêtre, Santi, Semkow, Sinopoli and Muti. He conducted the orchestras of the main Italian opera houses and institutions as well as international orchestras worldwide. He toured with R. Raimondi and the Philarmonic Orchestra of Reutlingen and he conducted in Switzerland and Germany. Accompanist and conductor with . Has played the role of 'Boleslao Lazinsky, pianist on stage in 'Fedora' with Daniela Dessì and Placido Domingo, of whom has been pianist and assistant in 's centenary at the Rome Opera House. Pianist, coach and assistant conductor of Gianluigi Gelmetti with Münchner Philharmoniker for Iris by P. Mascagni and La rondine by G. Puccini. Pianist and teacher in the Opera section of the M° SERGIO LA STELLA conducting master at the Accademia Chigiana di . Fortepiano and harpsichord continuist in many productions by Purcell, Mozart and Rossini at the Rome Opera House. Pianist and coach in Wagnerian Ring and Die ITALIAN,FRENCH Schöpfung by Haydn, Vier leszte Lieder by Strauss with Sinopoli. Official pianist and conductor in many important international competitions. He AND GERMAN conducted the most important opera titles and many concerts in the main venues in Italy and abroad. For the 60th anniversary of Unesco he performed a monographic cycle of Petrassi’s works with the Radio-television orchestra in Cultural Association LIEDERISTIC Rome. He took part at the Gazzelloni festival and at several Luchino Visconti memory concerts in his villa 'La Colombaia' in Ischia (2010 to 2013). He & School of Music performed the live eurovision concert “In heart's name from Assisi”. For the 00169 Rome - Via Casilina, 1101 REPERTOIRE COURSE 150th anniversary of the Italian Unity he made a Gala at the Acropolium in Carthage, and a recital at Tunis Opera for the Tunisian President. He ph. + 39 06.2389732 performed at the presence of the Italian President for the Summer Solstice www.ariadimusica.com Concert and the Midsummernight Concert in Piazza di Spagna. He conducted also several sacred music concerts (Mozart’s , Haendel’s Messiah, [email protected] Fauré’s Requiem, Mozart’s Kroenungsmesse and Missa brevis, Vivaldi’s Gloria and the by Pergolesi and Boccherini). Since 2012 he has been conducting the Orchestra Europa Musica for the New Year’s Eve concerts in Facebook pages: Sorrento and Teatro Traiano in Civitavecchia. From 2008 to 2013 he Ariadimusica performed the kermesse "Toccata & Fuga", a popular show featuring open air Ariadimusica & Cartoons lyric opera in Piazza di Spagna touring in New York, Tokyo, Shanghai, Buenos Aires and Istanbul. This initiative to offer the bel canto in wide open air spaces has reached an audience of 700.000 people in 5 years of activity. He held Masterclass at the National University in Seoul. He was the pianist and conductor for the popular broadcast 'Domenica in' with the famous Italian anchorman Pippo Baudo. He made many guest television appearances conducting or playing the piano. Pianist in the movie 'To Rome with love' by Woody Allen. With the famous composer and conductor P. Vessicchio he played concerts cycle “The Belcanto of Belpaese”. In 2010 in the Milan Dome he conducted the worldwide première of “Every Man”, a morality play composed by Maurizio Fabrizio on a text by Walter Tortoreto with Ambrosian Chorus and the Toscanini orchestra from Parma. In 2013 he created the ballet “Verdiana” with musics by Verdi in the second centenary of the composer's birthday. He has conducted many ballets titles with Carla Fracci performing at the Rome Opera House. He took part in several lecture-concerts on Rossini, Donizetti and Verdi practicing alongside Bruno Cagli and Philip Gosset. He wrote an essay titled “Musical, aesthetical and philosophic aspects in Wagnerian Ring” published in “Paths of mind” by Bollati Boringhieri. Among his recordings: “The cello virtuoso” with A. Noferini for BONGIOVANNI, '900 Classic and contemporary music featuring the composer Scogna for BMG ARIOLA, 'The trumpet” and “A trumpet on stage” with M. Maur for RCA BMG, “Recital” with the tenor Gianluca Terranova for WARNER MUSIC; DVD of Pianist, conductor and 'Toccata e fuga', live concerts from Rome. He’s currently recording a new CD répétiteur at featuring opera and lieder music with the soprano Martina Serafin and the bass Alessandro Guerzoni. Teatro dell’Opera di Roma

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