Francesco Bottigliero

Personal details: www: www.francescobottigliero.it e-mail: [email protected] Citizenship: Italian, Polish Languages: Italian, Polish, English, German, French

Education 1987-1996 Conservatorio di Salerno, Diploma, major - playing the piano 1999 Conservatorio di Salerno, Diploma, major - composition 2000 Conservatorio di Avellino, Diploma, major - conducting brass orchestras 2002 Conservatorio di Napoli, Diploma, major - symphonic/opera conducting 2002 Universita di Napoli, Music teacher pedagogical qualifications 2005 Conservatorio di Napoli, Diploma, major - choral conducting 2005 University of Salerno, Master’s studies in the field of philosophy with master’s thesis entitled "Orchestra conductor’s interpretation, perspectives for the ontology of music" 2016 University of Warsaw, Diploma in Management for Creators, Artists and Cultural Animators 2020 Academy of Music in Katowice - Doctor of Arts in the field of Conducting

Master courses 1996 Accademia Chigiana di Siena - masterclasses led by Maestro Y. Temirkanov 1996-1997 Vanitas Vanitatum International Academy of Music, Caserta, masterclasses led by Maestro Piero Bellugi 1999 Tivoli Classica 99, masterclasses led by Maestro Mariano Patti 2001 Spazio Musica Orvieto international masterclasses - Opera Laboratory for conductors led by Maestro Aldo Faldi 2002-2004 Private orchestral conducting lessons with Maestro Carlo Maria Giulini, Milan 2005 International masterclasses for conductors in St. Petersburg with professors: Yuri Temirkanov, Grigory Korchmar and Peter Gribanov 2017 Italian Opera Academy - international masterclasses for conductors led by Maestro Riccardo Muti (Ravenna 01-14.09.2017 listener) Professional experience 1999-2004 Artistic director of the association “Associazione Culturale Adelperga” 2000-2005 Guest conductor: State Philharmonic Orchestra of Sibiu, Romania National Symphony Orchestra, Chisinau, Moldova Symphony Orchestra San Pietro a Majella consisting of lecturers of Music Conservatories of Naples I Musici di Adelperga String Orchestra, Salerno and Camerata Romanica, Naples Compagnia Italiana di operetta Orchestra - Milan, concert tour in Italy St. Petersburg Congress Orchestra - St. Petersburg, Russia 2006-2007 Soloist tutor at Hamburgische Staatsoper, Hamburg, Germany 2007-2009 Conductor and soloist tutor at the Wrocław Opera, Wrocław Guest soloist tutor at the Baltic Opera in Gdańsk and the Grand Theatre in Poznań 2009-2011 Guest conductor at the Grand Theatre in Poznań, the Baltic Opera (Gdańsk), the Silesian Opera in Bytom and at the Philharmonic in Krakow, the Lower Silesian Philharmonic, the Chamber Orchestra of Bielsko-Biała Music director of the 1st edition of the “Belcanto per sempre” festival in Włocławek since 2011 Conductor and soloist tutor at the Theatre Erfurt in Erfurt, Germany 2013-2014 Conductor (Zweite Kapellmeister) at the Theatre Erfurt in Erfurt, Germany Artistic director of the Church Nights Festival in Wrocław 2014-2015 Guest conductor at: Silesian Opera - Madame Butterfly (18.01.2015), Carmen (25.04.2015), Theatre Pforzheim in Germany - Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (10.02.2015), Camerata Janaćek chamber orchestra in the Czech Republic (Radio Broadcast, Ostrava, 10.06.2015), Slezske Divadlo Opava in the Czech Republic - L’elisir d’amore (Premiere 21.06.2015), Slezske Divadlo Opava in the Czech Republic - Tosca (Premiere on 18.10.2015) 2016-2017 Guest conductor at the Silesian Opera: performances Madame Butterfly, Carmen, La bohème - resumption (12.12.2016), New Year’s Eve Concert (31.12.2016), New Year’s Concert (01.01.2017), Ballet Gala (28.02.2017) Guest conductor at Slezske Divadlo Opava in the Check Republic - Tosca 2017-2019 - Concerts with Sinfonietta Cracovia: Symphony of Christmas Carols (Krakow Opera 08.01.2017 and 01.2018) Concert Gala (Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Krakow 03.09.2017) - Ada Sari Festival – conucting Cavalleria Rusticana by P. Mscagni, concert version with the Beethoven Academy Orchestra and the Polish Radio Choir (Nowy Sącz 12.05.2017) - Jan Kiepura Festival - Inaugural concert with the Sinfonietta Cracovia Orchestra and the Polish Radio Choir (Krynica Zdrój 12.08.2017) - Concert with the Kościuszko Festival Orchestra New York, Carnegie Hall19.11.2017 - Juror in the Marcella Sembrich International Voice Competition 2018 (New York 3-4.11.2018) - Guest conductor with: Orchestra of the Silesian Philharmonic - (ICE Kraków, 26.01.2019) Plock Symphony Orchestra and the Pueri et Puellae Cantores Plocenses Choir conducting works by Schubert, Dvorak and Bottigliero (Płock, 13.04.2019) Symphony Orchestra in Zamość (Zamość 25.10.2019) Silesian Chamber Orchestra (Racibórz 06.12.2019) 2020 - Guest conductor with: NFM Leopoldinum Chamber Orchestra (Wrocław, 08.02.2020) The Baltic Opera Orchestra conducting the scientific opera The Time Machine (premiere at the Baltic Opera, Gdańsk, 21.08.2020) Elbląg Chamber Orchestra (Elbląg, 30.08.2020) Pueri et Puellae Cantores Plocenses Choir and Plock Symphony Orchestra for the XVII international festival of Choral music (Płock, 18.09.2020)

Educational activities: 2007-10 Lecturer at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław 2012 Lecturer at the 53rd Master Course in Hochschule fur Musik “Franz Liszt“ Weimar 2013 Lecturer at Ostravska Univerzita v Ostrave, Czech Republic 2014-15 Lecturer at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice 2018 Lecturer at the XXXVI Winter Vocal Course in Duszniki-Zdrój organized by the Academy of Music in Wrocław (3-10.03.2018) 2019-2020 Lecturer at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław

Compositions and transcriptions Kantata Tumska for soloists, choir, children's choir and large symphony orchestra (premiere in Wrocław – 19.06.2009) Le premier Tango for great symphony orchestra (premiere in Bielsko-Biała 14.01.2012) Suite del regreso for coloratura soprano, viola and piano, written to poetry by Federico G. Lorca (Erfurt, 7.06.2014) Laudatio 2012 for choir, two pianos and percussion (Theaterpreis Der Faust, premiere Erfurt, November 2012, TV broadcast in 3SAT) Pani Walewska Opera to the text of the libretto by M. Wojtyszko Cuatro retratos for string octet (premiere in Ravensburg, 5.10.2014) espanoles Canción for trio with piano (Erfurt, 1.06.2013) Zoologische Suite for four cellos (Erfurt, 1.06.2013) I Delfini di Hurghada for string orchestra (premiere in Ravensburg, 20.10.2013) Spanische Madchen for trio with piano (premiere in Ravensburg, 21.07.2014) Bodenseesuite for trio and string orchestra (premiere in Ravensburg, 5.10.2014) Das Dschungelbuch The Jungle book, Musical for children (premiere at the Theatre Erfurt, Domstufenfestspiele 12.07.2015 - 12 performances) Resumption 8 performances at the Theatre Erfurt, Domstufenfestspiele 12.08.2017 The Time Machine II Award in the Competition for Opera for children and youth organized by the ZAIKS Society and the National Theatre 2019 Polska Jesień for chamber orchestra (premiere in Zamość, 25.10.2019) Hommage a Copland for clarinet and string orchestra (premiere during the II International festival of the Clarinet Days in Danzic – Gdańsk 2-5.03.2020) Various adaptations of opera performances: Fiddler on the Roof by J. Bock, Evita by A.L. Webber, Alice in Wonderland by L. Carroll, Little Red Riding Hood by J. Pauer (Cervena Karkulka), Maddalena by S. Prokofiev, Rossini’s and Saint-Saens’ ballet music, transcriptions for string orchestra, e.g. songs by Karłowicz, Fauré and others).

Recordings Portraits - DUX1447 publishing company (Francesco Bottigliero - composer, conductor, piano) Canción for trio - DUX1252 publishing company (Francesco Bottigliero - composer, piano) Some Italian Evening - Wazka Music 2019 publishing company (Francesco Bottigliero - conductor)

Awards as a pianist and chamber musician 1996 1st Award, IX National Competition Città di Valentino, Castellaneta, Taranto 1997 2nd Award, Gargano XII National Chamber Music Competition, Foggia 2nd Award, National Chamber Music Competition P. Cantelmo, Sapri 1999 1st Award, National Competition (II category) Napoli Nova, Naples 1st Award, Competition Caiazzo, Naples 2nd Award, 13. National Competition G.B. Pergolesi, Naples 2nd Award, 8. Piano Competition, Associazione Musicale Paesi Vesuviani, Naples 2nd Award, 7. National Competition Città di Bacoli (Lieder), Pozzuoli 2003 1st Award, Chamber Music Competition Forgione-Isole Borromee, Verbania 2nd Award, 15. National Competition C. Togni, Brescia