Biography
Beatrice Venezi was born in Lucca, Italy, in 1990. In 2015, she graduated in orchestral conducting from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan. Vittorio Parisi and Piero Bellugi were her fellow students. She continued her studies in musicology, and her first essay was published in the prestigious journal Codice 602 under the title “Gaetano Gianni Luporini: The Inner Necessity of Art.” In 2005, she won the first prize at the Italian National Piano Competition and began collaborating with national and international orchestras. [1] [2] The next year, she won the first prize at the Luigi Zanuccoli Young Musicians Award. [3]
At the age of only 22, Venezi became a conductor. [4] She was Assistant Conductor of the Armenian State Youth Symphony Orchestra, Principal Conductor of the Milano Classica Orchestra, Guest Conductor of the Orchestra della Toscana. In 2016, she was appointed Principal Director of the Nuova Orchestra Scarlatti Young. [5] [2] [6]
In 2019, she released her first album, titled My Journey - Puccini’s Symphonic Works. [4]
In 2021, she co-hosted Sanremo music festival. [1]
In 2021, she received the Atreju21 award at the Atreju festival of the Fratelli d'Italia political party. [7]
On the 17th of November, 2022, she was appointed Music Advisor by the Italian Minister of Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano. [1] In the same year, she was appointed artistic director of the Taormina Arte Foundation by the Sicilian Regional Government. [6]
Venezi was supposed to conduct the 2024 New Year's concert in Nice, but in July 2023, several associations, anti-fascist committees, and pro-democracy groups in Nice staged a powerful protest, calling on the municipality and the city's opera house to cancel the concert. Venezi was labeled a “neo-fascist” for her proximity to the far-right government of Giorgia Meloni. [1]
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