Gilberto Serembe (born 17 December 1955, in Milan) is an Italian conductor and professor.
Serembe studied Composition and Conducting at the Conservatorio "Giuseppe Verdi" in Milan with Bruno Bettinelli and Mario Gusella. [1] He later attended the Superior Course in Conducting at the "Accademia Chigiana" in Siena under the guidance of Franco Ferrara. [2] [3] [4]
He conducted many renowned Italian and European orchestras among which: RAI Symphony Orchestra of Turin, Orchestra della Toscana of Florence, [5] "Arturo Toscanini" Symphony Orchestra of Parma, Teatro Regio of Turin, Teatro Massimo of Palermo, "Pomeriggi Musicali" of Milan, [6] [7] "Haydn" Symphony Orchestra of Trento and Bolzano, Göteborgs Symphoniker (Sweden), BRT Filharmonisch Orkest Brussels (Belgium), Turku Philharmonic (Finland). [8]
He held classes in conducting at the Music Academy in Pescara and he was Professor of Conducting at the Conservatorio "Luca Marenzio" in Brescia. In 2013, he founded the Italian Conducting Academy in Milan, where he serves as principal teacher. [9] His students have included Alvaro Albiach, Roberto Fores Veses, Riccardo Frizza, Fabio Mastrangelo, Matteo Pagliari, Daniele Rustioni. He is married to the composer Elisabetta Brusa. [10]
Azio Corghi was an Italian composer, academic teacher and musicologist. He composed mostly operas and chamber music. His operas are often based on literature, especially in collaboration with José Saramago as librettist. His first opera, Gargantua, was premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin in 1984, his second opera, Blimunda, was first performed at La Scala in Milan in the 1989/90 season, and his third opera, Divara – aqua e sangue, was premiered in 1993 at the Theater Münster, Germany. He taught composition at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, among other academies. In 2005, he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
Franco Ferrara was an Italian conductor and teacher. Among his many students are various prominent conductors, including Roberto Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Andrew Davis and Riccardo Muti.
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