ALBERTO VERONESI

Alberto Veronesi has made himself a Maestro for the modern day, combining a vast knowledge of repertoire, a brilliant rapport with his fellow performers and an entrepreneurial savvy to great effect in his posts, performances and recordings. His success on the podium and behind the scenes developing projects has won him audiences around the world. Born in Milan, Veronesi studied at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory and, while still a student there, demonstrated his enterprising spirit by expanding on his conducting of contemporary music concerts and founding the Guido
Cantelli Orchestra, which has remained in residence at the Verdi Conservatory. He directed the orchestra until 2000, including
tour performances at the Salzburg Easter Festival (at the invitation of Claudio Abbado), Teatro alla Scala and Maggio Musicale.
Lago, where he has not only since conducted all of that composer’s operas but also contributed to the construction of a 8 new opera house. In 2003, his production of La Bohème at the Festival won the Premio Abbiati awarded by the Italian Music Critics Association. His performances at the Festival in 2009 include a new production of Manon Lescaut and a gala concert with soprano
Angela Gheorghiu.
In 2001 Veronesi was named Artistic and Musical Director of the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana in Palermo, where he is performing complete cycles of symphonies by Beethoven, Bruckner, Mahler and Shostakovich, as well as giving prominence to 20th-century Italian symphonic music and continuing to program contemporary works. Recently, he was also named Artistic Director of the
Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. In 2010, Veronesi was named Music Director of the Opera Orchestra of New York, effective in the 2011-12 season.
Continually looking for ways to bring underexposed repertoire to a wider audience, Veronesi has embarked on a string of recording projects with Deutsche Grammophon, beginning in 2006 with a recording of Puccini’s Edgar on which he collaborated with Placido Domingo and the Orchestra and Chorus of Santa Cecilia. In 2009, Deutsche Grammophone released his album of rarely performed
Puccini arias and duets sung by Domingo and Violetta Urmana with the Wiener Philharmoniker, as well as a recording of  Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz with Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna and the Deutsche Oper Berlin. The following season saw the release of three new recordings: Giordano’s Fedora with Gheorghiu and Domingo, Leoncavallo’s I Medici with Domingo, and Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci with Gheorghiu and Alagna. Veronesi has also recorded Leoncavallo’s La Nuit de mai with Domingo on an album that includes several arias performed with Domingo and pianist Lang Lang.
In demand as a guest conductor in addition to his own projects, Veronesi has conducted in New York, Berlin, Brussels, Tokyo, Athens, Tel Aviv, and others, including operas at Maggio Musicale, Deutsche Oper, and La Monnaie. He lives in Palermo with his wife and young daughter.