INTRODUCTION

Vittorio Parisi is a celebrated Italian conductor and a pioneer in the realm of contemporary music with a career spanning prestigious venues worldwide.

RECENT AND FUTURE HIGHLIGHTS

Recent activity as a conductor includes operas and symphonic concerts with the Varna Opera House Orchestra (Bulgaria), Bacau Philarmonic Orchestra “Mihail Jora” (Romania), Sorbian National Ensemble (Germany), I Solisti Aquilani, L’Aquila (Italy), and the Witold Lutoslawski Chamber Philharmonic in Łomża (Poland).

Future engagements include the operas La Benedizione by Carrara (1st world performance) and Gianni Schicchi by Puccini at the Novara Opera House Coccia (Italy).

BIOGRAPHY

Originally from Milan, Vittorio Parisi pursued his studies at the Conservatorio G. Verdi, focusing on piano, composition, and conducting under the guidance of Mario Gusella and Gianluigi Gelmetti. Additionally, he honed his skills in the Netherlands under the tutelage of the renowned Russian conductor Kirill Kondrashin.

After making his debut at Bari’s Teatro Petruzzelli in 1979, he went on to conduct numerous principal symphonic and chamber orchestras across Italy, as well as orchestras in various opera houses throughout the country. Notably, he led performances at the Rome Opera House, conducting eight new productions in just eleven years.

Vittorio Parisi’s conducting career has taken him across the globe, with performances in Germany, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, Switzerland, Albania, Turkey, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Kazakhstan. He has recorded for numerous radio and television stations in these countries.

Parisi has conducted many first performances of the most important contemporary composers and also collaborated with Berio and Cage. His contributions include conducting the first modern-era performances of operas from past centuries, such as the American version of L’Ape Musicale by Da Ponte, the stage premiere of Sogno di un tramonto d’autunno by Malipiero, the first public performance of Maderna’s radio opera Don Perlimplin, and the first performance in over 70 years of Weill’s Marie Galante.

Frequently a guest of many important international festivals he has worked with famous soloists, singers, actors, and stage directors. He was the First Conductor of the Angelicum Orchestra, Milan (1984-88), Associate Conductor of the Philarmonic Orchestra of Milano Conservatorio (2000-2003), and Artistic Director and Conductor of I Solisti Aquilani (2003-2005). Since 1995 he has been Artistic Director and Conductor of the Dèdalo ensemble, Brescia.

Parisi has recorded both live and studio for labels such as Naxos, Dynamic, Bongiovanni, Stradivarius, and Nuova Era. His performance of Dvorak’s New World Symphony has been selected as 1st podcast ever of New Zealand Radio.

Starting from 1997, Vittorio Parisi has been teaching conducting at Milano Conservatorio, and since 2013, he has also been teaching at the Summer Opera Workshop in Orvieto, in addition to leading several masterclasses. Furthermore, he serves as President of the Jury or as a jury member for various International Conducting Competitions. Notably, he is the founder of the “Giancarlo Facchinetti-Città di Brescia” Conducting Competition, focusing on modern and contemporary music. A list of his students that are conducting worldwide would be too long.

OPERA    

                                                                                                                                                                       

Bartok, B. Bluebeard’s Castle
Bellini, V. La sonnambula
Capitanio, G. Pasqua Fiorentina
da Ponte, L. L’Ape musicale
Donizetti, G. L’elisir d’amore
Lucia di Lammermoor
Don Pasquale
Haydn, J. L’isola disabitata
Malipiero, G. F. Sogno di un Tramonto d’Autunno
Margola, F. Il Mito di Caino
Mozart, W. A. Così fan tutte
Die Zauberflöte
Don Giovanni
Le nozze di Figaro
Paisiello, Giovanni Le due Contesse
Poulenc, F. La voix humaine
Puccini, G. Il Trittico – Gianni Schicchi
Il Trittico – Suor Angelica
La fanciulla del West
La bohème
Madama Butterfly
Tosca
Turandot
Rossini, G. Il barbiere di Siviglia
Il signor Bruschino
La Cenerentola
La cambiale di matrimonio
Tancredi
Savinio, A. La Morte di Niobe
Verdi, G. Falstaff
Il Trovatore
La traviata
Nabucco
Otello
Rigoletto
Un ballo in maschera
Weill, K. Marie Galante

 

TRADITIONAL SYMPHONIC REPERTOIRE

 

Bach, C.Ph.E. Concerto for fortepiano, harpsichord, and orchestra
Bach, J.Ch. Symphony op 9 nr 2
Bach, J.S. Brandenburg Concerto nr 5
Suite nr 1 in C
Concerto in c minor for 2 harpsichord and strings
Cantate BWV 35 “Geist und Seele wird verwirret”
Bach, W.F. Suite
Bartok, B. Rumanian folk dances
Divertimento for string orchestra
Concerto for Orchestra
Beethoven, L.v. Symphonies no. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Overtures: Prometheus, Egmont, Fidelio, Coriolan
Piano Concertos no. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Violin Concerto
Triple Concerto
2 Romances for violino e orchestra
Aria “Ah perfido!”
Boccherini, L. Symphonies op 35 no. 1, 2, 6
Symphony op 41 in c minor
The Nocturnal Retreat in the Street of Madrid
Borodin, A. Symphony nr 2 In the Steppes of Central Asia
Brahms, J. Symphonies no. 1, 2, 3, 4
Serenades no. 1,2
Variations on a theme by Haydn
Tragic Overture
Academic Festival Overture
Violin Concerto
Double Concerto for violin and cello
Rhapsody for alto, men chorus and orchestra
Britten, B. Simple Symphony
Sinfonietta
Lacrymae
Bruckner, A. Overture in g minor
Symphony nr 4
Casella, A. Serenade for 5 instruments
Paganiniana
Cherubini, L. Symphony in D
Chopin, F. Piano Concertos no. 1, 2
Corelli, A. Concerti grossi op 6 no. 8 e 9
Debussy, C. Prèlude a l’apres midi d’un faune
Three Nocturnes
La Mèr
Jeux
Chanson de Bilitis
La boite a joujoux
Donizetti, G. Messa di Gloria e Credo
Dvorak, A. Symphonies no. 6, 8, 9
Serenades 1, 2
Slavonic Dances (1st book)
Legends no. 4, 5, 6
Nocturne for string orchestra
Cello Concerto
The Noon Witch
Dussek, J.L. Harp Concerto op 15
Elgar, E. Serenade
The Dream of Gerontius (ouverture)
Enigma Variations
Cello Concerto
de Falla, M. El Amor Brujo (suite)
Concerts for Harpsichord and 5 instruments
Faure, G. Masques et bergamasques
Pelléas et Mélisande
Franck, C. Sinfonia in D
Ghedini, G.F. Sketches for a Credo
Grieg, E. Peer Gynt (suite nr1)
Piano Concerto
Händel, G.F. Water Music
Haydn, J. Symphonies no. 21, 45,  46, 48, 49, 55, 68, 76, 82, 83, 88, 94, 96, 100, 101, 103, 104
Symphony Concertante
Piano Concerto in D
Hindemith, P. The 4 Temperaments.
5 pieces for strings op 44
Der Schwanendreher
Funeral Music for George V
Janacek, L. Concertino for piano and 6 instruments
Idyll for strings
Kaciaturian, A. Violin concerto
Krumpholtz, J.L. Harp Concerto no. 6
Liszt, F. Piano Concertos no. 1, 2
Lès PreludesHungarian Fantasy
Mephisto walzer no. 1
Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2
Mahler, G. Symphony nr 1
Adagio from Symphony no. 10
Malipiero, G.F. Impressioni dal vero (I serie)
Mendelssohn, F. Symphonies no. 3, 4, 5
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Concerto for violin, piano and strings in d
Overtures: Le Ebridi, La Bella Melusina
The first Night of Valpurga
Milhaud, D. La Creation du Monde
Stanford Serenade
Mozart, W.A. Messa in DO “Coronation Mass”
Ouvertures: Il Sogno di Scipione, Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così Fan Tutte, Die Zauberflote
Symphonies K 16, 22, 114, 134, 183, 184, 201, 319, 385, 425, 504, 543, 550, 551
Serenades: K 100, 361, 375, 388, 525
Divertimenti: K 136, 137, 138, 334
Violin Concertos K 216 e 219
Bassoon Concerto K 191
Horn Concertos K 417, 447, 495
Clarinet Concerto 622
Flutes Concertos K 313, 314
Concerto for Flute and Harp K 299
Piano Concertos K 271, 414, 449, 453, 466, 467, 482, 488, 491, 503, 595
Concerto for 2 pianos
Concerto for 3 pianos.
Paganini, N. Violin Concertos no. 1, 4
Prokofiev, S. Symphonies nr 1 “Classic”, no. 5
Violin Concertos no. 2
Peter and The Wolf
Piano Concerto no. 1
Rachmaninov, S. Piano Concertos no. 3, 4
The Island of Dead
Ravel, M. My Mother Goose
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Daphnis et Chloé II suite
Le Tombeau du Couperin
Piano Concerto for left hand
Introduction and allegro
3 Poems from Mallarmè
Respighi, O. Fountains of Rome
Botticelli’s Tryptich
Roman Festival
Brazilian Impressions
The Birds
Roussel, A. Petite Suite
Saint-Saëns, C. The Carnival of Animals
Wedding Cake
Schoenberg, A. Verklärte Nacht
Pierrot Lunaire
Chamber Symphony no. 1
Herzgewächse
Serenade op 24
Ode to Napoleon
Schubert, F. Symphonies no. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Rosamunde, queen of Cyprus
2 Overtures in Italian style
Schumann, R. Synphonies no. 2, 3, 4
Overture, Scherzo and Finale
Piano Concerto
Cello Concerto
Manfred Ouverture
Shostakovitch, D. Symphonies no. 5, 8, 10
Chamber Symphony op 110a
Piano Concerto no. 1
Sibelius, J. The Bard
Pelleas and Melisande
Smetana, B. The Moldava
Strauss, R. Don Quixote
Wind Serenade
Das Burger aus Edelmann
Stravinsky, I. The Firebird (suites)
Petrouchka
Pulcinella (suite)
Symphonies of wind instruments
Suites no. 1 and 2 String Concerto
The Soldier’s Tale
Poetry of Japanese lyric and 2 Poems by Balmont
Septet
Ode to Natalia Koussevitzki
Wind Octet
Renard
The Rite of the Spring
Tchaikovsky, P.I. Symphonies no. 3, 4, 5, 6
Romeo and Juliet
String Serenade
Suite no. 1
Violin Concerto
Suite from the ballet “The Nutcracker”
Variations on a Rococò theme
Piano concerto no. 1
Villa-Lobos, H. Bachiana brasileira no. 9
Vorisek, J.V. Symphony in D
Wagenseil G.Ch. Harp Concerto
Wagner, R. Sigfried Idyll
R. Prelude and Isolde’s death from Tristan and Isolde
Weber, C.M. Overtures: Oberon, Euryanthe
Webern, A. Passacaglia op 1
Concerto op 24
6 pieces for orchestra op 6
5 pieces per orchestra op 10
Weill, K. The Seven Deadly Sins
Walton, W. Façade: an Entertainment

 

CONTEMPORARY REPERTOIRE (SELECTION)

 

Battistelli, G. Teorema (2 acts opera)
Berio, L. Variations for Chamber Orchestra
Alleluja II
O King
Requies
Folk Songs
Boccadoro, C. Cadillac Moon
Ultrafragola
. I cavoli a merenda
Boulez, P. Dérive I
Le Marteau sans Maitre
Cage, J. 30 pieces for 5 Orchestras
Calligaris, S. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue
Double Concerto
Piano Concerto
Choreographic Scenes
Carter, E. Mosaic
Tempo e tempi
Castiglioni, N. Sinfonietta
Inverno in-ver
Momenti musicali
Quodlibet
Tropi
Corghi, A. Hop Frog
Suite Dodo
Promenade
Poudre d’Ofelia
Ite bellu
Pia (1 act opera)
Dallapiccola, L. Little Concert for Muriel Couvreux
Commiato
4 Songs by Machado
2 Lyrics by AnacreonteLittle Night Music
Divertimento in 4 esercizi
Donatoni, F. VociLe Ruisseau sur l’Escalier
Etwas Ruhiger im Ausdrück
ArpègeLumenTema
Duo pour Bruno
Fidele, I. Epos
Cello Concerto no. 2
Glass, P. Concerto for 2 Timpanists and Orchestra
Grisey, G. Talea
Vortex Temporum
Ligeti, G. Fragment
Lindberg, M. Ritratto
Maderna, B. Don Perlimplin (radio opera)
Serenata per un satellite
Part, A. Requiem for Benjamin Britten
Pennisi, F. Descrizione dell’Isola Ferdinandea (1 act opera)
Sylvia Simplex
Farfalle
Petrassi, G. Concerts for Orchestra no. 2, 3, 4
La Noche Oscura
Poems for Strings and Trumpets.
Flute Concerto
Laudes Creaturarum
Chamber Sonata for Harpsichord and 10 Instruments
Serenade
Beatitudines
Grand Septuor
Coro di morti
2 lyrics by Saffo
Pousseur, H. Crosses of Crossed Colors
Rime pour différent sources sonores
Reich, S. Octet
Reimann, A. Sieben Fragmente fur Robert Schumann
Rendine, S. Lucia! (Opera)
Orlando
Scelsi, G. Kya
Okanagon
Pranam II
Sciarrino, S. The Country Without Dawn
Through the Gates
Taralli, M. La Maschera di Punkitititi (2 acts opera)
Torke, M. Telephone Book
Togni, C. Aubade per 6
Some Other Where Rondeaux per 10
Barrabas (1 act opera)
Du Bleicher Geselle
Vandor, I. Crossed Letters
In memoriam Tadeusz Moll
Vasks, P. Voices
Zimmerman, B.A. Oboe Concerto

AUDIO & VIDEO

Vittorio Parisi w. Dèdalo ensemble – De Graaff Pascal (Oct. 2021)

Vittorio Parisi – Donna di Veleni by Marco Podda at Teatro Coccia, Novara (Feb. 2020)

Vittorio Parisi w. Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano – Piano Concerto nr 1. by M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco (Mar. 2018)

REVIEWS

Dèdalo Ensemble Concert in Brescia (June 2023)

“…but the Scenography Hall of Teatro Grande hosted also, on March 9, two masterworks of XXcentury music like Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland and El Amor Brujo by Manuel de Falla. For a dèdalo Ensemble concert conducted by Vittorio Parisi…on his part, Vittorio Parisi has conducted splendidly the Dèdalo Ensemble in these famous, beautiful, and very difficult scores.”

– Luigi Fertonani, Brescia Musica

Donna di Veleni at Teatro Coccia di Novara (Feb. 2020)

“Thanks also to the precise and sure baton of Vittorio Parisi that combines indisputable pragmatism with consciousness and drive…”

– Roberta Pedrotti, L’Ape Musicale

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