The First Conductor Of The Orchestra
PFB
With experience in the fields of both opera and symphonic
music, an attention on contemporary opera and on the revival of the 19th
century opera and a bright and linear directorial style, Massimiliano
Caldi stands out for his high professional preparation and for his
interpretation and he’s loved by orchestras all over the world for his
musical taste and also for his human qualities. After being the Principal
Conductor of Milano Classica Chamber Orchestra, last spring
Massimiliano Caldi was appointed Principal Conductor of the "F.Chopin".
The cooperation will start from the season 2012-2013 and will last at
least three seasons. He was also confirmed from September 2012,
Principal Conductor of the Silesian Chamber Orchestra of which from
2006 to 2010 he has been Musical Conductor. Winner of the first prize at
the sixth Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Orchestral
Conducting, in Katowice in 1999, today Caldi has conducted over 800
concerts.
Born in Milan, Massimiliano Caldi has a strong relation with his city that
allowed him, thanks to the wide range of music that it has and to the
attendante, when Caldi was a child, of the Teatro alla Scala and
Conservatory, to live his passion for music. Passion that has led him to
decide to pursue a conducting career after the study of piano and
composition. In Milan he works with Accademia Teatro alla Scala with
which last April he conducted its orchestra for an opera galà at Royal
Opera House of Muscat in Oman, I Virtuosi del Teatro alla Scala who
conducted in a concert at Warsaw's Royal Castle, the orchestra of the I
Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano Foundation, who invited him on a regular
basis and the Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro Sinfonico di Milano Giuseppe
Verdi Foundation.
In Italy he works regularly on the musical programmes at the theatres of
Bologna and Firenze. Amongst Italian orchestras, he has conducted the
Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali, the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale
Fiorentino, the Turin Teatro Regio Orchestra, the Fondazione Arena
di Verona Orchestra, the Palermo Teatro Massimo Orchestra, the
Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, the Orchestra Sinfonica della
Provincia di Bari, the Fondazione "Arturo Toscanini" Orchestra, the
Orchestra Sinfonica Giovanile del Piemonte, the Orchestra Sinfonica di
Sanremo, the Orchestra Regionale di Roma e del Lazio, the "Istituzione
Sinfonica Abruzzese" Orchestra and the "Filarmonia Veneta" Orchestra.
In Poland he regularly conducts concerts at the Silesian Philharmonic
Concert Hall and with the Silesian Chamber Orchestra he has taken
part in some of the most famous Polish festivals.
Amongst
Polish orchestras, he has also conducted the Polish Radio Symphonic
Orchestra and the Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra of Warsaw, the Katowice
Polish Radio National Symphonic Orchestra, the Szymanowski
Philharmonic Orchestra of Cracow, the Karlowicz Philharmonic
Orchestra of Stettin, the Symphony Orchestra of the Rzeszów
Philharmonic and the Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra of Danzig where he
is invited on a regular basis.
In Europe he has performed in the concert halls of Vienna, Linz, St
Petersburg, Amsterdam, Baden-Baden, Bonn, Frankfurt, Mannheim and
Szeged. In Israel he has conducted the Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheva
Orchestra and in Brasil the Santo André Symphonic Orchestra. On July
2011 he was in Santiago for a special project with the Symphonic O
rchestra of Chile.
The works that he has conducted from 1991 on include Orphée et
Eurydice by Gluck, La Bohème by Puccini, Salomé by Strauss, Rigoletto,
La Traviata and Il Trovatore by Verdi, Così fan tutte and Lenozze di
figaro by Mozart, Rapsodia Satanica and Cavalleria Rusticana by
Mascagni, Il barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini, Norma by Bellini, Carmina
Burana by Orff, I Due timidi and La notte di un nevrastenico by
Rota.
Caldi has worked on the revival of the 19th century opera Il Macco by
Ferdinando Ranuzzi conducted at Teatro Guardassoni, Bologna in 2006,
Don Bucefalo and Re Lear by Antonio Cagnoni conducting them in 2008
and in 2009 at Valle d’Itria Festival in Martina Franca. During the last
Cracow Polish Music Festival, edition 2011, he has also conducted the
first performance in modern times of Pierre de Medicis by Jozef
Poniatowski.
He has also turned his attention to contemporary opera. Over the years,
he has conducted the world premieres of Peter Uncino by Tutino,
Nevebianca by Betta and La zingara guerriera by Nicolini. In June 2008
Dynamic published the CDs Salomé by Richard Strauss, Re Lear and
Don Bucefalo by Antonio Cagnoni conducted by Massimiliano Caldi.
In January 2009 Caldi recorded the CD Little Big Music with the Silesian
Chamber Orchestra for the recording company DUX with music by
Britten, Holst, Lutoslawski and Kilar.