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Sylvia Massarelli

Conductor

 

Sylvia Massarelli has conducted some of the best orchestras of the world including the Wiener Kammer Orchester, the Orchestre du Capitol de Toulouse, and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.

Born in Rome, Ms. Massarelli studied in Rome and Paris and made her conducting debut with the Ensemble International de Paris in Paris in 1991. By that time, she had already been acclaimed as a talented pianist, reaching international recognition by winning first prize at the International Piano Competition “J.S.Bach in Paris”.

After graduating with honors from the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique in Paris in 1992, she won in 1993 the Grand Prix de Direction d’Orchestre at the 43rd International Competition in Besançon. A few months earlier she had obtained the Special Press Prize at the International Prokofiev Competition in St. Petersburg.

She was assistant to the renowned conductor M.W.Chung at the Opera Bastille Theater in Paris for Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra, and she also guest conducted at the Nordic Days Music Festival in Iceland in 1996.

Most recently, Miss Massarelli conducted at the Auditorium Parco della Musica and gave a conductor’s master class at the Musical University of Shanghai. She also made her lyric debut at the 38th Biennale Festival in Venice, conducting Haydn's Il Mondo della Luna to rave reviews!

She lives in Bologna, Italy with her husband and their two daughters.

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