Marco Attura

Marco Attura is an Italian composer, pianist and conductor.

Biography He obtained diplomas in piano, composition, choral music and orchestral conducting (cum laude). He furthered his studies at the Royal Philharmonic Academy of Bologna, Städtische Bühnen in Münster, Germany, the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale in Spoleto and the Academy of Teatro alla Scala in Milan, where most of Italy's greatest operatic artists, and many of the finest singers from around the world, have studied and performed.

He follows the masterclasses with Daniel Oren, and Jorma Panula.

At the age of twenty, he made his debut on the podium of the Teatro degli Industri with Puccini's opera "Gianni Schicchi" and later with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Don Giovanni". On the occasion of the X edition of the "Giuseppe Sciacca" International Prize for young scholars, he was awarded the 1st Prize Da Vinci Classics (first world premiere of Pietro Mascagni's satanic rhapsody ), piano version by the author, Brilliant Classics, Tactus and Amadeus Arte.

He is a teacher of Score Reading at the Italian Conservatories of Music and carries out conducting activities with one particular predilection for the opera repertoire, from the 1900s and at the same time, with more than 50 premieres.

Works

Cops for ensemble (Commissione Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini di Jesi) Asylum Ballet Music , for ensemble Argo , for Baritone and Orchestra Cantilena ed oblìo di un luogo estraneo e mai vissuto , for guitar and piano Per aspera ad Astra ("Over the thorns to the stars"), for two pianos and percussion ... ad Astra (World Music Contest Kerkrade 2023), for Symphonic wind band Imago Matris , for flute and strings orchestra Victimae Paschali Laudes, for SATB choir and organ Avalon, for wind ensemble (Commissione Ente Musicale e culturale “G.Puccini” di Suvereto) Il Lato nascosto Opera (Commissione Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini di Jesi)

Performances

"Sacro Incanto" Festival, position: directed Labirinto Vocale ensemble, National Theater of Opera and Ballet(Albania), Opera "Samson et Dalila", position: orchestral direction, Teatro Pergolesi, opera "Delitto to the island of Capre", position: conductor, Teatro Brancaccio, opera "Seven brides for seven brothers", position: conductor, Teatro Pergolesi, opera "Night for me bright", position: conductor, Teatro Pergolesi, opera "The hidden side. Circopera lunar ", position: conductor Teatro Pergolesi 19th Pergolese-Spontini Festival 2019, "Aucassin et Nicolette", role: realization of the Italian version, Teatro Pergolesi, opera "Cryss on the island of goats", role: directing,

Discography

Universal Edition – Marco Attura, Personal web-site discography, AllMusic – Marco Attura.

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