Filippo Maria Bressan (born 27 November 1957, in Este) is an Italian

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. Training pianist, he studied conducting with several teachers, among whom stand out Jurgen Jürgens, for the choir conducting (of which he later became assistant), and

Karl Österreicher Karl Österreicher (3 January 1923 – 11 March 1995) was an Austrian conductor and music teacher. Life Born in Rohrbach an der Gölsen, Lower Austria, Austrian studied clarinet as well as conducting with Hans Swarowsky, later also with Alfre ...

, in Vienna, for orchestra conductingspecializing himself, among others, with

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and Giovanni Acciai for musicology. Permanent conductor of Orchestra Sinfonica di

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and of Jupiter Orchestra (formerly Orchestra dell'Accademia Musicale), he chose to work mainly in Italy or nearby. He has conducted other Orchestras including the Saint Petersburgs State Academic Symphonic Orchestra, Orchestra of Opéra Royal de Wallonie, the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, the Orchestra and Choir of Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Orchestra and Choir of

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and almost all the major Italian orchestras. In the field of Opera he conducted numerous works of the baroque and classical period, favoring authors such as

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. Many the collaborations, as conductor or choir master, both in the field of opera and symphonic, including with

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Rudolf Buchbinder Rudolf Buchbinder (born 1 December 1946, Litoměřice, Czechoslovakia) is an Austrian classical pianist. Biography Buchbinder studied with Bruno Seidlhofer at the Vienna Academy of Music. In 1965, he made a tour of North and South Americas. In ...

Frans Brüggen Franciscus ("Frans") Jozef Brüggen (30 October 1934 – 13 August 2014) was a Dutch Conducting, conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist. Biography Born in Amsterdam, Brüggen was the youngest of the nine children of August Brüggen, a t ...

Giuliano Carmignola Giuliano Carmignola (born 7 July 1951, in Treviso) is an Italian violinist. Born in Treviso, he studied with his father, then with Luigi Ferro at the Venice Conservatory and afterwards with Nathan Milstein and Franco Gulli at the Accademia Chigi ...

Myung-whun Chung Myung-whun Chung (; born 22 January 1953) is a South Korean conductor and pianist. Career Performer Chung studied piano with Maria Curcio and won joint second-prize in the 1974 International Tchaikovsky Competition. He performed in the Chun ...

, Carlo Colombara, Enrico Dindo,

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, Mstislav Leopol'dovič Rostropovič,

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, Giovanni Sollima,

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and many others. He was guest conductor for five years at the Teatr Wielki in

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, for two years at the

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, principal conductor of the Accademia de li Musici and currently Voxonus. He is a regular guest of the major concert companies and major Italian festivals of symphonic, ancient and contemporary music (

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, Festival Monteverdi of

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, MITO SettembreMusica, Sagra Musicale Umbra and many others). He founded Athestis Chorus & Academia de li Musici, - then Athestis Chorus & Orchestra -, a vocal and instrumental professional group specialized in the Baroque and classical repertoire, which closed its activity in 2009. Always passionate on choral music, with choral ensembles directed by him, he won five first and two second prizes in national and international competitions and received the award of music critics in

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in 1994, the Chiavi d’argento award in

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in 2004 and the award for Best Conductor at Tours in 2016. From 2000 to 2002 he was invited to fill the position of Choir Masterof Accademia Nazionale di Santa Ceciliain Rome, in succession of

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, position that he will not want to hold anymore in other Opera Houses. He has conducted many other choral ensembles, including the

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, the Estonian National Male Choir, the World Youth Choir in 2005 and 2016, the Coro Giovanile Italiano from 2003 to 2005, le Choeur National des Jeunes from 2014 to 2017, the Choirs of many Theaters and lyrical institutions. He has collaborated in several projects on behalf of Feniarco, ECA-Europa Cantat, IFCM and in 2006 he was appointed by Prof. Bruno Cagli member of the scientific committee of the Gioachino Rossini Foundation in

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Discography

* '' Concerto per violino e orchestra n. 1 op. 26 by

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– Sinfonia n. 3 in la min. op. 56 ''Scozzese'' by Felix Mendelssohn B''. Edoardo Zosi, violino – – Filippo Maria Bressan, conductor – Amadeus (Italy, February 2012) * ''Messa per San Marco'' by Baldassarre Galuppi: Athestis Chorus & Academia de li Musici – Filippo Maria Bressan, conductor – Chandos Records (Great Britain, 2003) * ''La Resurrezione di Lazzaro'' by Antonio Calegari: Athestis Chorus & Academia de li Musici – Filippo Maria Bressan, conductor – Chandos Records (Great Britain, 2001) * ''Arianna'' by Benedetto Marcello: Athestis Chorus & Academia de li Musici – Filippo Maria Bressan, conductor – Chandos Records (Great Britain, 2000) * ''Requiem'' by Benedetto Marcello: Athestis Chorus & Academia de li Musici – Filippo Maria Bressan, conductor – Chandos Records (Great Britain, 1999) * ''Vespro della Beata Vergine Maria'' by Pier Francesco Cavalli: Athestis Chorus, Schola Gregoriana Ergo Cantemus – Filippo Maria Bressan, conductor – Tactus (Italy, 1998) * ''Isolamenti 1938–1945'' Vol. 5 by Gian Francesco Malipiero, Viktor Ullmann, Karl Amadeus Hartmann – Athestis Chorus – Filippo Maria Bressan, conductor – Nuova Fonit Cetra (Italy, 1996) * ''Arias for Rubini'' – ''Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti'': Juan Diego Florez, Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia – Filippo Maria Bressan, choirmaster – Roberto Abbado, conductor (Decca, 2007) * '' Pezzi sacri'' by

Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi ( ; ; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for List of compositions by Giuseppe Verdi, his operas. He was born near Busseto, a small town in the province of Parma ...

: Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia – Filippo Maria Bressan, choirmaster – Myung-Whun Chung, conductor (Deutsche Grammophon, 2000) * ''Die Schöpfung'' ''(The Creation)'' by Franz Joseph Haydn: Athestis Chorus, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai – Filippo Maria Bressan, choirmaster – Jeffrey Tate, direttore – Rai (Italy, 2000) (Premio Abbiati 2000)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bressan, Filippo Maria Living people 1957 births People from the Province of Padua Italian choral conductors Italian male conductors (music) 21st-century Italian conductors (music) 21st-century Italian male musicians