FERRARI, DANIELE Daniele Ferrari, conductor
Daniele Ferrari studied piano with Alberto Mozzati and Alberto Colombo, organ
with GiovanniWalter Zaramella, composition with Angelo Corradini and Bruno Bettinelli,
and orchestral conducting with Franco Gallini. He has been organist of the Basilica
of San Carlo al Corso in Milan since 1986, and for more than ten years was conductor
of the Concentus Musicae Antiquae Choir, with which he also made recordings
for RAI (Italian State Television and Radio). As a conductor he has performed
vocal and instrumental repertoire from the Baroque period to the present day.
In 1996 he conducted the symphony concert at the Festival of the Valle d'Itria
(Martina Franca, Italy), and in 1999 composed Canti di Alice for voice
and piano on poems by Alice Sturiale (from Il libro di Alice, published
by Rizzoli), which have been performed at various cultural and literary events.
In 2000 he collaborated as Assistant Conductor and Musical Production Director
with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano G. Verdi, which he conducted in the concert
hall of Milan's Conservatorio G. Verdi and in the Auditorium di Milano. In his
pursuit of rare and unpublished musical repertory, Daniele Ferrari has transcribed,
edited, performed and recorded many compositions, including sacred works by
Emanuele Rincón d'Astorga, Francesco Pasquale Ricci, Giovanni Battista
Sammartini, and Nino Rota's four-part Mass. With Jeremy Commons he completed
the reconstruction and revision of Giovanni Pacini's opera Il convitato di
Pietra in 2002. He made the first complete recording of the early symphonies
of Sammartini, acclaimed by Musica e Dischi as the Best Italian Recording
of 1995, and has also recorded a number of the Sacred Cantatas by the same composer.
Several of his projects have been published by Casa Musicale Sonzogno. More
information can be found at http://www.danieleferrari.com
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