Antonio Magarelli

Biography

Antonio Magarelli is a choir and orchestra conductor. He holds diplomas in piano, music education, choral music and choral conducting, band instrumentation and orchestral conducting. He has furthered his training in choral and orchestral conducting under the guidance of Peter Neumann, Gary Graden, Nicole Corti, Javier Busto, Bo Holten and Dominique Rouits. He has attended the International Academy for Choir Conductors and Singers in Fano, as well as a choral conducting seminar at the Conservatory of Monopoli led by Filippo Maria Bressan. He has also studied vocal technique with Claudio Cavina and Steve Woodbury. He specialises in the interpretation and performance of Renaissance and Baroque repertoire, studying with Giovanni Acciai and Ottavio Dantone. He conducted the world premieres of two new works by Apulian composers: Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Secundum Joannem (1816), a sacred oratorio for soloists, choir and orchestra by Vito Antonio Raffaele Cozzoli (1777–1817); Inno al Sole by Giuseppe Millico (1737–1802), a cantata for two sopranos and orchestra; and Gli Stravaganti, a comic intermezzo in two acts with music by N. Piccinni. For the DIGRESSIONE MUSIC label, he has recorded the Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Secundum Joannem (1816) — a sacred oratorio for soloists, choir and orchestra by Vito Antonio Raffaele Cozzoli — as well as Officia in Feria V et VI Majoris Hebdomadae by Antonio Pansini (1703–1791), and a monograph of his own compositions entitled Beatus Conradus. He has appeared as a guest at festivals in Italy, England, Hungary, the Netherlands and France, as well as at the 'Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences' in Rome and the 'Tempio Armonico' series at the Church of the Girolamini in Naples. He was recently a guest at the 'Marco Scacchi' International Festival in Vilnius (LT). As a guest conductor, he led the Orchestra della Magna Grecia in performances of Mozart’s Waisenhausmesse and several of Mahler’s Lieder for solo voice and orchestra. He conducted the world premiere of Giovanni Maria Trabaci’s Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Secundum Lucam et Joannem at the Duni Festival. He collaborated with the Accademia Amsterdam orchestra for many years, teaching at summer courses in Baroque music and conducting concerts in Italy and the Netherlands. He is involved in researching and rediscovering unpublished masterpieces by Apulian composers and gives historically informed performances. He has taught Baroque performance practice at the “Rodolfo Celletti” Academy of Bel Canto in Martina Franca. He is the conductor of the Cappella Musicale Corradiana.