Daniela Uccello (Tutor)

Daniela Uccello, soprano born in Messina, began studying piano and singing with her mother and obtained a diploma with honors. She upgraded at the Mozarteum of Salzburg under Rita Streich, at the Opera teaching centre of the Scala Theatre in Milan and under Carla Castellani. She boasts a very wide opera and concert repertoire that includes traditional characters (Violetta, Manon, Susanna) and lesser-known works such as Cimarosa's Italiana in Londra, Galuppi's Arcadia in Brenta, Donizetti's Torquato Tasso, and Sammartini's Memet. She has staged numerous contemporary music performances of the works of renowned composers (Manzoni, Furrer, Yun, Morricone etc.) and is perfectly acquainted with the lieder repertoire of Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Strauss, Wolf, Hindemith, Schönberg, performed alongside leading pianists. Among the theatres and Festivals where she has performed: San Carlo of Naples, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Ravenna Festival, Sferisterio of Macerata, Massimo Theatre of Palermo, Academy of Santa Cecilia (Rome), Smetana Theatre of Prague, Milano Musica, Festival MiTo, Opera Theatre of Budapest, Auditorium of the Flanders Philharmonic, Metropolitan Museum of New York,  Auditorium of Istanbul, etc. with the direction of Arturo Tamayo, Edoardo Müller, Gabriele Ferro, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Woldemar Nelsson, Daniele Gatti, Carlo Rizzi, George Sebastian, Simon Preston and many others. She has  made numerous radio and TV recordings with Radio Lugano, Radio Sofia, Hungarian RadioTelevision, Vatican Radio, RaiTv and has cut records with Foné, Akademia, Bongiovanni, BMG Ricordi, Quadrivium, Dynamic. For some years she is teaching Vocal Chamber Music at the "G. Verdi" Conservatoire of Music in Milan.

Gian Luca Pasolini (Tutor)

Gian Luca Pasolini, born in Riccione, studied first at the conservatory in Bologna and then in Pesaro where he graduated with the highest marks with Robleto Merolla, completing his studies with Alain Billard (Accademia Verdi Toscanini) and Bernadette Manca di Nissa (Accademia Maggio Musicale Fiorentino).In 2007 he received his Bachelor’s degree with highest honors in Opera at the Conservatorio “L. Cherubini” in Florence under the guidance of Benedetta Pecchioli and Marta Taddei. Winner of many prizes, he took first place in the Chamber Music section in the Vocal Competition at  San Pietro in Vincoli Ravenna, and made his debut in 1999 at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, in Paisiello’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia. In Bologna he performed Monteverdi’s  Ritorno di Ulisse in Patria , and then sang this opera on a tour in 2000-2001 that took him to Erlangen, Marsiglia, Vancouver  and Los Angeles. In 2003 he sang I. Stravinskij’s Pulcinella and G. Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi (conductor Nir Kabaretti, director Mario Monicelli) for the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence and inaugurated with Carmina Burana by C. Orff  the Stagione Sinfonica of the Teatro Bellini in Naples. In 2004 he took part in the first modern performances of Il geloso sincerato by Giuseppe Nicolini at the Teatro Comunale of Piacenza and the Teatro Sociale in Mantova (conductor Fabrizio Dorsi, director Enzo Dara) and  Don Falcone by Jommelli in Sondrio, where in was  recorded by Bongiovanni. He has also performed the role of Cavalier Belfiore in Rossini’s Viaggio a Reims (conductor Nir Kabaretti director Emilio Sagi) and was part of the cast in the production of Pigmalione by Donizetti (conductor Carlo Montanaro director Franco Gervasio) and Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte (conductor Gerard Korsten director Jonatan Miller) for Florence’s Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. In 2005 he took part in the first performance ever in Italy of Oliver Knussen’s  Where the wild things are  (conductor Roberto Polastri director Amy Lucknbach), in Musorgskij’s  Boris Godunov (conductor Semyn Bychkov director Einuntas Necrosius) and in Traviata (conductor Renato Palumbo director Cristina Comencini) for the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. He also sang in Elisabetta Regina di Inghilterra  by Rossini (conductor Renato Palumbo director Roberto Abbado) at Bologna’s Teatro Comunale. He sang in the first performance in modern day of the Ape musicale by Lorenzo Da Ponte, in the 1789 version, (conductor Attilio Cremonesi director Michail Zaniecki) at the Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi and at the Teatro Da Ponte in Vittorio Veneto. He also sang  Carmina Burana (conductor Lorenzo Fratini) for the Teatro Verdi in Trieste. In 2006 he participated in the celebration of the 250° anniversary of Mozart’s birth, singing in Faenza, at the Teatro Masini with conductor Saul Zaks and in Rome, Parco della Musica Auditorium Sinopoli, conductor Lu Jia. He took part in the musical celebration of M° Zubin Mehta’s 70° birthday singing Carmina Burana, in a concert which previewed the opening of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino broadcast live by Rai Radio3. He also debuted as Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the Auditorium delle Magnolie in Abano Terme with conductor  Giulio Svegliado. The Mozart Festival in Rovereto MART with conductor Massimigliano Carraro and staging by Massimo Gasparron, saw his first Mitridate in Mozart’s Mitridate. A concert version of Verdi’s Rigoletto welcomed his Duca di Mantov performed with the Camerata del Titanto at the Teatro Titano in the Republic of San Marino with Augusto Ciavatta conducting. He was Riccardo Percy in  Donizetti’s Anna Bolena at the Teatro Donizetti of Bergamo and the  Teatro Grande in Brescia with conductors Fabrizio Maria Carminati and Antonino Fogliani staged by Francesco Esposito. The production was broadcast by  Rai Radio3 and recorded  DVD by Dynamic. Gianluca Pasolini started out the year  2007 on  tour in Japan, singing in  Otsu and Tokyo at the  Bunka Kaikan Theater with Donizetti’s Anna Bolena  again with Fabrizio Maria Carminati and Antonino Fogliani (staged by Francesco Esposito), as Riccardo Percy. In June he made his debut at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan in Sostakovic’s Ledi Makbet Mcenkogo uezda  under the baton of Kazushi Ono and stage director Richard Jones. He returned to La Scala with Fabio Vacchi’s new opera, Teneke.  in the leading role, Roberto Abbado conducting with stage director, Ermanno Olmi. Gian Luca Pasolini has sung in various music Festivals: Ljubljana, Vienna, Salisburgo and Santander. He sang at the celebration of the Anno Verdiano in 2001 at  Ravenna, Bologna and New York, and for the 103° anniversary of Verdi’s death at his birthplace in  Roncole di Busseto. He has also performed for two of Rossini’s birthday anniversarys in Pesaro (conductor Alberto Zedda). He has sung in the Johannes Passion by J. S. Bach in the role of Evangelista and the lead  tenor in the  Messia by Haendel, Litanie Lauretanae and de Venerabilis Altaris Sacramento by Mozart, Petite Messe Solennelle and Stabat Mater by Rossini, Messa di gloria by Mascagni. Among his recordings: Le ultime sette parole di cristo sulla croce  by Marchetti, Requiem in memoria di Luigi XVI by Sarti, Requiem and Messa in do min. kv 139 by Mozart. Pasolini’s next engagements find him at La Scala and in Berlin with Prokofiev’s The Gambler  with Maestro Daniel Barenboim conducting.

Andrea Angelini (Artistic Dirctor)

Born in Bologna, Italy, Andrea Angelini began his piano studies as a child, at the Rimini Lettimi School. He later earned a Bachelor of Music at Ferrara's Frescobaldi Conservatory. Particularly interested in piano pedagogy, he studied with Rita Ferri and Alexander Lonquich. After earning a Master in Choral Conducting in 1992, he studied music therapy with Professor Cremaschi of Milan University. His interests led him to the choral field, and he earned a Bachelor studying Liturgical Music at Modena and at the International Art Academy in Rome with Fulvio Angius. He also studied organ at Pesaro's Conservatory of Music. Since 1988, Andrea Angelini has conducted many concerts with the choir Carla Amori, in Italy and abroad. He has also worked with the Cattolica City Choir and the Cesena Lyric Choir. In 1996 he was named Director of the Rimini Choir, Alessandro Grandi. He led this choir in several performances, including in important venues such as St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome - where he was able to meet Pope John Paul the Second - and in Milan’s Cathedral. He is also the Artistic Director and Conductor of the professional group Musica Ficta Vocal Ensemble. He has also conducted the Lithuanian Jauna Muzika Choir , the Latvian Ave Sol and the Tudor Consort from New Zealand. Mr. Angelini is the Artistic Director of the International Festival Voices from America held annually in Rimini each spring. He is also the Artistic Director and member of the Jury of the International Organ competition, Marcello Galanti. He was also member of the Jury at the following International Choir’s Competitions: Grand Prix Slovakia, City of Warsaw International Choral Competition, Malta Choir Festival, Cantonigros Choir Competition, Jersey Choir Competition, The Prague Competition for Blind Musicians, The Rhodes Music Competition. He frequently leads choral workshops in Italy and abroad. He is the artistic director and one of the tutors at the Rimini International Choral Workshop, where he teaches with Peter Phillips of the Tallis Scholars. He is also the Artistic Director of the Rimini International Choir Competition. His professional memberships include the Artistic Committee of AERCO (Regional Association of Choirs), FENIARCO (National Italian Federation of Regional Choral Associations), ABCD (British Association of Choral Directors) and RCO (The Royal College of Organists). He is a regular reviewer for the press and a qualified elementary and secondary school teacher. He has written numerous transcriptions for choirs and chamber ensembles, including a monumental transcription of Antonio Vivaldi's Gloria in D RV589, for choir, soloists, and organ (with the organ part being quite suited to the instrument). His transcription of Faure's Requiem is published by Gelber Hund Verlag of Berlin, who are also publishers of a book of repertoire for organ and violin, edited by Mr. Angelini. For the American CanticaNOVA Publication, he has prepared transcriptions of important Renaissance Anthems.