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Daniele Rustioni (born 1983) is an Italian conductor.


Biography

Rustioni was born in Milan, and studied piano, organ, and composition at the
Milan Conservatory The Milan Conservatory (''Conservatorio di Milano'') is a college of music in Milan, Italy. History The conservatory was established by a royal decree of 1807 in Milan, capital of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy. It opened the following year ...
. He sang in the boys choir of the Teatro alla Scala in his youth. He studied cello for 3 years, and later piano and organ. Rustioni studied conducting under Gilberto Serembe at the Milan Conservatory and under
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at the
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. Whilst at the Royal Academy of Music in London, his mentors included
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, who gave him the opportunity to make his debut as a conductor with the orchestra of the Teatro Regio in Turin in 2007. For 2008–2009, Rustioni was a Jette Parker Young Artist at the
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, Covent Garden. He then became an assistant conductor to
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at Covent Garden, and served in the post for 3 years. Rustioni made his U.S. debut in July 2011 conducting Cherubini's ''
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'' at the Glimmerglass Festival. Rustioni became principal guest conductor of the Orchestra della Toscana in 2011. In June 2014, Rustioni became the orchestra's principal conductor. He stood down as the orchestra's principal conductor at the close of the 2019–2020 season. He retains his post as artistic director of the orchestra. In March 2015, the
Opéra national de Lyon The Opéra National de Lyon, marketed as Opéra de Lyon during the last decade, is an opera company in Lyon, based and performing mostly at the Opéra Nouvel, an 1831 theater that was modernized and architecturally transformed in 1993. The inaugu ...
announced the appointment of Rustioni as its next principal conductor, effective September 2017. In January 2019, the
Ulster Orchestra The Ulster Orchestra, based in Belfast, is the only full-time professional orchestra in Northern Ireland. The orchestra plays the majority of its concerts in Belfast's Ulster Hall and Waterfront Hall. It also gives concerts across the United K ...
announced the appointment of Rustioni as its next chief conductor, effective September 2019, following 3 prior appearances as guest conductor with the orchestra. In September 2022, the orchestra announced simultaneously the extension of Rustioni's contract to 2024 and the immediate elevation of his title to music director. Rustioni is married to the Italian-American violinist . The couple have together recorded violin concertos of Paganini and Wolf-Ferrari for
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, where the recording of the Wolf-Ferrari violin concerto was taken from the UK premiere performance in Birmingham, with the
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) is a British orchestra based in Birmingham, England. It is the resident orchestra at Symphony Hall: a B:Music Venue in Birmingham, which has been its principal performance venue since 1991. Its a ...
. For Sony Classical, Rustioni has recorded music of
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, and an album of opera arias with Erwin Schrott.


References


External links

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Artists Management Company page on Daniele Rustioni

Brittany Lesavoy, 'Quick Q&A: Daniele Rustioni'. Glimmerglass Opera, 6 May 2011

Orchestra della Toscana Italian-language page on Daniele Rustioni
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rustioni, Daniele 1983 births Living people Musicians from Milan Italian male conductors (music) 21st-century Italian conductors (music) 21st-century Italian male musicians