Dario Bisso (born
14 March
1964) is an Italian conductor and guitarist.
He studied guitar and
Gregorian Chant at the Conservatory
Benedetto Marcello of Venice
and got a
degree in Musicology and Musical heritage
at the University of Venice "Ca' Foscari".Studied
Musical Composition under guidance of
Ugo Amendola and
Conducting with Gilberto
Serembe and Giacomo Zani.
Career
Bisso was
born in Dolo, Venice
.
In 1986,
he was received by the President of the Italian Republic
, and was awarded by the Minister of Culture and
Arts as the youngest guitarist who obtained a diploma cum laude in
an Italian Conservatory in 1985, the European Year of
Music.
In 1989
Bisso won international competitions in Rome
and Tokyo
which
represented a turning point in his career. He debuted in 1990 at
London
's St. John Smith Square concert hall and, in 1992,
he performed in Boston, Milan, and Munich. He founded the Camera
Arcadia Chamber Orchestra in 1998, and in 1999 he conducted the
Orchestra Alessandro Scarlatti at the Court Theatre at the Royal Palace in Naples
.
After this experience he conducted many other important orchestras
such as the Orchestra Accademia Vivaldiana of Venice; the Symphonic
Orchestra Città di Adria; the Philharmonic Orchestra "Mihail Jora"
of Bacau (Romania) in
Giuseppe
Verdi's
Il trovatore
(2006); the Symphonic Orchestra "Il Suono Il Tempo" of Milan; the
Symphonic Orchestra Sconfinarte of Milan in Giuseppe Verdi's
La traviata (2007); and the
Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana in Verdi's
Rigoletto (2008). In 1995 he founded the
International competition Voci Nuove della lirica "
Giovanni Battista Velluti" of
which he is also the artistic director. He collaborates with many
outstanding composers:
Claudio
Ambrosini,
Sylvano Bussotti,
Ennio Morricone and
Fabio Vacchi.February 14 2009, Dario Bisso
conducted Philharmonische Camerata Berlin (
Berliner Philharmoniker strings
players) with music by
Mozart,
Haydn,
Tchaikowsky.
In 2007,
Bisso received the award Premio Pentagramma in Abano Terme
(Padua
, Italy) and
in 2008 he was awarded with the title "Strapadovan" by the
Provincial Administration of Padua for his commitment to the spread
of music.
Compositions
1986:
Incidental music for L'Adulatore, by
Carlo Goldoni; produced by the Teatro Stabile
del Friuli Venezia Giulia of Trieste (production by
Pressburger)
2004:
Due Liriche per soprano e quartetto d'archi on
lyrics by Amelia Burlon Siliotti.
Discography
1994:
Bruno Maderna,
Aulodia per
Lotthar per oboe d'amore e chitarra; (Oboe d' amore) A.
Baccini, (Guitar) D. Bisso, Stradivarius, Milan.
1998:
Astor Piazzolla ,
Libertango e Adios Nonino, arr. by Bisso , Ed. Curci,
Milan.
2003:
Claudio Ambrosini,
Tre
Studi Sulla Prospettiva, (guitar), Dario Bisso (Scherzo
[Omaggio a Escher ]; Canzone Curva detta "dell'Occhiolino";
Pensiero Minore), Ed Springer Verlag Italy.
2005:
Sylvano Bussotti,
The
Rara Requiem. Live Recording, for vocal ensemble,
choir, guitar, violoncello, orchestra of wind instruments, piano,
harp, and percussion (1969, rev. 1970) [58:41], ( guitar) Dario
Bisso, ed. Col-Legno, Germany.
Publications
Antologia: chitarra = guitarAstor Piazzolla, Dario Bisso - Ed Curci
- Milan(2004)ISBN 88-485-0571-6 / 8848505716
See also