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Born in Terni, he started to
compose music at the very early age of seven, even before the beginning
of his musical studies. After graduating in Piano at G. Briccialdi in
Terni, he continued his studies in various Conservatories such as S.
Cecilia in Rome, L. Cherubini in Florence, F. Morlacchi in Perugia and
obtained Degrees in Composition, Conducting, Choral music and Choir
Conducting. And currently holds a teaching post at F. Morlacchi
Conservatory.
His career as a conductor took
off with his performance in Spoleto of Un Ballo in maschera
of Verdi, obtaining big public success and great reviews from the
critics. Later Carlo Palleschi was invited to conduct orchestras from
all different parts of the world including Tchaikowsky Symphony
Orchestra of radio Moscow, Tchec National Philharmonic, Slovak
Philarmonie of Bratislava, Bern Festival Orch, Vancouver I. Orchestra,
Budapest Philharmonic, Seoul Philharmonic, Aachen Philharmonisches Orch.,
Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Staats Philharmonie Reinland Pfalz,
Edmonton Symphony, Toronto Chamber Orch., Orch. Sinf. De Cordoba,
Losanna Symphony, KBS Symphony, Korean Symphony, State Symphony
Orchestra of Mexico, Hermitage
Symphony of St. Pietroburgo, Kitchener Waterloo Symphony of Canada, Kiev
Philharmonic, Orch. Sinf. De Extremadura, Orchestra Internazionale
d’Italia, Archov Philharmonic, National Philharmonic of Brasil,
Orchestra Philharmonica Marchigiana, Philharmonisches Orchestre
Heidelberg etc..
He has guest conducted with
many opera companies. His engagements included that with Arena of
Verona, Comunale of Firenze, Sferisterio of Macerata, Carlo Felice of
Genova, Bellini of Catania, Festival Pucciniano of Torre del lago,
Festival of Spoleto, Politeama of Greco di Lecce, Teatro Verdi of
Trieste, Tokyo Bunkakaikan Theater, Ontario Opera of Hamilton, New
Israeli Opera House of Tel Aviv, Arena of Avenches, Gran Castle in
Bellinzona, Pala Congressi Theatre of Genev in Switzerland, Metropolitan
Opera House in Seoul and National Theater of Korea. He also has
conducted the First National representation of Falstaff and I Puritani
in Korea.
Carlo Palleschi has conducted in some prestigious Concert Halls of the
world as the Carnegie Hall of New York, the Philharmonie and the
Shauspielhaus in Berlin, the Seoul Art Center Concert Hall, the
Big Hall of Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, the Philarmonie in
München, the Alte Oper and the Jharehundert Halle of Frankfurt, the
Salle Erasme of Strasburg, the Theater of Bellas Artes in Mexico City
etc..
In 1995 he was appointed as Principal Guest Conductor of Korean symphony
orchestra, Seoul. In the year 2000 he was appointed as Artistic and
Music Director of the Symphonic Orchestra of Tito
Schipa Foundation of Lecce (Italy). In 2001 he became Artistic Director
of the Festival Lirica in Piazza of the City of Massa Marittima. In 2004
he was appointed Artistic Director of Tradition Theatre Politeama Greco
in Lecce.
He performaned together with important international opera singers such
as L. Pavarotti, K.Ricciarelli, L. Nucci, G. Dimitrova, G. Casolla, R.
Kabaiwanska, L. Bartolini, R. Bruson, J. Cura, M.
Devia, R. Raimondi, C. Guelfi, S. Bonfadelli, A. Mastromarino, N.
Fantini, C. Colombara, G. Scalchi, W. Matteuzzi, P. Cappuccilli, L. Alva,
N. Martinucci, D. Voight, B. Ford etc..
He has also worked alongside soloists including I. Oistrakh, P. B.
Skoda, A. DeLarrocha, J.Achucharro, R. Filippini, A. Ciccolini, H.
Schellenberger, R. Cappello, M. Damerini, G. Carmignola, E.
Dindo, M. Zanini, S.Pedroni, A. Adorjan, M. Ursuleasa, C. Rossi, R.
Rizzi, O. Kern, A. Nei man etc.
In 2001, Mr. Palleschi conducted Rita of Donizetti and Le
villi of Puccini. The perfomances were recorded live for the label
Kikko Music of Milan. In 2002, he conducted Il Barbiere di Siviglia
which was recorded live. He also conducted Il Corsaro of Verdi
which was recorded live by Raisat for Worldvision.
His repertories include all
symphonic repertories and more than 40 operas in which he made a debut.
Aida, La Traviata, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, Il Corsaro, Macbeth,
Requiem, Otello, I due Foscari, Un Ballo in Maschera, Simon Boccanegra,
Nabucco, Falstaff, Tosca, Turandot, Suor Angelica, Manon Lescaut, Gianni
Schichi, Tabarro, La Boheme, Le Villi, Madama Butterfly, Adriana
Lecouvreur, Carmen, Sansone et Dalila, Andrea Chenièr, L’Elisir d’amore
Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Tancredi, Il viaggio
a Reims, L'Italiana in Algeri, Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Cosi
fan tutte, Cavalleria Rusticana, Puritani, Sonnambula, Lucia di
Lammermore, Werther, Fedora, Rita etc..
In the occasion of the first anniversary of the World Cup 2002-Korea and
Japan he conducted Turandot of Puccini at the World Cup
Stadium in Seoul in co-production with Teatro Comunaleof Florence,
State's Opera of Peizing and Korea Arena Opera Festival with the
direction of Thang Yi-mou.
He has been invited as a member of the jury of XIV Competition for young
conductors of European Union 2007 Franco Capuana which took place in
Spoleto. |