Maurizio Colasanti

Maurizio Colasanti is recognised on the international scene as one of the most dynamic and eclectic conductors of his generation. He is widely acclaimed for his interpretations of contemporary music, including British composers such as Britten, Holst and Finzi; as well as for classical romantic music. Maurizio Colasanti is also acknowledged for his fine performances of Opera – the great Italian Operas such as Rigoloetto, Otello, La Bohème, La Traviata and Gianni Schicchi – he opened the season of Opera Korea conducting the Seoul Philharmonic at Seoul Opera House with Richard Strauss’ Salome to excellent reviews, and a favourite of his, Stravinsky’s Le Rossignol, he conducted at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari. He began music studies very young, at the age of just five, and played his first