Marzio Conti

Marzio Conti (born 22 May 1960, in Firenze) is an Italian conductor and flautist.

Marzio Conti was born in Florence. He began his career as a flautist and made his debut as a soloist with I Solisti Veneti at the Salzburg Festival in 1981. He then dedicated himself entirely to conducting.

He was the principal conductor of the Teatro Marrucino in Chieti and the Teatro Lirico d'Abruzzo until 2007 and was principal conductor of the Turin Philharmonic from 2001 to 2005.From 2005 to the beginning of 2010 he has been Artistic Director of the Orchestra Sinfonica of Sanremo. He is the principal conductor of the Orquestra Nacional of Andorra, and he will be Chief Conductor of the Oviedo Filarmonia from July 2011.

Marzio Conti appearances as a conductor include the Teatro Regio di Torino, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania as well as the Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo, Teatro Dante Alighieri in Ravenna, Teatro del Giglio in Lucca, Teatro Verdi in Pisa, Teatro Goldoni in Livorno, and the Municipal Theatre in Bolzano. Abroad he conducted: the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland,the Athens State Orchestra,the Oporto Symphony Orchestra,the Gran Canaria Orchestra,the Orquesta de Extremadura,the Saarbrücken Staatoper and the Dortmunder Philharmoniker in the Konzerthaus Dortmund, where he led a much acclaimed performance of Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps.

His long artistic career has led him to major concert halls including Parco della Musica in Rome, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, La Fenice in Venice, the National Auditorium of Music in Madrid, and the Palau de la Musica in Barcelona, Queen Elisabeth Hall in London, Wigmore Hall in London, Salzburg Festival, Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Seoul Opera House and Finlandia Talo in Helsinki.

Conti has recorded Naxos Records, Chandos Records, Real Sound Records, Classic Produktion Osnabrück and Brilliant Records

Naxos include:

• Rossini: Il turco in Italia
• Rendine:Passio et Resurrectio
• Rendine: Symphonies 1 & 2
• Donizetti: La fille du régiment
• Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto

Chandos include:

• Nino Rota "Suite dal balletto "La strada", Sinfonia sopra una canzone d'amore, Ballabili dal Gattopardo
• Nino Rota Sinfonie
• Nino Rota Concerti

CPO recodings include:

• Respighi "La pentola magica", "La sensitiva","Aretusa"
• Respighi "La boutique fantasque" – Uccelli
• G.F. Malipiero integrale

Brilliant recordings include:

• Casella "Concerti"

RS recordings include:

• W. A. Mozart Sinfonie n.1 – 4 – 5 – 41
• Debussy, Saint-Saëns, Ravel, Faurè

• http://www.naxos.com/person/Marzio_Conti/31493.htm recordings
• http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.660183-84
• http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.557733
• http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572039
• http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.660161-62
• http://www.chandos.net/searchresults.asp?zoom_query=marzio+conti&x=27&y=6 recordings
• http://www.radio.rai.it/filodiffusione/auditorium/palinsesto/12_01_2009.html