Christian Baldini
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Christian Baldini is an American, Italian and Argentine
conductor and composer. He was born in Mar del Plata (Argentina) on August 25, 1978. His CD "Mozart Arias and Overtures"[1] conducting the Scottish Chamber Orchestra[2] with soprano Elizabeth Watts was chosen as "Recording of the Month" by the BBC Music Magazine and MusicWeb International, CD of the Week by Classic FM, and received critical acclaim with 4- and 5-star reviews on Gramophone,[3] Sinfini, The Guardian[4] and Opera News.[5]
Baldini served as an assistant conductor with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London, and as a cover conductor for Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony. In 2015, invited by Michael Tilson Thomas, Baldini conducted the first ever performance of a work by John Luther Adams with the San Francisco Symphony.[6] Baldini has conducted opera for the
Dallapiccola's[7] Il prigioniero and Volo di notte,[8] and the world première of Oscar Strasnoy's opera Requiem).[9] He has been the conductor of the Mondavi Center's yearly Rising Stars of Opera program since 2009, featuring wonderful operatic young talent from the San Francisco Opera Ader Fellows Program, including many winners of international competitions such as Brian Jagde, Pene Pati, David Lomelí, Nadine Sierra
, Sean Pannikar, and Leah Crocetto.
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References
- ^ "Mozart Arias". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ "Opera Arias Overtures Scottish Chamber Orchestra". classicfm.com. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ "Mozart Opera Arias and Overtures". gramophone.co.uk. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ "Review". theguardian.com. June 28, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ "Recordings". operanews.com. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ "Christian Baldini conducts the San Francisco Symphony in John Luther Adams's The Light that Fills the World; Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Schumann and Brahms, with Anne-Sophie Mutter". newyorkarts.net. March 17, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ "Review". classicalvoiceamerica.org. November 1, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ "Dallapiccola doublebill gets distortive production". buenosairesherald.com. October 25, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ "Espectaculos". pagina12.com.ar. June 13, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ "Christian Baldini". linnrecords.com. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ "Musica". clarin.com. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ "Opera". apemusicale.it. October 25, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ "Un puente quebradizo entre dos óperas". lanacion.com.ar. October 25, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
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