Biography

The acclaimed conductor and winner of several international competitions, Attilio Cremonesi, studied piano, organ, harpsichord and conducting in Piacenza and at the Schola Cantorum in Basel. After being a long-time assistant of René Jacobs, Cremonesi today counts as one of the most renowned specialists of rarely performed classical and baroque compositions. His numerous award-winning recordings evidence his remarkable success.

As a much sought-after interpreter of works ranging from Baroque to Belcanto he has been a guest at institutions such as Wiener Festwochen, Innsbrucker Festwochen, Dresdner Musikfestspiele, Schwetzinger Festspiele, Lucerne Festival, Festival Radio France Montpellier, and the Pergolesi Festival Jesi.
He has conducted opera productions at houses including the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Theater an der Wien, Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse,  as well as in Bonn, Oslo, Antwerp, Paris, Montpellier, Geneva, Lucerne, Basel, Amsterdam, Lisbon, and Sydney.

Cremonesi worked with such renowned institutions such as Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, including for the award-winning production of Dido and Aeneas staged by Sasha Waltz, Münchner Symphoniker, Concerto Köln, Freiburger Barockorchester, La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice, Collegium Vocale Gent and Kammerorchester Basel (European tour with Handel’s Ezio as well as solo recitals with Vivica Genaux) and regularly works with the Kärntner Sinfonieorchester.

In recent years, Attilio Cremonesi conducted i.a. Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte at Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile, the new productions Le nozze di Figaro, La Clemenza di Tito and Turco in Italia at Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, La Cenerentola at Nationaltheater Mannheim, Orfeo in Bern, Tommaso Traetta’s Antigona at Theater an der Wien, Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Klagenfurt, Teseo in Halle and Alcina in Klagenfurt, Rheinsberg and Münster, as well as the new production of the opera Argenore by Wilhelmine von Bayreuth, also at Theater Münster. Furthermore he led the world premiere of Jazziah, a work that combines Jazz and Classical, in Bern and Halle.
During the years 2017-2020, Attilio Cremonesi was Principal Guest Conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile.

In addition, in the last 15 years he has devoted particular attention to the rediscovery of the unpublished operatic and symphonic repertoire of the classicism and romanticism, directing and playing 
compositions of very rare works or premiering the first modern performances.

Engagements in the season 2021/22 include, among others, the new productions of Händel’s Amadigi di Gaula at Theater Meiningen and Il barbiere di Siviglia at Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse.

As of season 21/22 Attilio Cremonesi is the new Artistic Director of Händelfestspielorchester Halle, with whom he will conduct several concerts throughout the season, featuring works by e.g. C.W. Gluck and Franz and Georg Benda.

Engagements in the upcoming season 2022/23 include the new productions of Cimarosa’s opera Il matrimonio segreto in Potsdam, Händel’s Xerxes in Halle, and concerts in Halle, Münster, Meiningen, with the Beethoven Orchestra in Bonn, and at the Händel Festival in Karlsruhe.

Management

General Management

Artist Manager
 
 
 
 
Ingunn Sighvatsdóttir
Artist Manager
ingunn@orlob.net 
Mobil: +49-173-2 067 821

Press

 

Alcina / Stadttheater Klagenfurt / 25.10.2020 / opera-online.com
 

"hohe Stilsicherheit, Differenziertheit und animiertes Musizieren"  

La Clemenza di Tito / Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse / 24.06.18 / forumopera.com


"A tout seigneur tout honneur, l'artisan principal de cette réussite est pour nous Attilio Cremonesi" 

La Clemenza di Tito / Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse / 24.06.18 / blog.culture31.com


"C'est le sourire d'Attilio Cremonesi qui dirige très attentivement" 

La Clemenza di Tito / Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse / 22.06.18 / classiquenews.com


"La direction d'Attilio Cremonesi est remarquable" 

La Cenerentola / Nationaltheater Mannheim / 10.03.18 / onlinemerker.com


"es gelang ihm, das Orchester zu feinfühliger Begleitung und virtuosem Rossini-Spiel zu animieren" 

La Cenerentola / Nationaltheater Mannheim / 06.11.17 / fr.de


"das Ergebnis kultiviert" 

La Cenerentola / Nationaltheater Mannheim / 03.11.17 / rnz.de


"ein Rossini-Sound, der kaum Wünsche offen lässt" 

La Cenerentola / Nationaltheater Mannheim / 03.11.17 / morgenweb.de


"schlug als ausgewiesener Rossini-Spezialist [...] Funken aus der genialen Partitur" 

Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago / Teatro Municipal de Santiago / 24.04.17 / biobiochile.cl


"con especial dinamismo y clase" 

Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago / Teatro Municipal de Santiago / 24.04.17 / visionescriticas.cl


"consiguiendo resultados magníficos" 

Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago / Teatro Municipal de Santiago / 17.04.17 / desdelabutaca.cl


"tres siglos de elegancia" 

News

Siroe - premiere in the Händel stronghold
Also this year, Baroque and Handel specialist Attilio Cremonesi can be found on the programme of the Karlsruhe International Händel Festival, however this time with a work which, to this day, has never before been performed in Karlsruhe. On 16th February 2024, under the musical direction of Cremonesi, the opera Siroe, Re di Persia, which tells the story of Cosroe, King of Persia, and his son Siroe, who escapes death several times and finally takes over his father's throne, can be experienced for the first time. The new production is staged by festival director Ulrich Peters.

Performance dates: 16/18/21/24/29 February, 2024

Subsequently, Attilio Cremonesi will give two concerts with the Regensburg Philharmonic Orchestra on 14 and 18 March 2024 in Regensburg’s Neuhaussaal. The concerts are dedicated to "forgotten treasures of the European baroque and 'Frühklassik' period" and feature music by Rameau, J.C. Bach, Giovanni Paisiello and Joseph Martin Kraus.

For more information about the concerts:
www.theaterregensburg.de/... 

For more information about the production "Siroe":
www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de/... 

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