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. 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, Turco in Italia and Il barbiere di Siviglia 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 and Serse in Halle, Siroe and Phèdre (J.-B. Lemoyne) in Karlsruhe, Alcina in Klagenfurt, Rheinsberg and Münster, Argenore (Wilhelmine von Bayreuth), also at Theater Münster, Il matrimonio segreto (Cimarosa) in Potsdam, and Handel’s Amadigi di Gaula at Theater Meiningen. 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 the 2025/26 season, Cremonesi will conduct the new production of Rameau’s Les Boréades as well as a concert version of Bellini’s La straniera at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe.
 In addition he will lead the new productions of Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Duisburg and Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice in Klagenfurt.
Concerts in this season bring him to Budapest, Halle, Karlsruhe, Bonn, Wiesbaden, Potsdam and Magdeburg.

Since the 2021/22 season, Attilio Cremonesi is the Artistic Director of the Händelfestspielorchester Halle and, as of season 2024/25, is Conductor in Residence of the State Theatre as well as the Handel Festival in Karlsruhe.

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Barock 21 - baroque music between jazz, oriental and early music
Live at Festspielhaus St. Pölten, May 20, 2010.Händel: Ezio (Concert)
Live 2009
With: Veronica Cangemi, Kammerorchester BaselAzzolino Bernadino - Della Ciaja - 6 sonatas for harpsichord op. 4, Attilio Cremonesi
Release Date: 1999 (Pan/Pan Classics)
Duration: 01:16:50
"Le nozze di Figaro" at Teatro Municipal de Santiago - Interview and insights into rehearsals