Daniele Giorgi

Composer, orchestra conductor and violinist, Daniele Giorgi treasures his dedication to music from different angles as something that cannot be renounced.

Born in Florence in 1970, he obtains his violin diploma with highest marks at the “Luigi Cherubini” Conservatory under the guidance of Luigi Gamberini and perfects his art in individual Master Classes by Carlo Chiarappa at the Accademia di Musica della Svizzera Italiana.

Meanwhile, he studies chamber music with Franco Rossi, Pier Narciso Masi and the Trieste Trio. His chamber music activity with the Florence Quartet, the F.A.E string Quartet and in a duo with his pianist brother, Damiano Giorgi obtains him praise and awards.

Starting in 1991, he gains orchestra experience playing as first violin in many symphonic and chamber Italian ensembles. Since 1998 he leads the OrtEnsemble string ensemble and starting in 1999, he holds the position of second violin at the ORT-Orchestra della Toscana.

He has taught violin performance at Ferrara’s “Girolamo Frescobaldi” Conservatory and held a chamber music professorship at Genova’s “Niccolo’ Paganini” Conservatory.

Keen on composition since an early age, he has under his belt a vast production that includes Lieder, chamber music, pieces for solo piano and orchestral pieces. In 2002 he begins dedicating to orchestra conducting studying with Piero Bellugi in Florence and with Isaac Karabtchevsky in Riva del Garda.

In September 2004 he participates at the 8th edition of the “Concorso Internazionale per Direttori d’Orchestra Antonio Pedrotti” in Trento, winning the 2nd prize, the special audience prize and the prize for the best contemporary music performance.

He works with many soloists, among which: Yuri Bashmet,Stanislav Bunin,Roberto Cappello, Umberto Clerici,Roberto Cominati,Ilya Grubert, Igor Oistrakh, Marco Rizzi,Alexander Starkman, Viktor Tetriakov, Edoardo Zosi. He works on a regular basis with Forli’s “Bruno Maderna” Orchestra, always figuring in the main season (“La Camera della Musica”). He is nominated principal conductor of the “Orchestra Pistoiese Promusica” in 2003 -the year of its reconstruction.

In May 2005 he debuts at the “Sinopoli” hall of the “Parco della Musica” Auditorium, conducting the “Orchestra di Roma e del Lazio”, beginning with them an assiduous collaboration. In October 2005 he is invited at the head of the “Orchestra Haydn” of Trento and Bolzano. In May 2006 he will be conducting the ORT-Orchestra della Toscana for a program entirely dedicated to Mozart.