Gianluca Martinenghi Explained

Gianluca Martinenghi
Birth Place:Milan, Italy
Nationality:Italian[1]
Occupation:conductor[2]
Years Active:1994-present

Gianluca Martinenghi is an Italian opera and symphonic music conductor.[3] [4] From 2016 to 2018 he was the Music director of Macedonian National Theatre.[5] Currently he is the Artistic Secretary of Teatro Reggio in Turin, Italy,[6]

Early life and background

Gianluca Martinenghi used to go learning piano and composition with Piero Rattalino and Bruno Bettinelli respectively. Accompanying with Donato Renzetti[7] and Giacomo Zani, he began studying orchestral conducting later.[8] In association with Teatro Massimo[9] he worked as a conductor.[10] He worked as a musicologist writer and was published at specialized magazines for piano review especially in Musica, Piano Time and Symphonia. At that time he began working in Teatro regio di torino as a répétiteur, that led him to the operatic repertoire, being an assistant to accomplished musicians for example Yuri Ahronovitch and Gianandrea Gavazzeni. In the first part of his career, he executed several symphonic concerts and contemporary 20th Century productions by Benjamin Britten and Hans Werner Henze. With his music direction, an Opera was staged at the Tbilisi Z. Paliashvili Opera and Ballet State Theatre in 2018.[11] In 2012, Munich Radio Orchestra and L’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal were two of his vital international orchestras.[3] In 2013, he inaugurated the Taormina Festival with Rigoletto (broadcast worldwide) and in 2014 he inaugurated with Aida and the Orchestra of Teatro Bellini di Catania the Siracusa Festival.[12]

Conduct at major concert halls

Gianluca Martinenghi is known to be invited to conduct concerts which includes: Budapest’s Béla Bartók National Concert Hall,[13] Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Munich Radio Orchestra, Ochestra Sinfonica dello Sferisterio di Macerata, Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, la Suisse Romande, Festival Puccini in Torre del Lago, Carlo Felice di Genova,[14] Toscanini di Parma,[15] The National Hungarian Filarmomic Orchestra,[16] Sinfonica de Malaga, Teatro Comunale di Modena,[17] [18] Orquesta del Teatro Colón, Sinfónica de Tenerife, Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari.[19] [20] [3]

Repertoire

As an operatic conductor, Martinenghi has some notable titles in his repertoire. Among them Croatian National Theatre, Deutsche Oper Berlin,[21] Georgian National Theatre,[22] Grand Theatre de Tours,[23] Irish National Opera,[24] Macedonian National Theatre,[25] NCPA of Beijing,[26] Palm Beach Opera, Seoul Opera Center, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan,[27] Teatro Lirico di Cagliari,[28] Slovenian National Theatre,[29] [30] Sydney Opera House, Teatro Bellini di Catania, Comunale di Bologna,[31] dell'Opera di Roma,[32] Verona Arena and Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo.[33]

Nominations and accolades

Gianluca Martinenghi was nominated Principal Guest Conductor to the Tenerife Opera Festival in the period included between 2009/2011,[34] [35] and Chief Conductor of Macedonian Opera Theatre from 2016 until 2018.[36] In January 2023 he was nominated Artistic Secretary of Teatro Reggio in Turin, Italy,[6]

Discography

Notes and References

  1. News: Opera review: Much revived Madama Butterfly takes wing and delights Sydney fans . 20 September 2022 . . January 29, 2015.
  2. News: Thursday Opera Matinee: Faust, by Charles Gounod . 19 September 2022 . . 6 Feb 2020.
  3. Web site: Gianluca Martinenghi . . 19 September 2022.
  4. Web site: Bel Canto Concert tour - Diana Damrau - Soprano. May 8, 2016. 19 September 2022. Diana Damrau.
  5. Book: Giglio, Marcello. Note biografiche. Marcello. May 1, 2017. 19 September 2022.
  6. Web site: Teatro Regio Torino, Martinenghi segretario artistico - Piemonte . 19 January 2023 .
  7. Web site: Gianluca Martinenghi Opera Australia. 2020-08-08. opera.org.au.
  8. Web site: Stage Door - Gianluca Martinenghi. 2020-08-08. www.stagedoor.it.
  9. Web site: Redazione. 2020-03-21. Teatro Massimo di Palermo in streaming, il programma della prossima settimana. 19 September 2022. BlogSicilia - Ultime notizie dalla Sicilia. it-IT.
  10. Web site: La Tosca, il Teatro Massimo e l'ombrello di Magritte. April 5, 2017. 19 September 2022 . PalermoToday. it.
  11. Web site: Tbilisi Z. Paliashvili Opera and Ballet State Theatre . www.opera.ge . 19 September 2022.
  12. Web site: Gianluca Martinenghi . www.operabase.com . 19 September 2022.
  13. Web site: Diana Damrau and Nicolas Testé . www.mupa.hu . 19 September 2022 . 14 May 2016.
  14. Web site: Biografia – Soi Fiorenza Cedolins. 19 September 2022. it-IT.
  15. Web site: Biography. 19 September 2022. it-IT.
  16. Web site: 2010-09-19. El Auditorio de Tenerife culmina el montaje de la ópera "Falstaff". 19 September 2022. ABC. es.
  17. News: Maria Teresa Leva, Simon Lim & Vittoria Yeo Lead Teatro Comunale di Modena's 2022-23 Season . 19 September 2022 . operawire.com . Jul 25, 2022.
  18. Web site: Find classical music concert, opera, ballet and dance listings Gianluca Martinenghi . . 20 September 2022.
  19. Web site: Puglia. Giornale di. Ecco la stagione lirica di 'Opera in Puglia 2018'. 2020-08-10. GIORNALE DI PUGLIA.
  20. News: Gianluca Martinenghi . 19 September 2022 . Teatro Colón.
  21. Web site: Bel Canto Concerts in Europe and Asia . 8 May 2016. 19 September 2022. nicolasteste.com.
  22. Web site: 2018-02-08. Maribor: La Forza del Destino vince sul Carnevale • Le Salon Musical. 19 September 2022. Le Salon Musical. it-IT.
  23. Web site: VIDEO. Un Airbus se pose à l'opéra de Tours. 28 Jan 2019. 19 September 2022. La Nouvelle Republique. fr.
  24. News: Dervan. Michael. Tosca. 15 Nov 2010. 19 September 2022. The Irish Times. en.
  25. Web site: Jul 16, 2019. Opera Hong Kong Reveals Cast For 'Cavalleria Rusticana' & 'Pagliacci'. 19 September 2022. Opera Wire. en-US.
  26. Web site: NCPA's Production of Rossini's L'Italiana in Algeri. 19 September 2022. China National Center for the Performing Arts Orchestra.
  27. Web site: Teatro Massimo di Palermo in Giappone: la tournée dell'orgoglio . June 24, 2017. 19 September 2022. Il Sole 24 Ore. it-IT.
  28. Web site: 2015-03-05. "Caro Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, ma perché ci propini ancora la sardità superficiale di Porrino?", un intervento di Antonio Trudu. 19 September 2022. www.vitobiolchini.it. it-IT.
  29. Web site: Gianluca Martinenghi - Dirigenti Slovensko narodno gledališče Maribor. 19 September 2022. www.sng-mb.si. slovenian.
  30. Web site: Maribor: La Forza del Destino vince sul Carnevale . 8 February 2018 . 19 September 2022. it-IT.
  31. Web site: 2004-2013 – Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Comunale di Bologna. 19 September 2022. it-IT.
  32. Web site: 8 Sep 2010. Hong Kong and Italian operas unite for La Boheme. 19 September 2022. South China Morning Post. en.
  33. Web site: TEATRO MASSIMO BELLINI CATANIA. 10 Dec 2004. 19 September 2022. Teatro Massimo Bellini.
  34. Web site: 2010-09-13. El Festival de Ópera de Tenerife invita al público al ensayo general de 'Madama Butterfly'. 19 September 2022. Europa Press.
  35. Web site: Gianluca Mertinenghi – Direttore Musicale del Teatro Nazionale Macedone di Skopje – I Teatri dell'Est e non solo. 10 April 2016. 19 September 2022. www.iteatridellest.com. it-IT.
  36. Web site: Џанлука Мартиненги - нов шеф-диригент во Македонската опера и балет . 16 September 2016. 19 September 2022. Sitel (TV channel). Macedonian.
  37. Web site: Verdi: Duetti verdiani . . 20 September 2022 . 7 June 2011.
  38. Web site: Amarilli Nizza / Puccini . . 26 September 2022.
  39. Web site: Gianluca Martinenghi . music.metason.net . 20 September 2022.
  40. Web site: Gianluca Martinenghi - Naxos Records . . 20 September 2022.
  41. Web site: This Is My Verdi . . 20 September 2022.
  42. Web site: Canta Caruso / Gianluca Terranova . Trove . 26 September 2022.