Vanni Moretto

Chief conductor of the Orchestra Atalanta Fugiens, he is also composer and double bass/violone player, and editorial director of the series “Archivio della Sinfonia Milanese” published by Casa Ricordi. He conducts regularly Milano Classica, Pomeriggi Musicali and Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla. He has also conducted: L’Angelicum, Musica Rara, Solisti Aquilani, Il Giardino Armonico, La Cappella Teatina, Orchestra Litta, I Musici di Santa Pelagia and Gli Archi del Cherubino. He has been the regular guest conductor of the Milano Classica orchestra for 8 years, recording compact discs with Dynamic. In 2004 he founded the classical orchestra Atalanta Fugiens and initiated the project “Archivio della Sinfonia Milanese” to record and publish the 18th century Milanese symphonic repertoire. The recordings of the project are produced as a series of the same name by Sony BMG. The scores, revised by a scientific committee (including Vanni Moretto) at the Università Statale di Milano, are published by Casa Ricordi. As violone player Moretto has given concerts in major concert halls in all continents, including New York Carnegie Hall, Tokyo Suntori Hall, Sydney Opera House, Berlin Philharmonie, Milan Teatro alla Scala, Paris Opéra, Buenos Aires Colòn and Rome Santa Cecilia, and recorded for Teldec, Decca, Amadeus and others. Moretto’s compositions, edited by Ricordi, Sonzogno and Bèrben, have qualified in many national and international competitions (e.g. Valentino Bucchi Prize, Goffredo Petrassi contest, Rocco Rodio and Fiumara d’Arte competitions) and have been performed by major institutions such as Orchestra RAI di Milano, Orchestra Sinfonica della Fenice di Venezia, Orchestra dell’Accademia Chigiana, Vittorio Ghielmi’s Ensemble Sonar Parlante, Orchestra Musica Rara, Orchestra Milano Classica and Orchestra Atalanta Fugiens. Specialised in compositions for children, he was twice consecutively awarded first prize in the competition "Il bambino e il suo strumento" in Grugliasco (1994 and 1995) and second prize in the international composition competition "Fairy-tale Sounds" of Sàrmede (1994) and the Johannes Brahms competition (1994). He has recently been concerned with studying the problems of historical tuning and Italian eighteenth century playing technique, lecturing in important european academies.