Aldo Brizzi conductor


"Amor Azul"
Chorus and Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France - Paris
soloist Gilberto Gil and Graça Reis


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Jelin, Aria di Sara, "Notte di stelle"
Como Phil. Orchestra


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"Uaxuctum" by Giacinto Scelsi
Chorus and Philhamonic Orchestra of Radio France


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Brizzi has conducted the Orchestre Phlharmonique de Radio France, Bamberger Symphoniker, Santa Cecilia Chamber Orchestra of Rome, the Chamber Ensemble of the Berlin Philharmonic, Orchestra Sinfonica Nacional de Mexico, Torino Philharmonic, Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, Porto Symphony Orchestra, Caen Orchestra, Menhuin Foundation Orchestra, Bahia Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Haydn of Bolzano, Teatro Massimo Orch. - Palermo, Bahia University Orchestra, Moldova Philharmonic Kitshinev, Cluj Philharmonic, Craiova Philharmonic, Ochestra Regionale del Lazio - Rome, Pergolesi Symphonic Orchestra - Jesi, Sanremo Symphonic Orchestra, "Casa da Musica" Symphonic Orchestra - Porto, Tirgu Mures Philh, Bacau Phil, Orch. Jazz-Sinfônica São Paulo, etc.



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Aldo Brizzi has also conducted Israel Chamber Ensemble, Kitchinew Chamber Orchestra, Kreisler Strings of London, Ensemble Recherche of Freiburg, Ensemble Itinéraire of Paris, La Camerata - Mexico, Gruppo Musica Insieme Cremona, Conjunto Instrumental Cubano - La Havana, Mantemanuque Ensemble - São Paulo, Ensemble of Ludwisburg Festival, Polychromie Ensemble - Villeneuve d’Asq, Madrigal Choir Bahia - Brazil, Alter Ego Ensemble - Rome, Accroche Note Ensemble - Strasbourg, Ensemble Orchestral des Semaines Internationales d'Orléans, Pranam Ensamble - Roma, Ensemble Octandre - Bologna, Ensemble de l’Atelier de Recherche Instrumentale de l’IRCAM - Paris, Ensemble de l’Oficina Musical - Porto, AlmaViva Ensemble - Paris, etc.



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Aldo Brizzi conducted opera productions with stage directors such as Stéphan Brauschweig, John Dew, Alfredo Arias, Jesusa Rodriguez, Cornelia Geiser, Carmelo Agnello, Marcio Meirelles, Ugo Pitozzi, and set designers such as Joseph Svoboda, Francis Miroglio, Bernard Michel.

Conducted operas at Opera Lille, Hebbel Theater Berlin, Die Sigel Antwerpen, La Ferme des Buissons Paris, Ateneu Bucarest, Teatro de la Ciudad Mexico, Orléans Theater, Rivoli Theater Porto, TCA Salvador Bahia Brasil, Theatro da Paz Belém Brazil, Theatre National de Chaillot Paris, Espace 44 Nantes, Théâtre du Gymnase Marseille, Espace Senghor Bruxelles, Rome Auditorium, Festival Musica Strasbourg, etc.









In Darmstadt with Horatiu Radulescu, John Cage, Friedrich Hommel after the performance of "Ryoanji" by Cage conducted by Brizzi

Music of 20th and 21st Century


Conducted world premières by Ennio Morricone, Giacinto Scelsi, Horatiu Radulescu, Gualtiero Dazzi, Jorge Peixinho, Luc Ferrari, Gilberto Mendes, Eric Tanguy, Gilberto Gil, etc.

Aldo Brizzi, music director of NOP (Núcleo de Ópera da Bahia)



NOP

Rehearsals in Paris with Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France


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Treemonisha by Scott Joplin - final song - Núcleo de Ópera da Bahia 2017


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Concerts also with popular singers from world and popular music


Caetano Veloso with Sanremo Symphony Orchestra (for Sanremo Festival/live at RAI with 9 million listeners);
GraçaReis and Eugenio Bennato at Cairo Opera House; Toquinho, chorus and orchestra of Teatro Massimo of Palermo; Gilberto Gil and NOP (Barbican, Finlandia Talo, Rai Milan, Salvador, Sala São Paulo, etc.); Ala dos Namorados and Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, etc.

More concerts and recordings with Teresa Salgueiro, Arnaldo Antunes, Wimme Saari, Neela Baghwat, Carlinhos Brown, Tom Zé, Olodum, Margareth Menezes, Virginia Rodrigues, Raghunath Manet, etc


with Caetano Veloso at Sanremo Festival

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with Rohan de Saram

Aldo Brizzi performed with


Soloists:
Irvine Arditti, Alexander Balanescu, Dan Grigore, Rohan de Saram, Pierre-Yves Artaud, Ezio Bosso, Flavio Boltro, Dorin Marc, Rüdiger Liebermann, Gerardo Gandini, Yuko Suzuky, Christoph Moosmann, Vincent Royer, Daniel Kientzy, Federico Mondelci, Mario Ulloa, Maurizio Barbetti, Roberto Fabbriciani, Cecilia Chailly, Stefano Scodanibbio, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Mieko Kanno, Horacio Franco, Fernando Grillo, ...

Singers:
Michiko Hirayama, Hanna Schaer, Jo Ann Pickens, Maria Luisa Tamez, Françoise Kubler, Nicholas Isherwood, Isabel Soccaja, Brenda Mitchell, Susana Moncayo, Ian Honeyman, Regina Orozco, Vincenzo Manno, Luis Rodrigues, Bernhard Berchtold, Luisa Castellani, Nuccia Focile, Elio Battaglia, Jennifer Bird, Graça Reis

Aldo Brizzi Reviews


“I’ve known Aldo Brizzi for many years and I am impressed by his musical understanding and his artistry as a composer and conductor. I heard him and I am convinced that his future will be one of the brightest.”
Giacinto Scelsi

"I really appreciated your fresh and new way to experiment with some “clichés” of pop music.“
György Ligeti

Aldo Brizzi conducted with clarity, assurance and communicative expressivity which brought about the anthousiasme of the public.
Francis Miroglio – Directo of Festival d’Orléans

“A great, great, great artist..”
Gilberto Gil



Giacinto Scelsi: letter to Aldo Brizzi

More documents from Bernstein Ligeti, etc.

Critics


“Le 2 septembre 2017, l'Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France et le Choeur de Radio France se lançaient, sous la direction d'Aldo Brizzi, dans un projet historique : enregistrer Uaxuctum, composé par Scelsi"
Radio France Musique

“A prodigious feast then you were left hoping that Gil and Brizzi will have a chance to bring another collaboration to town before too long.
This is a hugely ambitious project that belongs to that noble Brazilian mission of erasing the barriers between classical and popular music.”
Clive Davis, The Times

"Brizzi erwies sich dabei als ein faszinierender, versirter Dirigent."
Heinz Zietsch, Darmstädter Echo


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"Aldo Brizzi demonstrated an impressive capability in the rythmical and musical domains."
Ron Widberg, Maariv

"Le deux ensembles font vibrer le flux et reflux sonores d'une façon remarquable grâce à la direction toujours inspirée d'Aldo Brizzi"
Elisabeh Sikora, Diapason

"...Aldo Brizzi conducted the ensemble with gestures firm, clear and unobtrusive, contributing to a successful evening."
Donald Thompson, The San Juan Star

Aldo Brizzi sait imposer le chemin de cette partition qui chante le plus naturellement du monde."
Claude Glaymann, Opéra

"Der “Flow” ist mit him."
Friedel Teikel, Der Tagespiegel


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"...unter der Leitung von Aldo Brizzi im Hebbel-Theater diszipliniert und lebendig zum klinge brachte."
Res Ubernham, Berliner Morgenpost

"Performances were all exemplary, thanks to the effort, commitment and skill of conductor Aldo Brizzi."
Benjamin Bar-Am, The Jerusalem Post

"… unter der Leitung von Aldo Brizzi ... die Zeit- und Tempoeinteilung nicht am Metronom, sodern an der musikalischen und klangichen Logik festzumachen."
Rupert Plischke, Nordbayrischer Kurier

"Hay que celebrar también la esmerada actuación del joven director Aldo Brizzi"
Luis Ignacio Helguera, Nacional

“et la direction d'Aldo Brizzi complètent la fascination tout en y cédant. "
Jean-Luc Rieder, La Gazette de Lousanne



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Recordings



SCELSI – INA Mémoire Vive - RadioFrance 1993 – Nuovo
Ensemble Italiano and Gruppo Musica Insieme de Cremona, Michiko Hirayama, Ben Omar, Mondelci.
Price "Diapason d'or"

LA SUNAMITA (two acts opera by Marcela Rodriguez) – CA/IMBA 1992 – La Camerata, M. L. Tamez, N. Isherwood, Regina Orozco.

GIACINTO SCELSI - Salabert/Harmonia Mundi 1989 - Arditti String Quartet, Michiko Hirayama.
Price "Supershok de le Monde de la Musique"
Reprint by Naïve 2002 and Stradivarius 2013,


ALA DOS NAMORADOS & ORQUESTRA METROPOLITANA DE
LISBOA – Caixa Geral – music by E. Grieg, João Gil, Manuel Paulo Felgueiras

CRISTAL by Ala dos Namorados – EMI – Turin Philharmonic, J. Morelembaum, Carmen Linares
Golden disc in Portugal

LA ROSA DE ARIADNA (opera by Gualtiero Dazzi) - Petals 1997. Nouvel Ensemble Vocal; Ens. L’Itinéraire, Contralto: Susana Moncayo, Ténor : Ian Honeyman.

"50 Years of New Music in Darmstadt" - Col Legno, 1996
“Hommage to Friedrich Hommel” (1994) collective work by Durand, Fox, Barlow, Platz, Stäbler, Grillo, Brizzi, Flammer, Barrett, Banquart, Hosokawa, Redgate, Dadelsen, Herfert, Heyn, Ferneyhough.
Ensemble of Darmstadt Ferienkurse, soprano B. Mitchell.


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LAST RELEASE


Responsório - the rehearsal


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Responsório - the recording


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NEWS


21, 22, 24, 25 Oct 23 - Ópera dos Terreiros - Salvador - Núcleo de Ópera
2, 4, 6, 8 Apr 24 - Jelin - Salvador - Núcleo de Ópera - Núcleo de Ópera
28, 29, 30 Ag. 24 - Amor Azul - São Paulo - Gilberto Gil, Orquestra Jovem de São Paulo
13 Oct - Ivry sur Seine - Atomes d'espace et de temps, ópera de Gerard Pape
23 Nov 24 - Amor Azul - Salvador - Gilberto Gil, Núcleo de Ópera / Neojiba
29 Nov et 6 Dec 24 - Salvador - Cantigas de Candomblé em ópera - Núcleo de Ópera da Bahia
March 25 - Ópera dos terreiros (tour in Aracajú, Maceió e Salvador)




Graduated from the University of Bologna (cum laude, professors Aldo Clementi, Franco Donatoni, Umberto Eco).

Conducting studies with Sergiu Celibidache.
Workshops with Franco Ferrara, Pierre Dervaux and Leonard Bernstein.


Aldo Brizzi conductor