Welcome addresses:
Prof. Cecilia Casorati, Director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome
Introduction and coordination:
Prof. Piero Mottola, Sound Design Course
Giorgio Battistelli studied with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Mauricio Kagel in Cologne in 1978 and 1979. He studied the compositional and interpretative techniques of musical theatre at the Conservatory of Paris.
The meeting with Hans Werner Henze and Luciano Berio was fundamental for his artistic training. He is the author of many works of musical theatre and symphonic scores, as well as music for ensembles, soloists and choir.
His music is performed in the world’s most prestigious theatres by leading conductors including Riccardo Muti, Antonio Pappano, Lorin Maazel, Daniele Gatti, Daniel Harding, Ádám Fischer, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, MyungWhun Chung, Susanna Mälkki and Zoltán Peskó.
He has collaborated with major directors: Luca Ronconi, Furas dels Baus, Robert Carsen, Damiano Micheletto, Georges Lavaudant, Mario Martone, Michael Londsdale, David Pountney, Daniele Abbado.
In 2022, he was awarded the Golden Lion Biennale Musica.