Stefania Rinaldi, conductor

Stefania Rinaldi was the first woman to appear in 2002 on the conductor’s podium of the Naples Teatro San Carlo. Successful in the Donatella Flick conducting competition in London and a finalist in the European Community competition of the Fondazione Franco Capuana, she completed her studies in conducting at the Santa Cecilia Conservatorio in Rome, continuing at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, studying symphonic and operatic repertoire, with Gianluigi Gelmetti, Myung-Whun Chung, Yuri Temirkanov and Ilya Musin, and receiving special mentions, study scholarships, and prizes, including the Rotary Prize. She also studied contemporary music with Franco Donatoni. Engagements in Italy and appearances in Australia have been followed by work with the Rome Orchestra Opera Musica and further concerts at the San Carlo. She is a professor at the Conservatorio Domenico Cimarosa in Avellino.