Acclaimed conductor, Attilio Cremonesi, studied piano, organ, harpsichord and conducting in Piacenza and Basel, and is today one of the most renowned specialists of rarely performed Classical and Baroque compositions. His numerous award-winning recordings are a testament to his remarkable success.
As a much sought-after interpreter of Mozart, Handel and Monteverdi, as well as Rameau, Vivaldi, Purcell, Sartori, Hasse, Haydn and Rossini, Cremonesi is a welcome guest at renowned festivals and opera houses worldwide, such as the Innsbrucker Festwochen, Wiener Festwochen, Dresdner Musikfestspiele, Händel-Festspiele Halle, Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele, Lucerne Festival, Prague Spring Festival, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Theater an der Wien, Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Teatro Municipal de Santiago and the Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse.
He has collaborated with distinguished orchestras and ensembles such as the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Vocalconsort Berlin, Münchner Symphoniker, Concerto Köln, Freiburger Barockorchester, Beethoven Orchester Bonn, La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice, Collegium Vocale Gent, Nederlandse Bachvereniging, Balthasar Neumann Ensembles, Kammerorchester Basel and Kärntner Sinfonieorchester.
Cremonesi is artistic director of the Händelfestspielorchester Halle as well as conductor in residence at Staatstheater Karlsruhe.
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